Artist: Cadaveric Messiah
Country: Colombia
Label: Entropy Records
Formats: Cassette Tape
Year: 2026
In 2024 this Colombian band debuted with a 2-track 7” EP ‘Into The Putrid Fumes Of The Abyss’, which offered us a thunderous and thoroughly regressive piece of Black/Death Metal that fitted in the collections of those who are still very fond of their Teitanblood and Proclamation records. Now, about 18 months later the band is back with a full-length in the form of ‘Entombed In Yahannam’ which is released on cassette tape by Entropy Records and will be finding its way to both CD and vinyl later this year.
A timespan of 18 months is not too long, but when listening back to the 7” EP and this freshly released full-length it almost seems they have been recorded in the same take. Musically speaking, you shouldn’t expect any changes in that regard. Like a steamroller gathering momentum, the band, which incidentally consists of the same members as the excellent Funeral Vomit, rolls on and adds almost casually thirty minutes to their oeuvre.
This means that we are once again treated to Death/Black Metal that leans heavily on the Death Metal element of this genre. Even though the album doesn’t even reaches the 30-minute mark, the main difference between the 7” EP and this long player is … well, the fact that it lasts three times as long. That in itself is a challenge with this sort of music. Especially when you keep in mind that Cadaveric Messiah is not even the most versatile band in this particular niche genre. They seemed to have tried to break the rather monotonous pace of the music by inserting some movies samples and eerie but short keyboards intermezzos. That does indeed work for the most part, and when you listen to the album as a whole, the band’s probable intention becomes clearer, in contrast to the short burst of the 7″ EP. Compared to most of their peers, the music is certainly more atmospheric and even leans towards a band like Dead Congregation, which has a similar playing style with different tempos and an overall sinister atmosphere. So it turns out that Cadaveric Messiah is an exception to the rule that an EP is actually preferable to a full-length album.
