Enfold Darkness – Our Cursed Rapture (2009) Review

Enfold Darkness released their first studio album last year. Take somewhat technical death metal, add some great melodies, thrashy chord progressions, amazing guitar lines, and just a touch of black metal and you get Our Cursed Rapture. This music is a hell of a ride.

I am almost shocked to hear this kind of music come out of Tennessee. I know some hillbillies like to rock (I’m from Kentucky), but Tennessee is where most country and Christian contemporary music comes from. This is about as far as you can get from that rubbish.

When compared to similar bands, this album has clocked more playtime in foobar than the latest Arsis or The Faceless album. That is not to say that it is better, just more solid from start to finish. That is really my favorite thing about it. I can put this on and leave it. The only time I have to run back to the computer is during the track, “Exaltations (Part II: The Epitome of Grief)”. I always need to crank it up for that one. I should buy a damn remote.

Some of the guitar lines and intense energy sometimes remind me of Mors Principium Est (just not as epic or melodic). These guys shred. Fans of modern sounding technical death, thrash, or melodic death metal should pick this one up.

1. The Rise of the Greatest Fornicator 00:58
2. In the Galleries of the Utmost Evil 03:01
3. The Benefits of Your Demise 03:45
4. Our Cursed Rapture 05:48
5. Dead in the Brine 05:41
6. Exaltations (Part I: The Entrance of Hecate) 03:57
7. Exaltations (Part II: The Epitome of Grief) 03:16
8. Altars of Perdition (Instrumental Interlude) 01:59
9. The Sanctuaries 08:30
Total playing time 36:55

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