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Evocation ‎–The Shadow Archetype lp

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Black vinyl with poster

Silence has, in the past, worked wonders for death metal legends Evocation. See, from 1993 to 2005, a healthy 12 years all told, the Swedes were dormant, non-existent, a pivotal – according to famed producer Tomas Skogsberg – act with a killer sound lost to the annals of time. When Evocation resurrected in 2005, they emerged stronger, deadlier, and better than before, with nearly the entire Promo 1992 line-up intact. The group’s debut album, Tales From The Tomb, spent most of 2007 at the forefront of the New Wave of Old-School Death Metal movement. Really, if any band fit the resurgence of throwback death metal it was Evocation. They were relatively new, but were also part of and privy to the genre’s halcyon years. After four years in proverbial quietus, the Swedes could’ve vanished into the halls of greatness, knowing they had sated the bloodlust of their untimely demo days’ dissolution with four remarkable slabs of intensely catchy death metal. But they didn’t. The time between 2012′s Illusions of Grandeur and the 2017 album, The Shadow Archetype, wasn’t easy, however. Founding members and long-time friends Janne Kenttäkumpu (drums) and Vesa Kenttäkumpu (guitars) had given up Evocation‘s ghost. As a trio, Evocation regrouped. They had lost critical members, but the future was far too inviting, with death metal’s ghastly spectre gesturing the left hand path forward. The group holed up in their hometown of Borås, enlisted guitarist Simon Exner (As You Drown), and wrote The Shadow Archetype across a two-year period. In some ways, Evocation‘s fifth album is yet another rebirth. A second life to roam catacombs of decay and wander dark recesses of the abyss. “It’s definitely a new beginning for Evocation,” Palmén says. “Although, it’s quite different than when we came back from the dead in 2005. Evocation is nowadays a name in the scene, so we don’t have to start over from scratch. We also matured during the years that have passed and realized that we don’t have to work 180 km/h (111 mph) and release new albums every year or every second year. This time around we did it to our own pace with the passion for death metal as our only guideline. I think that back in 2005 we had a really strong urge to prove something to people, but nowadays we don’t have to prove anything. We already know what we are capable of achieving, so this time we just channelled all the energy into this behemoth of an album.“ A monster it is! Big and muscular, with seething eyes. The Shadow Archetype‘s not at all the kind of thing to meet head on. Tracks like “Condemned to the Grave”, “The Coroner”, “Survival of the Sickest”, and “The Shadow Archetype” (check out the chilling Stanley Milgram sample) embody death metal’s heartiest and heaviest of traits. Like if Bolt Thrower war machined over Entombed‘s “Bitter Loss”. Or if Asphyx strangled Paradise Lost‘s “Dead Emotion”. “Some friends of the band have said that this album sounds different,” offers Palmén. “But it still has the sound of Evocation. In my opinion, the album is a step towards the roots of the band, although it also has a footing in the future. I think the sound of the album in many ways reflect the dynamic of me and Simon, who wrote the music for the album. I’m more of an old-school death metal kind of guy and Simon comes from the younger generation of death metal freaks who enjoy technicality and brutality. Somehow, we just merged those two sides of death metal into the creation that will be known as ‘The Shadow Archetype’. But I also have to point out that the album is a creation made by all the members of Evocation and I think we all pushed ourselves to the very limit of what is achievable. I’m certain that we all can stand proud of the album in the future.“

Track list:
1. Into Ruins
2. Condemned To The Grave
3. Modus Operandi
4. Children Of Stone
5. The Coroner
6. The Shadow Archetype
7. Blind Obedience
8. Survival Of The Sickest
9. Sulphur And Blood
10. Imperium Fall
11. Dark Day Sunrise

Additional information

Label

Metal Blade Records

Catalogue Number

3984-15504-1

Release Year

2017