Altars - Paramnesia (2013)

 Similar to Portal and Impetuous Ritual, Altars also plays death metal that's heavier, more complex and harder to go into than usually, but doesn't count as technical death metal yet.
    If it's about their possible main influences, Incancation, Immolation, Dying Fetus and Disembowelment could be mentioned. Compared to Portal and Impetuous ritual, their music doesn't sound so mixed by other style features and it's also not too complex. The band relies only on the toolbar of death metal, and by sound and song structures their music reflects the modern aspect of death metal, to be more specific. Therefore, experimentations aren't far from them, and in case of longer songs, they're not missing the opportunity to give a taste of diversity through complexity. "Paramnesia" is all-round high quality, the sound and theme switches might strongly remind to late Immolation. However, disharmony is dominant on the album, and this is the main reason why it's harder to go into, even if it's somehow not having any effect on the uniformness of the record. Probably it's because "Paramnesia" is simply too raw and heavy the same time, and this proved to be enough as a unifying frame. This combo of raw heaviness, complexity and high quality production works pretty effectively to make Altars long time enjoyable for the fans of the genre.