{"id":575876,"date":"2026-08-05T20:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/575876\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T20:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:32:14","slug":"saprovore-numinous-abditory-deflagration-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/575876\/","title":{"rendered":"Saprovore – Numinous Abditory Deflagration Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Numinous (adj.): evoking a sense of the mystical, sublime, or transcendent; awe-inspiring. Abditory (n.): a concealed location used for storage or to hide items (rare). Deflagration (n.): the act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction. Yup, it\u2019s an I, Voidhanger release. Experimental industrial black\/death band Saprovore is an eponymous solo project by the ringleader of Italy\u2019s experimental group Strigiform, also supported by I, Voidhanger. Strigiform\u2019s debut Aconite<\/a> came out late last year and Saprovore\u2019s debut Unuttered Aporetic Omen<\/a> dropped this past March, so now I know who\u2019s been hogging all the executive functioning around here. Now, Saprovore aims to build off their debut\u2019s foundation with \u201ca more refined and mindful approach to songwriting\u201d on Numinous Abditory Deflagration. But can Saprovore evoke an awe-inspiring combustion of concealed mystical places with Numinous Abditory Deflagration?<\/p>\n

Well, Numinous Abditory Deflagration certainly doesn\u2019t sound conventional. A synth-forward, drum machine-heavy electronic affair driven by speedy blackened fury and cavernous deathly density, Saprovore fit well within the I, Voidhanger canon. Drums take on largely black metal stylings, blasting through loud, slightly off-kilter beats as the synthesizers play dueling, drawn-out symphonic parts and Saprovore wretches out heavily distorted rasps on occasion. I\u2019d bet money that Saprovore had every instrument running through every effect pedal they have at some point on Numinous Abditory Deflagration, as every song is sopping wet with reverb, distortion, delays, etcetera. Though Saprovore touted tighter songwriting this time around, Numinous Abditory Deflagration is still free-form in nature, sloshing into and out of parts with minimal transition or (if you\u2019re not listening closely) notice. All this to say, with Numinous Abditory Deflagration Saprovore doesn\u2019t sound a thing like Manowar. Wimps and posers, you\u2019re free to stay.<\/p>\n

\ufeffNuminous Abditory Deflagration by SAPROVORE<\/a><\/p>\n

What\u2019s flustered me this whole time with Saprovore\u2019s latest is how something so off-beat from conventional songcraft can also be so bafflingly banal. Numinous Abditory Deflagration sounds like a wreck. An uninteresting wreck. With Saprovore, either almost nothing is happening, or everything is happening. Numinous Abditory Deflagration is either droning aimlessly or stacking unrelated synth leads over crushed drum loops ad nauseum. Saprovore\u2019s melodies are also extremely rudimentary and tame, never reaching for soaring payoffs or even achieving all that much dissonance. This undynamic songwriting approach\u2014echoed by its loud, blown-out lo-fi production\u2014means Numinous Abditory Deflagration lacks true peaks and valleys. Meaning that songs and movements start to blend together after a while. Meaning that, after about a dozen listens to Numinous Abditory Deflagration, I still can\u2019t fucking remember a fucking thing about it afterwards.<\/p>\n

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Numinous Abditory Deflagration\u2019s biggest problem, however, is that Saprovore just runs out of gas after track one. You\u2019ve probably noticed that I haven\u2019t discussed any songs in specific this whole review; that\u2019s because nearly any comment levied on any one song could just as accurately describe any other song off Numinous Abditory Deflagration. Barring the drum and bass break on \u201cChalice of Spectral Residue\u201d or an eerie key refrain on \u201cThrenody Pt. 1 (Hush-Born),\u201d every song on Numinous Abditory Deflagration is built out of the same few, boring ideas. Listless synths, drawling drum loops, negligible vocals. Speaking of, Saprovore\u2019s vocals exemplify Numinous Abditory Deflagration\u2019s utter banality. Not only are there no variety in delivery, but all but one song uses exactly three blocks of three lines. Barring \u201cThrenody Pt. 1 (Hush-Born),\u201d an instrumental, you get nothing else. If what Saprovore had anything going with Numinous Abditory Deflagration, monotony killed any chance of it meaning anything.<\/p>\n

I come away from Numinous Abditory Deflagration with the inescapable feeling\u2014one that I know can\u2019t be true, but I feel regardless\u2014that Saprovore spent considerably more time and care with its naming than its composition. More than anything I\u2019ve reviewed during my tenure at AngryMetalGuy.com\u2014even that one<\/a>\u2014this was the record I loathed returning to the most. Somehow, it gave me less to think about with each listen. Worse, I know Saprovore can do better. Having gone back to Unuttered Aporetic Omen, I disagree that Numinous Abditory Deflagration is the more refined album. Saprovore\u2019s debut has some of Numinous Abditory Deflagration\u2019s problems\u2014its drums sound terrible, too\u2014but there\u2019s identity between songs. Some, at least. It doesn\u2019t feel like listening to a thoroughly busted microwave fuck up a bag of popcorn for nearly fifty minutes, anyway. Was that the real deflagration all along?<\/p>\n

Rating: Unlistenable
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 257 kbps MP3
Label: I, Voidhanger Records<\/a>
Website: saprovoredeath.bandcamp.com<\/a>
Releases Worldwide: August 7th, 2026<\/p>\n

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