PHRENELITH (Denmark) - Desolate Endscape (new LP; not sealed) (2017) Released by Me Saco Un Ojo Records: 5th Pressing (2021) on Traditional Black vinyl.
Issuing forth like a deadly miasma from the tombs of subterranean Copenhagen, Phrenelith unleash their debut full-length studio effort like the Hounds of Hades themselves. Coming off a spate of well-received demos in addition to a split with Spectral Voice on Deutschland’s Iron Bonehead Productions plus their Chimaerian Offspring Cassette EP on Extremely Rotten Productions, the sound is foetid, guttural and gasping. 
Like a half-decomposed corpse disinterred from the marshlands, this slithering rotten filth is hideously attractive, repulsively inviting in its gruesome fascination. A fine sense of poise and grandeur leads to unusual progressions and neck-snapping rhythmic variations. 
Atonal apocalyptic melodies collide with off-kilter riff work, crossing the lines between traditional filthy Death Metal found on the lost tapes of the ’80s alongside splendid maniacal hooks a mile wide which will stand the test of time. 
This is the Desolate Endscape – abandon hope and embark on the descent.  **album review originally published on  mesacounojo.bandcamp.com**  Me Saco Un Ojo Records – MSUO-068