Evoken - Mendacium (2025)
Mendacium is a rigorously controlled funeral doom album that prioritizes density and duration over motion. The songs unfold at an unyielding pace, built from sustained chords and minimal rhythmic variation. Evoken focus on atmosphere as mass, allowing each section to linger until it becomes part of a larger, immobile structure.
The production reinforces this approach, emphasizing thickness and low-end presence rather than contrast. Vocals remain submerged in the mix, functioning more as another layer of texture than as a narrative element. The result is cohesive and heavy, but also deliberately static.
While the album succeeds in maintaining a suffocating mood, it rarely shifts its internal dynamics. Tracks tend to extend rather than develop, and the lack of contrast limits the emotional trajectory. Mendacium delivers consistency and endurance, but it does so without building toward moments of release or transformation.
Genre: Funeral Doom Metal
Country: US
Final Verdict: 65% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 291th / 853
Highlight: Matins
Made me think of:
Bell Witch
Mournful Congregation
Worship
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