Gloria Morti – Lateral Constraints (2013)

In the ‘meh’ category, today we have Gloria Morti and their fourth full-length release “Lateral Constraints”. Labeled as Melodic Death Metal, this band plays something more in the veins of Zyklon, The Wretched End, and similar bands. Their sound while refined and very technically proficient gets very boring very fast, thus making this release as great filler content for an evening washing your car.

Opening with the crushing “Lex Parsimoniae”, the band very quickly sounds exactly like Zyklon and immediately gets very repetitive. We understand that the musical style is a bit repetitive, but this band takes it further with almost each track sounding like the previous one. There are indeed some standout songs with great atmospheric elements such as “Our God Is War” but as soon as this one is over, the band returns to deliver some more copycat riffs.

For the whole duration of this release we hear a couple of good tracks and a whole lot of ‘more of the same’. The band is quite technically proficient and executes tracks very well, but they need to get some creativity into the sound. If you are looking for something to play after your Zyklon or The Wretched End albums, “Lateral Constraints” will be a great addition, however, if you want something original and not repetitive, stay away from this one.

Release: February 5th, 2013 (USA)

Genre: Black/Death Metal

Country: Finland