I developed some unreasonable expectations based on the sample of "Might is Right" that was posted a few months ago. This is still cool, but it really feels like
Doom Cult revisited with a couple of dirge-ridden songs that feel present solely so that band can point at something and say "see, we DID do something different". I feel like what separates the elite from the imitators within this style is an elusive synthesis of purely unique aesthetic ideas and structural finesse (yes, it's as ambiguous as it sounds), and
Doom Cult was ahead of the pack because it's such a varied album that reveals some interesting things once you've adapted to the feeling of being in the middle of a hazy, tumultuous battlefield. I'm still not totally sure on this one though, as I still have some time to put into it and there are definitely some killer songs (the grind-eqsue "Desolate Earth", "Might is Right", and "Death Tyrant" have really caught my attention) that might help me see the light in the others and the potential thread weaving in and out of each of them.
Irrelevant coincidence: Track 7 of
Doom Cult is called "Bullet Vomited" and track 7 of
War of All Against All is called "Nuclear Vomited". Jews did Diocletian.