{"id":501,"date":"2026-04-17T16:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yasbou.com\/?p=501"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:32:00","slug":"ordh-blindness-of-the-abyssal-realm-review-angry-metal-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yasbou.com\/?p=501","title":{"rendered":"Ordh – Blindness of the Abyssal Realm Review | Angry Metal Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/source><\/picture>Seeking revenge for her son’s death, Grendel’s mother puts her sword to Beowulf. “He’s missing an axle\/breostnet broden”, beowulf <\/em>The poet’s pen, “\u00fe\u00e6t gebearh feore, \/ wi\u00f0 ord ond wi\u00f0 ecge ingang forstod.” For those not familiar with Old English: Beowulf’s chain mail withstood both the blade of the vengeful patriarch’s sword and the “ord” (tip\/spear), saving his life. From this ancient word for sword spear, Ordo <\/strong>This designation may suggest to the reader an Anglo-Saxon themed war metal costume. That (murderer) Paolo Girardi’s artwork, <\/span>But a scream goes up Cosmic Progress Death, <\/span>Blindness of the Abyssal Realm<\/em> This marks the Vermont quartet’s first full-length foray into the metal community. Ordo<\/strong> However, progressive death metal’s typical chainmail is more tightly woven than the one adorned by King of the Gears, so it must be sharper than Grendel’s mother’s sword.<\/p>\n

The death of cosmic progressive rock Blindness of the Abyssal Realm <\/em>It claims to have roots in more earthy subgenres. After Progressive Slugger disbanded Barishi, <\/strong>Guitarist Graham Brooks teams up with Sludge Doomers vocalist Jonathan Ebert Please come to<\/strong> sorrow <\/strong>decided to form a new band. In transitioning from slurry of sludge to heavy death metal while retaining progressive and doom elements, ordo <\/strong>The sound becomes atmospheric It’s deadly. <\/strong>Brooks’ riffs, whether on the low or high strings, always have a grandeur, and his solos splatter like Jackson Pollock splattering paint on a canvas. Brooks also designed the album’s synthesizer. The synthesizers are noticeable, but they never overpower the guitar work. H\u00e9bert’s guttural sounds make things earthly, shouting to the heavens from a cave connected to the earth. Brooks and Ebert are joined by the rhythm section of Josh Smith (bass) and Dylan Blake (drums, formerBarishi<\/strong>). The breaks especially shine, mixing typical death metal punches with jazzy swells and brilliant Rotom runs. given ordo<\/strong>have previous experience with Sludge, and it’s impressive how sharp their first foray into cosmic prog death is, standing toe-to-toe with the likes of: corruption of the universe <\/strong>and blood spell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n