I couldn't help but review this after reading Zev's take on it. I think this is another godly doom/death release. This is from back in the day when doom/death wasn't infested with this pathetic "goth" trend that infected the scene after everyone and their brother heard My DyING BRIDE's 'Turn Loose the Swans' album (a great album!). 'dUSK' is actually diSEMBOWELMENT's old 1991 "Deep Sensory Procession into Aural Fate" demo pressed on CD with a bonus track. What I really love about this mini-CD is the unbelievable atmosphere the band creates while utilizing nothing but the "traditional" metal instruments: guitar, bass, drums. No fancy keyboard work or clean male or female or "goth" vocals. This is pure brutal, atmospheric doom/death, the way doom/death SHOULD be played.

The production on this is lo-fi (massive reverb!) and I can't get enough of it. It only helps the feeling of oppression and dejection. diSEMBOWELMENT was one of the few bands that could pull off playing doom/death with blast, and damn, could they do it WELL. They can go from a fast blast to pure slothful sludge in a snap and it seems completely normal. Three songs there are and they span about thirty minutes. "A Burial at Ornans" is over eleven minutes long (And it has one bastard of a death groove around the seventh minute)! I love that kind of doom. I can't say whether I like this or the full-length more, but both are a MUST if you are into true doom/death. It's on my list of all-time favorite albums.

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