Engulfed - Through the Eternal Damnation (2012)

   In the small Turkish extreme underground mainy brutal death and technical / progressive brutal death bands became dominant from the late '00s. This could partly serve as a reference to the main influences of the actual scene, and it could be also common in scenes which aren't the most developed. Like in case of most Eastern European countries, if the '90s old school wave was skipped or its local bands were able to reach only poor quality, therefore it couldn't become too influential. 

   However, there are always real gems to find even in similar cases, and one of them is Engulfed for instance. Their debut EP was absolutely stunning for a young band, an exceptional and all-round high quality release. The band's music had also remarkable brutal death influences, but very catchy old school themes assisting to increase their music's diversity. Occasionally, even doom influenced, heaviness gets some role, and the radical tempo switches also had quite great effect on the main view. In total "Through the Eternal Damnation" is a quite intense EP, and the  occasional slow downs highlighting even more it's overwhelming impression. The way how the mentioned diversity was composed into a whole, reminds to the biggest names of the genre.