Album Review: Hyperdontia - Abhorrence Veil

Downfall of the Engulfed

One thing that I really like about the current era of death metal is that like never before international collaborations have emerged. With current technology and the fact that metal musicians have better paying jobs now than they did 30 years ago crossing borders has become so easy. Hyperdontia is a perfect example of this. In Hyperdontia the currently booming(relatively speaking of course) Danish and Istanbul death metal scenes meet. Oh and for the record I am reviewing the version of the EP with 3 tracks.

On this first EP Hypderontia quickly show us what they are about. Vocals directly inspired by Antti Boman. Riffs inspired by Mortal Throne of Nazarene and to touch it all of some sprinklings from Dead Congregation and Autopsy. Many people will now get turned off by the fact that I name drop an Incantation album as there has been a constant outpouring of Incantation inspired black/death metal in the last few years. I agree there is way too much of that but I have to stress that all the boring clones tend to take too much from the first Incantation album. Mortal Throne is the album with all sorts of riffs that are actually reasonably high up on the fretboard and from those dynamic riffs Hypderdontia very much seems to have taken the most of their inspiration. This is especially prominent on the second track which bears the title Internal Incineration. The riff that starts at the 30 second mark just got one of the coolest progressions that I've heard in the last couple years. It almost overshadows the rest of the EP and even Incantation themselves haven't made a riff this good in a very long time. In my opinion it is definitely THE riff of 2017. What also sets them apart and does not make them a caverncore band is that their songs have plenty of shifts and dynamics. Some of the shifts feel Autopsyesque while the slower riffs themselves feel Pestilence inspired. Another thing is that the production on this EP is pretty clear, no cavern muck here. The only flaw I can find on this EP is that the snare sounds off but that is only a fairly minor nuisance.

I wonder if this EP was first made as a proof of concept, that they can create something worthwhile together before writing a complete album. If so in my opinion this goes considerably being just a proof of concept. They manage to create one of the best death metal releases of 2017. The album from 2018 is pretty much a success as well and I can tell you that their gig at Killtown that year was ace too. Thus hopefully this is the start of a long and fruitful collaboration, that we may receive many more releases of this quality level.
Final Score: 90/100

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