I first heard Eximperitus back in 2016 when they released their full-length Prajecyrujučy sinhuliarnaje wypramieńwańnie Daktryny Absaliutnaha j Usiopahłynaĺnaha Zła skroź šaścihrannuju pryzmu Sîn-Ahhī-Erība na hipierpawierchniu zadyjakaĺnaha kaŭčęha zasnawaĺnikaŭ kosmatęchničnaha ordęna palieakantakta, najstaražytnyja ipastasi dawosiewych cywilizacyj prywodziać u ruch ręzanansny transfarmatar časowapadobnaj biaskoncaści budučyni u ćwiardyniach absierwatoryi Nwn-Hu-Kek-Amo (that’s the album title and yes I fucking copied and pasted it, because fuck typing that out). That album was a barn burner, but it was Šahrartu from 2021 that made me really sit up and take notice of what these guys were throwing down. As if that ridiculously long album title didn’t do the trick…

It’s now been five years since Šahrartu was unleashed, and Eximperitus is back with a shortened name and a blistering newbie called Meritoriousness of Equanimity. These guys love long song titles, and the first track is literally the shortest title. “One Step Long Infinity” comes storming right out of the gate with blast beats galore; it’s a quick and devastating salvo reminiscent of Behemoth and “Slaves Shall Serve” from the punishingly fantastic Demigod.

“Contemplation of the Plastic Fibers of Perfection at the Second Level of Reality” starts off with some godly double bass; it lurches forward until the two-minute mark, and after some killer staccato riffing, the blasts come raging forth. This is a gut-punching album, far surpassing Šahrartu in terms of production, technicality, and sheer badassery.

“Twelve Centuries of Triumph of the Third Kingdom: the Idea of the Inner Creation of the Aristocratic Character of the Leader and the Process of Tempering Him in the Crucible of Trials in the Face of the Exaltation of Life as an Ode to the Heroic Ideals of Future Civilizations” is an instrumental powerhouse, venturing into some crazy psychedelic ruminating on a psychotic theme. A little bit Jazzy but not full-on Changeling or anything like that.

The next two tracks are my favorites on Meritoriousness of Equanimity. “Finding Consistency in the Fourth Quadrant of Eternity” is a slow-burning, scorched-earth policy track. There’s some (alright) clean vocals near the end that you’ll either love or hate; I didn’t mind them anyway. “The Untimely Fruit of the Unsaid” is a bullet to the jugular, reminding me of Marduk and the approach they had on the vigorous Viktoria album. This is the most vicious song; it’s unsettling, ominous, and brutal as fuck.

“Golden Chains for the Construction of Individual Greatness” is a bit of a Suffocation-style stomper, like the best parts of Effigy of the Forgotten, Breeding the Spawn, and Pierced from Within thrown into one big and brutal cauldron of Death Metal goodness. This motherfucker will snap your neck toot sweet.

“Molecular Disintegration of an Unattainable Solitary Will in a Vessel of Wisdom…as a Result of the Soul’s Aspiration to Break the Summed Up Set of Delusions of Reason… in the Course of a Personal Experience of Accepting the Imperfection of the World and Proving that Time Gets Rid of the Fragile and Leaves Invulnerable” Jesus fucking Christ, I thought Esoctrilihum and Dead and Dripping had long song titles… this one is another trippy as hell instrumental that made me want to take my brain out and play with it.

“Chalkionic Wandering Among the Wreckage of the Future” and “Standing at the Skirt of the Ruins of Human Nature (…on the Other Side of Man and Time)” round out this ear-gouging masterpiece. This is a majestic, soaring Death Metal album. I urge you to get this. These last two songs are berserk, the latter bursting into epic passages that out-power the most bombastic Power Metal band (whoever they may be).

If you love Marduk, Suffocation, Xavleg, and Defeated Sanity, you’ll eat this release up. Get it fucking now!

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