Atrum Inritus – Progantus In Vorago (2011)

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Today we have a mysterious Black Metal outfit from Minnesota in the USA. Having formed in 2010, they already have a very mature and crushing sound, unlike many of the scene newcomers making us believe that some of the members have played in different bands before and they are hiding under new pseudonyms. Anyways, “Progantus In Vorago” is an excellent debut album if you like cold and raw Black Metal.

After the cliché instrumental intro, the band opens with the cavernous and ritualistic “The Chains That Bind”. With a powerful guitar sound and very compact drumming, the band creates the perfect dark atmosphere for the hellish BM snarls provided by Vindicare. Falling deeper into the abyss, “Aegrus Everto” delivers waves of painful vocals with sick guitar riffs, a very well crafted BM song. Up until here, you can hear the quality of Atrum Inritus with their very well crafted songs that perfectly capture a raw Black Metal atmosphere with excellent execution.

Moving along, “Ephemera” is a track that nicely builds up thanks to a dense atmosphere, and again Vindicare’s vocals are just amazing. This song gives you a bit of a Depressive/Suicidal Black Metal feeling, and we love it. Closing the album we have the monolithic “Ladder of Divine Descent” clocking in around 12 minutes (minus the blank section). In this track the band opens with a brutal assault (nice drumming) and slows up and down from their traditional sound to hellish mode.

In general, “Progantus In Vorago” is an excellent debut release from a very talented and skillful band. For 5 tracks and an intro, they deliver raw sounding well crafted Black Metal like only a handful of bands can do. We particularly like that the band is not always going full-speed ahead, they nicely build-up songs and unleash the fury only when needed. If you are looking for solid USBM without the whole Cascadian-hispster shit, be sure to pick up a copy of this release.

Band: Atrum Inritus Album: Progantus In Vorago
Label: Altar of the Dead Productions

Release: September 18th, 2011

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Genre: Black Metal

Country: USA

Rating: 88/100
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