Depths Of Tararus- Portoagonos/Dark Forest Productions/ 2008 CD Review

Depths Of Tartarus are a 4 piece band hailing from Portland, Oregon that plays a melodic and raw form of black metal that has a thrashy death metal edge and this is their first release.

Drums on this recording are slow at times with a lot of technical parts and then they evolve into blast beats which are really fast, while the bass playing sounds really dark and utilizes a lot of speed riffs that sound suitable for the guitar rhythms and drums.

Guitar rhythms on this recording are very melodic and infuse the best elements of thrash, death and black metal and there is a good mixture of mid paced and fast riffs, while the guitar leads seem to mix some classic metal guitar solos with some more modern influences that keep the energy going and then there are some parts that utilize classical riffs when the music is in a Greek war mode.

Vocals on this cd are high pitched black metal screams that seem to combine three decades of extreme metal vocals and there are the occasional death metal growls. as for the lyrics on this recording they deal a lot with Greek Mythology and then there is a song called "Abraxas Of War" which pays homage to this almighty Persian Deity from back when Persia was dominated by the Indo-Aryan race and there is also an instrumental that utilizes a lot of Middle Eastern sounding instruments.

Production on this recording which was recorded at Papst Palace from Jan to Mar 2008 and mastered at Dark Forest Studios during Mar 2008 sounds really good and you can hear all of the instruments.
In my opinion this a a really good debut for a band that was only formed during 2007 and they have a lot of talent and they play a style that is different than most bands out there and I would recommend this release to old school fans as well as new. I have also seen this band live and they put on a brutal show.

Recommended tracks on this recording are "Enslaved Below Hades", and "Argus Panoptes" a highly recommended release.

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Depths_of_Tartarus/127443