Unfathomable Ruination
Finitude


3.5
great

Review

by Robert Garland STAFF
February 27th, 2018 | 27 replies


Release Date: 2016 | Tracklist

Review Summary: Finitude, Finality, Final, Death.

Of all the musical fads and hypes to have graced music over the last few decades very little have stayed the path as the death metal genre. Endless growls, fast riffs and the typical bass drum and snare wanker-y have accumulated into more modern renditions of its own being, shaping only where it needs to and never bowing to conformity of an industry so swept up in (re)defining itself. In that regard, Unfathomable Ruination fit the bill. Blending equal measures of Ulcerate, Portal, Death and Suffocation it’s no wonder why the group’s 2016 offering, Finitude smashes and grinds away its listeners. Take death metal how it is, because when it’s this good, Unfathomable Ruination leave no room for argument.

On a personal level I find the atmospheric brand of death metal more palatable than the acts that fill their albums with nuanced trend setting. Finitude is a mix of all the great things death metal can actually offer modern music. Simply put, it’s heavy, fast and has enough of that (Ulcerate-inspired) atmosphere to deny most misgivings I would have with an album like this. The guys from Unfathomable Ruination do their work justice by blending their own signature sound into the stereotypical soundscapes that give fans reason to love everything about the new record.

Finitude leaves the listener with a host of options; at the record’s core the outright veracity of the band’s rhythmic base leaves nothing on the shelf. One listen to “The Ephemeral Equation” is enough to last most die-hard death fans with head-banged induced nose bleeds. The sheer tempo of the track outweighs any need to temp a more melodius approach. In fact it’s easier to say that “melody” just isn’t needed here. The combination of groove thrown into tech-death semblance just dismisses the notion that there needs to be an underlying theme of notes. Unfathomable Ruination has made it clear; it’s all in the riff baby. That isn’t to say that these guys can’t string a few notes together. Take “Neutralizer” for example: A short solo spray of notes meets one of the year’s best grooves and culminates into a downright infectious death metal track. The tempo becomes frenetic in places, backed by the virtuosity of all three string swingers. The build-up between sections only adds to the album’s overall replay values for Unfathomable Ruination there’s no hopping aboard a hype train – just straight up and down death.

Overall, Unfathomable Ruination’s 2016 repose is a welcome one for modern death metal fans and while there is so much to look forward to in regards to band’s respecting the past works of heavyweights it’s albums like Finitude that allow some promise for the future of a genre, even if they are taking some very core values and slapping a modern production on it.



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Comments:Add a Comment 
Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
February 27th 2018


18262 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Just a quickie, noticed this didn't have a review yet.

Dewinged
Staff Reviewer
February 28th 2018


32191 Comments


Gave this a shot and it's more than decent. They are tight, tight, tight.

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
February 28th 2018


18262 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Definitely agreed,

ramon.
February 28th 2018


4204 Comments


Best wankers in all of England tbh

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
February 28th 2018


18262 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

You keep writing soundoff quality as comments haha

necropig
September 13th 2019


7441 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkVMKI5vBuc



New track

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
September 13th 2019


19026 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Nice, band rules

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
December 7th 2019


19026 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

New album's quite solid, as expected

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
December 7th 2019


18262 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

It appropriately slaps

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
May 26th 2021


19026 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

New EP is solid

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
May 26th 2021


18262 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Also appropriately slaps

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
May 26th 2021


19026 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Closer is a banger

Willxw
July 3rd 2021


233 Comments


Follow up full length and EP are great, but this is still their best imo.

KnickFurey
March 15th 2022


779 Comments


25 ratings, smh.

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
March 15th 2022


18262 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yep. That's about it.

KnickFurey
March 15th 2022


779 Comments


Criminal i say!

KnickFurey
March 17th 2022


779 Comments


Bump for unfathomable riffs.

evilford
January 31st 2023


67084 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

This is gr8

KnickFurey
January 31st 2023


779 Comments


Yeah man, sah gud

Effigy
January 31st 2023


427 Comments


Newest EP was great so a discog run is due



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