LP Review: "Damned In Endless Night" by Warcrab

Damned In Endless Night

There's nothing better than a split LP is there?

The only drawback they have is that you have to double up the hashtags when you're posting your sweet vinyl LPs on INSTAGRAM, am I right?

So this one here...it's a bit of an odd pairing really.

It's also tracked a bit strangely. They don't have separate sides dedicated to each band, but appear to switch it up every few tracks.

On top of that, normally, you don't have these harsh death metal bands playing with grooving sludge bands do you?

Really, Damned In Endless Night is probably the most unique split I've ever... <checks notes>...

...never heard. It's the most unique split I've never heard as it's not a split.

Hailing from the UK, Warcrab appears to have yet to settle on what particular subgenre they're going to focus on. They switch back and forth from a stoner/sludge to a blackened death with alarming regularity.

This changing of styles so seamless that it doesn't give the sense of a parlor trick. We're not talking about Fear Factory's vocal change ups that never felt right. After some time of death metal obliteration, Warcrab moves into something a bit mellower that pulls the listener into a warm pocket.

Then, once that pocket's full...the band goes back into full ground assault and expels all contents of said pocket and the cycle repeats itself an a wonderfully satisfying way.

RELEASE 8/30/19 BANDCAMP FACEBOOK