Imperial Cult release ‘Rise of Yalamber’

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Imperial Cult Is a Blackened Death Metal band from Darjeeling. The band started sometime in February 2012 playing gigs across Darjeeling, Kolkata and Nepal. With decent recognition around the scene the band seems to be a new promise to the metal scene in india. The North East has always been in the front line of the Indian metal movement and they have always been on the pioneering end. The band comes from and has performed in places where some of the most extreme acts have and they are a product straight out of the influence. When asked about their take on the North Eastern scene and their favourite local acts they said, “the music scene in the north east isn’t a new thing, although it has been in the limelight recently and as you said it’s booming. the scene is still evolving and has many awesome and hardworking bands. some of our favourite local acts are Plague Throat, Sycorax, Corpulent Deformity, Obliterating Vortex and Post Mortem Fetal Extrusion.”

Their Debut EP ‘Rise Of The Yalamber‘ was released on the 18th of July this year and it’s a pretty solid effort for a debut release. As far as the musical sound goes you can clearly here the behemoth infuenced sound not very far in to the first track and the entire EP itself is just straight up Blackened Death. The EP was recorded at Pentatonics Studio in Kolkata and The production on the EP is well suited to the style of music as well. It’s not too raw but it’s not overly refined as well although I wish it had a bit more of crunch and the drums weren’t as overpowering. The vocals are too are well done and overall I’d say they probably exactly reached what they hoped for.

When the band was asked what drove them to this style of music and sound, they said they are mainly influenced by mostly black metal and death metal bands so naturally they are inclined to blackened death metal than any other genre. Some of their main influences happen to be Behemoth, Belphegor, Naglfar, Rotting Christ, Dark Funeral, Death and Opeth. The band feel like this EP is their blueprint for their overall sound however they will still be experimenting in the future.

As far as the future of the band goes they hope to come up with a full length soon. With a good first release they have definitely made a mark already and once can only guess what their potential full length could deliver. For fans of Behemoth and Belephegor these guys are definitely worth checking out

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