Texas produces some great death metal bands, and death metal, quite honestly, includes a certain amount of the occult. In the 1990s, a death metal band named Imprecation arose with a occult leaning and that thick, old school sound that bands like Deicide, Morbid Angel and Incantation made popular.
Fast forward to the early 2000s, and former Imprecation songwriter Wes Weaver launches his new project, Blaspherian. Wes had been active with Houston metal stalwart Mike Swearingen in Infernal Dominion, a Suffocation-influenced take on what he was doing in Imprecation, but switched direction to Blaspherian.
In 2007, the band released their highly acclaimed Allegiance to the Will of Damnation, a thunderous assault on the senses that channeled bassy, dark, mid-paced riffing into paens to Satan that would even make Pat Robertson tap his feet (well, maybe).
And as of this year, long-time underground pillar Deathgasm Records (founded by members of Avulsion, a death-doom band from Georgia) re-released Allegiance to the Will of Damnation with the "Sumoning of Infernal Hordes" demo attached as bonus tracks. It's now a full-length CD, with a new cover and crisp sound.
You can hunt down the new CD at your favorite metal reseller, or get it directly from Deathgasm through their online store. Either way, it's a great chance to support -- at the same time -- one of Houston's rising blasphemous death metal hopes, and dedicated members of the underground who have been bringing us quality death metal since the 1980s.
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