Description

Emerging from the depths of Israel’s underground, Venomous Skeleton conjures a vortex of unrelenting darkness with their debut full-length, Drowning in Circles. Featuring three members of Sonne Adam, this trio takes the eerie, oppressive atmosphere of their previous endeavors and twists it into something even more sinister—an abyssal descent into death, doom, and occult malevolence.

Unlike a mere continuation of the past, Drowning in Circles embraces a raw and untamed spirit, drawing upon the rotten foundations laid by the pioneers of death metal in the late ’80s and early ’90s. With a sound steeped in ritualistic intensity, the album shifts between feral aggression and slow-burning dread, invoking the towering weight of Necros Christos and the chaotic whirl of Grave Miasma. Each of its nine hymns pulsates with an overwhelming sense of suffocating doom, draped in layers of cavernous reverb, twisted melodies, and frantic blast beats that strike like an incantation of the abyss.

From the opening descent to the final death rattle, Venomous Skeleton crafts an experience that is as immersive as it is menacing. The weight of their compositions crushes like the passage of time itself, shifting between frenetic blackened death assaults and ceremonial, doom-laden dirges that gnaw at the edges of sanity. Drowning in Circles is a masterclass in atmospheric death metal—a ritual of death, suffering, and total obliteration.

A must-listen for devotees of Demonomancy, Temple Nightside, and Sonne Adam, this record does not merely seek to destroy; it consumes.