Crusty Seattle blackened death quartet Book Of Black Earth have offered interesting moments in the past, but nothing as impressively sustained as The Cold Testament: The band’s third, strongest full-length carves out a darker, harsher, more memorable sound than what we’ve heard on past offerings. For starters, they dropped their keyboardist since 2008’s conceptual Horoskopus; as a result, these eight songs/36 minutes are more guitar driven, punk-feeling, raw, and plenty worthy the Phobia shirt in the below band photo. You’ll probably also note — after monster opener “Weight Of The World” and blistering second track “Cross Contamination” — that the overall feel’s looser, while remaining coiled, sharp-focused, tight . The Cold Testament was tracked with Chris Common at Seattle’s Red Room Studio and mixed/mastered by Dan Swano at Unisound in Sweden. Listen:
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