Album Review: Bleakness Of Eris "Omniversal Eater"
Bleakness Of Eris’ Omniversal Eater is an extreme metal experiment that feels less like a single album and more like a collision of parallel death-metal dimensions. Born from Sammy Spaceman’s evolution from old-school Swedish death metal roots to full-on brutal death territory, this one-man project now embraces a sharper, darker, and vastly more chaotic sonic identity. The album proudly labels itself Experimental Brutal Death Metal, and it earns that title through both concept and execution.
The most striking feature is the bold vocal approach: with six different vocalists spread across the record, the album delivers the sensation of experiencing six albums in one. Each voice carries its own universe; Eric Castiglia’s genre-defying brutality shifts effortlessly from rock grit to guttural devastation, Thomas Blanc injects cold black-metal venom, while contributions from Icanbefree and Redouane Aouameur add even more contrasting atmospheres. This diversity gives the album a narrative unpredictability rarely heard in the genre.
Musically, the album is insanely tight. The musicianship is ruthless, technical, and precise, especially with the appearance of Rich Gray (Annihilator) on bass; his signature experience adds a lethal low-end gravity that elevates every blast and dissonant spiral. The production is exactly what brutal death metal demands: thick, cavernous, clinical, and professionally crushing, while still leaving space for the album’s experimental ambitions to breathe.
Fans of Defeated Sanity will instantly catch the influence, especially across the five-part Omniversal Eater saga. The shades of Prelude to the Tragedy are undeniable, yet this album doesn’t imitate—it mutates. And while it steps far away from Swedish metal traditions, it proves that brutality doesn’t need a specific homeland to devour worlds.
Between the eerie interludes (Beckoning…, …Requiem) and the bonus-track carnage of Satiate The Embellished Disgorgement, Omniversal Eater stands as a testament to extreme metal’s ability to evolve without losing its teeth. Ambitious, brutal, unpredictable, and technically monstrous—this is death metal that eats more than galaxies. It eats expectation itself.
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