Damnatio Memoriae by Grethor
"With a band name derived from the Klingon version of Hell, Grethor mixes the dizzying riffs of Gorguts and early Morbid Angel with the blackened discord of Deathspell Omega."
----Sean Frasier, Decibel Magazine
"Taking a deceptively simple (but ultimately devastatingly complex) core of meaty, Death Metal riffs and wild, blasting drums, all blackened to a crisp and seasoned to sadistic perfection, and then layering this core with a variety of gruesome embellishments...the North Virginia quintet have whipped up a sound which, on the surface at least, seems to offer a plethora of familiar flavours designed to tantalise the tastebuds of anyone who enjoys feasting on the dark delights of bands like Morbid Angel, Deathspell Omega, and Gorguts..."
----Andy Synn, No Clean Singing
"The band has proven that they have the chops to compose a full album’s worth of intricate and memorable songs, in fact I’ll venture to say that Damnatio Memoriae has helped kick off 2018 with an album that will surely occupy a place in my top 10 for the year when it ends. It’s that good."
----Jimmy McNulty, Toilet ov Hell
Building on the strengths of 2015's Breakout EP Cloaked In Decay, Grethor returns in force with their first full-length album, a barrage of extreme metal that draws from death, black, and doom metal, with sharp focus on acuminous lyricsm and three-dimensionality in songwriting. Digital version icludes two bonus tracks: Anomaly X 2018 and All Praise The Blind 2018.
Released via Edgewood Arsenal Records.
Tracklist
| 1. | The Imminent Unknown | 5:27 |
| 2. | The God of Eugenics | 4:23 |
| 3. | The Last Manifesto | 4:27 |
| 4. | Embracing Oblivion | 6:24 |
| 5. | Tongue of Argent | 4:02 |
| 6. | Enantiodromia | 4:52 |
| 7. | Requiem for a Strawman | 5:34 |
| 8. | Weaponized Madness | 7:31 |
| 9. | Manic Nostalgia | 5:22 |
| 10. | From This Rot so Shall We be Remade | 5:56 |
| 11. | Wounds of Ruin | 4:24 |
Credits
Marcus Lawrence – Vocals
Tony Petrocelly – Rhythm Guitar, Bass
Brian Frost – Lead Guitar
Anthony Rouse - Drums
Guitar, bass, vocals, and drums tracked by Tony Petrocelly at Trepan Studios in Woodbridge, VA, Additional guitars tracked at StarAudio Studios in Chicago, IL by Brian Frost and Jason Draves.
Mixed and Mastered by Tony Petrocelly.
Artwork by Anton Semenov.
Layout by Tony Petrocelly.
Intro for ‘Embracing Oblivion’ composed by John Yentes.
All songs written by Grethor, except:
“Requiem for a Strawman” – written by Tony Petrocelly, Anthony Rouse, and Bobby Lute
“From This Rot so Shall We be Remade” – written by Rouse, Petrocelly, Lute
“Anomaly X” – written by Lute, Petrocelly
“All Praise the Blind” – written by Willy Rivera
All lyrics by Marcus Lawrence.
