Impetuous Ritual

Australia’s Impetuous Ritual have solidified their place in their country’s tradition of taking death metal to its outermost limits. They’ve taken a Panopticon-like approach (the idea, not the band), and built cavernous walls of perpetually howling guitars; were it not for drums blistering in the deep background, it would be formless. It does not seem like a sound that would lend itself to progression, but then again, Impetuous Ritual do not progress in the conventional metal sense. Growing as a metal band usually entails getting more melodic, working in more prog and experimental elements, or going for a more commercial sound. Blight Upon Martyred Sentience, their third full-length, is as impenetrable as their first two, while advancing in the only way they could—getting even more extreme.