As Denver, Colorado's metal scene blooms, the number of stellar bands emerging from it appears to increase exponentially. Denver maintains a diverse array of styles and tastes in metal. Yet, each act operates a higher frequency than most other scenes around the United States. Over the last five or six years, there has been an influx of immense talent like Primitive Man, Khemmis, Blood Incantation, and Wayfarer. This list multiplies when you take into consideration the additional projects that members from these bands collaborate in. The newest such band is Glacial Tomb. The blackened death trio self-released their debut EP on April 11, named Cognitive Erosion.
The band features Ben Hutcherson (Khemmis), Michael Salazar (Cult of the Lost Cause), and Connor Woods (Diseased Reason, formerly Abigail Williams.) The group together crafted four songs that are undoubtedly bruisers. "Black Hole White Teeth" opens on a death-grind blast and a larynx-splitting howl from Woods. It seems that every moment following that brutish introduction follows a similar motif. "Entropic Decay" reigns with a furious might. The album's third track is its shortest, yet its most caustic. Admittedly, it is a personal favorite from the album. Whether it is the fiery pace of these two tracks or the mid-tempo stomp in "Of Flesh and Worship" or "Burial Shroud," each second is as punishing as the last.
Pick up Cognitive Erosion through Glacial Tomb's Bandcamp page today. The made the EP available for any price. Glacial Tomb is also on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and are updating what goes on in their camp regularly. In the meantime, listen to it below.
