Baron - Beneath the Blazing Abyss (2024)

“Beneath the Blazing Abyss” is the debut album from the Finnish band Baron. This album showcases the band’s unique approach to death metal, featuring complex compositions and a heavy, sometimes sludgy sound that sets them apart from the usual death metal blast and riff approach. The album is characterized by its technical aesthetic, slower groove, and a very Euro Death Metal crunch and mood. Despite the complexity of the compositions, the band manages to maintain a high level of energy throughout the album. The riffs are solid fistfuls of pummeling in the classic Entombed/Dismember style. Overall, “Beneath the Blazing Abyss” is a testament to Baron’s ambition to do something different with their death metal assault.