{"id":51,"date":"2011-04-08T02:34:02","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T02:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obscenitycult.com\/blog\/?p=51"},"modified":"2011-04-08T02:34:31","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T02:34:31","slug":"blood-of-the-gods-the-shadow-before-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.obscenitycult.com\/blog\/?p=51","title":{"rendered":"Blood Of The Gods &#8211; &#8220;The Shadow Before&#8221; [REVIEW]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Dawn Passerini<\/p>\n<p>Blood of the Gods \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe Shadow Before\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n<p>Entombed, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the recurring idea banging around in my mind when I first hear \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcEarthborne\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 from Blood of the Gods.  It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a hell of an album opener.   A slow build up to huge guitars, pounding drums driving the song and deep, guttural vocals.  This grabs my attention.  This is death metal done right.  Not to be saddled with preconceived notions of genre, there are elements of doom and black metal adding texture to songs on \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe Shadow Before\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.  The sparse intro to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcHaunted Legacy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 serves as a stark contrast to the crushing elements in the song.  I really like the doomed out closer \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCloak of Sorrow\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.  It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s heavy as fuck.  As a whole, the songs are well structured with all the elements and riffs melding together making for great tunes.  All too often, despairing genres are thrown together with a lack of cohesiveness.  Thankfully, this is not the case with \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe Shadow Before\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. This album is not full of jittery, angular pieces or a sampler of what the cool genre in metal is. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s toss your beer and bang your head goodness.  Blood of the Gods take death metal back.  <\/p>\n<p>Purchase the digital download of Blood of the Gods \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe Shadow Before\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 here:  http:\/\/obscenitycultrecords.bandcamp.com\/<\/p>\n<p>CDs available at shows or by mail here:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/obscenitycultrecords.bigcartel.com\/<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obscenitycult.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/69077_153664398008626_104441089597624_245371_654449_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obscenitycult.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/69077_153664398008626_104441089597624_245371_654449_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"705\" height=\"711\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.obscenitycult.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/69077_153664398008626_104441089597624_245371_654449_n.jpg 705w, http:\/\/www.obscenitycult.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/69077_153664398008626_104441089597624_245371_654449_n-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.obscenitycult.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/69077_153664398008626_104441089597624_245371_654449_n-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Dawn Passerini Blood of the Gods \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe Shadow Before\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Entombed, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the recurring idea banging around in my mind when I first hear \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcEarthborne\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 from Blood of the Gods. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a hell of an album opener. A slow build up to huge guitars, pounding drums driving the song and deep, guttural vocals. This grabs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.obscenitycult.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.obscenitycult.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.obscenitycult.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.obscenitycult.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.obscenitycult.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.obscenitycult.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.obscenitycult.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.obscenitycult.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.obscenitycult.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}