I'm Xander and today we are going to be talking about a slamming Deathcore band called Nitheful with their crushing sophomore album The Creation Ov God. This band sounds like one long continuum of the breakdown from the song "Blasphemeon" by Infant Annihilator. Imagine if that one breakdown never ended and just kept going and going and going. I can't go any further into this review without mentioning the star of the show Derrek Connolly, one of the most talented vocalists going right now. It is clear his main influence must be Dickie Allen and he has taken that signature sound but dialed it up to 11.
The first track we hear is titled "The Book Ov Divinity". It begins with some of the most raspy sounding high pitched screams. After the intro we are immediately blown away by the gravity blast beats by the drummer. The song as a whole slams with constant teases of the song ending but keeps coming back to hit you in the face with a barbed wire baseball bat. This is a reoccurring theme throughout the entirety Ov God's Creation.
Next is "The Tyrant" which also guest features Kyler Cheek from the band Stygian Complex on vocals. It has a rather ominous opening with those warped and distorted voices saying something sinister before grossing the listener out with those wet gurgles that sound absolutely disgusting in the best possible way.
"Drowned Creation" follows with yet another guest vocalist. This time we have Adam Warren from my personal favorite deathcore band Oceano, one of the most monstrous vocalists in the scene. Of course we are not disappointed with his fucking killer performance alongside this lesser known but devastatingly good band.
"Incestual Infamy" is possibly my most favorite song on this new album as Derrek holds his own on the vocal delivery. I also enjoy the fact that this one has a pretty decent guitar solo played by Nick Saia. Nick is the main instrumentalist who writes all of the music for the band including bass and drums. That of course is supported with the nasally tunnel throat maneuver by Derrick which is further complimented with gnarly gutturals.
"The Ten Pestilences Of Egypt" and "Jepthah The Devouted" both give us more of the hellish soundtrack that we all came here for. "Father Feticide" seems to have a slight symphonic feel to its intro with the demonic vocals layered over it. There's an operatic backtrack that plays throughout the song's duration which amplifies the listener's experience.
Moving on we have the 7th track titled "Preptium Avarice II". I genuinely enjoy the sections of this album where the vocals sound like the almighty baphomet himself speaking. This one has yet another stand out guitar solo followed up with more bestial snarls which mocks the Bible. This ends with an evil laugh that merges with the next track which is written in Roman numerals. This apparently translates to a calendar date. I'm not sure what the date is. All I know is that "IIXXVIILxxv" is yet another banger that features another guest vocalist named James Cole.
"The King Ov Sin" features 2 more guest vocalists - Fred Nylist from the band Nylist and Gui from Beyond Devastation. The song is just as brutal as you can expect it to be.
I can't help but love how the song "Mother of Flesh" has a headbang worthy chug riff that has a element of grooviness to it."Sacrementum Ov Fillicide" is yet another deathcore delight complete with a 'bleeh' thrown into the mix for good measure. This one features guest vocalist Kyle Weeden from Cartosa who provides echoing gutturals and legitimate swine sounding pig squeals. And finally we come to "Sacriligious Suicide" another one that brings back the operatic choir to make a triumphing and epic finale.
I recommend this one to anyone who desires to make people kill each other in a moshpit, and give it 8.5 out of 10.