Mmm butts.
One would be forgiven for thinking avant-garde black metallers Imperial Triumphant were European, what with all the French and them being, y'know, avant-garde black metallers, but nope turns out they're from NYC. At the cutting edge of the extreme music scene, these guys bring a 3-and-a-half song EP that manages to be quite a breath of fresh air in an often stale genre, something that's not so easy to do these days. Their unhinged and probably-not-in-tune style of riffing and frenetic drumming takes Deathspell Omega's discordant cacophony out to even further extremes. Upon hearing the cartoonishly drunken opening riff of 'Kaleidoscopic Orgies' I have to admit I was afraid that the band had taken it to the wrong kind of extreme, coming out with something like the much-maligned 'circuscore', but they promptly dial it back a bit to something a little more tame, yet no less ferocious. 'Oblivion in Morsels' has the kind of arpeggiated riffing that Mgla favors, and seems popular with the kids these days. Finally, 'Breath of Innocence' rounds out this short EP with a little breakdown featuring some commendable percussion work.
If you're a person who's in to experimental and extreme music, and you're not some plebeian who's turned off by the hedonism themes, I'd say this is a band to watch. I look forward to their next full-length.
4/5
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