Album Review: Escarion - Pillars of the Faith (2021)
Picture Credit: Escarion Artwork: St. Chaos Art Escarion - Pillars of the Faith Release Date: January 29, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 56:46 Genre: Death Metal Origin: Melbourne , Australia "Pillars of the Faith" is the name of the first full-length release by Melbourne's Escarion. Back in 2017, the quartet came out with their EP " Pinnacle of Neglect ", and since then they provided us with some appetizers for the album. And here it is, a nine-track album containing almost one hour of Death Metal. According to their Instagram profile, Escarion play Blackened and Melodic Death Metal. I tend to disagree with those terms. Elements of Melodic Death Metal can be spotted here and there, but apart from some staccati and the lead guitar in 'Wrath' the Black Metal influence is rather nonexistent. Instead, I would say that Escarion show a strong tendency towards Technical Death Metal à la Death or Suffocation. The album's theme is a very com...