In today’s music scene, lines are continually being erased then redrawn to the point where the lines are so many they make up the color of the floor they were once meant to stand out on. Sidious’ brand of black metal-meets-death-metal-meets-epicness is no different. Blurring lines and walking a somewhat familiar path like those before them. The line is often jumped over and moved, as it should.
‘Insurmountable Mass’ is the first track on this short, but sweet, EP. Slowly moving in with choirs and orchestrations before it gives way to machine gun drumming, symphonic keys, cutting guitars and powerful vocals. It’s all a familiar type of black metal mixed with death metal, I just catch the leanings more toward the later, much to my delight. ‘Sentient Race’ is an immediate song of epic proportions that does not stop once to give you a little breather at all. It’s a straight bulldozer from start to finish. The other two tracks on this disc are just as strong, if not stronger than the other too. Throughout Ascension to the Throne Ov Self Sidious never miss a step. Whether it be, the harrowing solo at the end of ‘Nihilistic Regeneration’ or the title track with its brief flirting with a mild tempo shift now and then; it’s all done flawlessly. A primal feeling almost generates throughout leaving me feeling the sweat and blackened blood that went into making this.
Sidious have no reason to change the formula of what they’re doing. Ascension to the Throne Ov Self is a great first impression and I am eagerly looking forward to the full-length that may follow. You can check out this EP through Kaotoxin Records on May 6th in France and the UK, and on the following day May 7th in the US. I highly recommend this to anyone who likes their black metal mixed with modern death metal then laced with orchestrations and keys. Support artist and music you love.
HAIL!!!
