‘Volatile Forms’ generally presents slow and sluggish-paced songs that would probably be closer to funeral doom. The opening track ‘Atrophy’ infuses some upbeat tempos though. Cold dark riffs are played in a slower tempo that pull your senses into a deep void. The bass guitar is given the role of adding a thick layer to the dim tenebrous atmosphere. With the hammering drums providing heaviness and weight, the guitars sound primitive and have an old-school approach. Even when the grooving riffs are emphasized, the musical phrasing sound abysmal. Dead Void displays its own idiom on the debut full-length album: the influence comes essentially from the early phase of death and even doom metal. Raw riffs are triggered with power chords, but dare I say the trio understands how to employ the dynamics and simple chord progression.

The bass guitar manages to bring oomph to the unnerving tempo. The drumming is mostly organic as the guitars find ways to tackle the old-school primitive riffing. ‘The Entrails of Chaos’ is extremely raw. The guitars have a knack for conjuring nifty death/doom riffs. Though the songs on the debut are unsettling, they have a whole lot more on the slower tempos. The vocals mostly follow the measured pace of the drums, spewing hideous barks and guttural growls against the chugging guitars and the pounding drums.

The musical style deviates from the common, cavernous type of death/doom metal, but there are many elements in which the band seems to be influenced by Celtic Frost and early Cianide. ‘Sadistic Mind’ is where the guitarist/vocalist shows his talent in conjuring this sheer ability to insert slow, doomy riffs building an uncanny atmosphere. The guitar tone on this track is bleaker and heavier as one riff after another the pacing opens a wide dimension of the void. The vocals are often sputtered in the low and guttural form of death metal. Dead Void shows a masterful and intellectual sense of creating sluggish landscapes.

‘Volatile Forms’ takes hold of the classic 90’s death/doom metal. In spite of all the austere and savageness the music evoke slow dirge-like riffs. With its cavernous drums and murky guitar tones ‘The Reptilian Drive’ focuses more on the slower tempos. The opening riff spews a hellish cacophony of darkness. Every instrument merges perfectly well and the production leaves heavy earmarks for the listener to plunge into the bottomless depths of this sonic madness.

Evil-sounding vocals and bleak heavy riffs give an impression of the musical diversity at work here. There are many similarities to bands like Autopsy, Cianide and even Black Sabbath. The final track ‘Perpetually Circling the Void’ is a ghastly showpiece that spans 11 minutes full of lumbering guitars that ultimately expand on the doomy territory by creating dark, uncanny patterns. The tempos are overwhelmingly soaked in harsh hammering drum attacks and grooves.

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