Now while we could quibble about exact definitions there have been
very few pure death metal albums on my list over the years, a quick
glance told me three since I started doing these lists in 2009.
Puteraeon has been churning out there Lovecraftian death metal for 17
years (full disclosure I have been friends with guitarist / composer
Lindblood for close to three decades now) and I’ve enjoyed most of
what they’ve put out even though it’s generally not what I listen to
on a regular basis. Mountains of Madness changed that completely,
this is their finest work to date, and my second most played album of
the year. It just seems like absolutely everything clicked this time
around, the riffs and composition have never been better and they
managed to dial in a production that fits everything perfectly, they
have never sounded as sharp, focused, or truly monstrous as they do
here. This is Puteraeon at their finest, and if you in any way enjoy
death metal you really need this, just cannot recommend it hard
enough.
Puteraeon on Encyclopaedia Metallum
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