Straight from the depths and darkest corners of the Dayton, Ohio metal family comes the conjuring of 6-piece extreme band Into Pandemonium.
They’ve used guitar strings and drum sticks to paint broad genre-crossing strokes tapping black, extreme and technical death with vocal experimentation beyond growls and screams. The young blood drips like a sacrificial chalice fermenting a new brew from a new brood.
Pulled from the Necronomicon in 2014, they were first christened The Corrosion by vocalist, Jordan Scott and lead guitarist, Ethan Vawter. Several lineup and name changes later in 2017 they brought bassist Enrique Esparza, rhythm guitarist, Matthew Tyndall and drummer, Joseph Palmer into the fold.
The following year they won the local “Battle for Summer Slaughter Tour” making their Minneapolis debut sharing the stage with Between the Buried and Me, Born of Osiris, and Veil of Maya.
Band chemistry continued to evolve with Esparza’s departure and bassist Harold Henslee and guitarist Connor Deal’s arrival. With a repeat 2019 Summer Slaughter win, raising their profile with Carnifex and Cattle Decapitation.
Their debut EP, Darkest Rise is eclectic dynamic work with triple layer guitars decorating the songs with atmospheric bass, technical, rapid drumming and a wide mouth array of vocal ranges. Repeat listens are needed to dissect and digest all elements. You’re guaranteed a loud, ear ringing, pit promising experience with dark, esoteric metal taking the best and most sinister ingredients from the darkness, mixed by alchemist minds into the tailored macabre you hear. A bit of Deicide and a bit of Dimmu, born and nurtured in it’s own filthy cradle.
“Darkest Rise” opens with an uneasy feeling intro, building into riffage, with a crescendo of battering drums and guitar feedback.
“Becoming,” a Pantera tribute in name only, hammers out opening notes and riffs as dual vocals lay out raspy-black metal screams with death metal growls, like Morbid Angel meeting dark forces in a back alley.
Bells toll on “Sound of Perfidy” slowing down a bit, like deliberate marched footsteps. The song takes a unique vocal turn adding a computer God-like digital voice mid-tune. Giving both a ‘80s flashback feel and raising the horns to surprise experimentation.
Things get deadly and deathly as the boney fingers of “La Morte” reach out with prickling, crackling intent.
Darkest Rise is a nice first sampling of what the group can do and a foundation of what can come. They’ve taken inspiration and influence from some of Norway’s deepest and darkest offspring with burning desire.
