DIVINITY DESTROYED - Eden In Ashes

DIVINITY DESTROYED
Eden In Ashes
Screaming Ferret Records
7.5/10





Combining melodic death with folk music has been attempted in the past, but none have faced these two contrasts with as much success as you will hear on “Eden In Ashes”. With this release, Divinity Destroyed touches upon a sound that is wholly different, with a strong emphasis placed upon varying musical textures, resulting in an album that is a divisive stroke toward an entirely new musical journey.

Vocalist Mark Ward imparts an approach that strives toward originality, his vocal timbre giving Divinity Destroyed a sound which is refreshingly tuneful, while delivering enough aggressiveness to keep the tracks powerful. Many of the instrumental passages are very much similar to early Thought Industry, with the group paying particular heed to deft arrangements which keeps their compositions from becoming boring.

Divinity Destroyed does not however, muddle the mix with so many odd time signatures that it makes it overtly difficult to follow the music, instead, keeping a surefooted balance between progressive instrumentation and sound harmonic structure on tracks like the engaging “Borealis” and the intensely captivating “Sweet Heresy”, a song in which some Gothenburg influence accents the track’s over all folk metal nature.

Drummer Dan Leonard delivers a standout performance, taking abstract beats and accents and making them fit the varied patterns of the music’s diverse arrangements very well.

At once progressive and powerful, “Eden In Ashes” is the manifestation of a highly original act which more than deserves the attention of those who can appreciate poignantly brilliant metal songcrafting.

Written By: Digital VonNerdly