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THORN
Evergloom

Transcending Obscurity (2023)
Rating: 8/10

Belonging to that cold yet somehow kaleidoscopic death metal cavern that houses all manner of mouldy and mutated manifestations, Phoenix, Arizona-based anomaly Thorn continues to disconnect from the human race by churning out another gastric geyser of noise.

This is album number three from one man oddity Brennen Westermeyer who with each passing tirade seems to create even more colossal caverns to puke within. With excellent tracks like ‘Xenolith Of Slime’ and ‘Hypogean Crypt’, this is an opus of unimaginable terrors and sepulchral echoes which act as oozing draughts of dense vapour constructed of sickening, thickening blobs of riffage.

The album cover art suits the drudgery within, so I am thankful that the platter runs for just 36 minutes as the bludgeoning ‘Gaze Of The Seer’ guzzles and grizzles through vast labyrinths of flesh where grinding percussion, deep bellows and an otherworldly density plagues the soul. Meanwhile, ‘Sapien Death Spiral’ gnashes like a gargantuan vaginal tract spewing ash and lava, and my favourite track, the aforementioned ‘Xenolith Of Slime’ carves great black holes of gloom with added macabre strains courtesy of the reaching solos.

Even with such macabre gusts of suffocating gloom this remains a rich death-doom outing that strikes with abysmal clamour, unfolding as a rich tapestry of thick, gruesome and otherworldly orchestrations. Evergloom is another gelatinous gem from the twisted mind of Brennen Westermeyer.

Neil Arnold

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