Giorgio’s Everlasting Spew Records has a bunch of quality death metal acts on its roster. A few years ago, Brazil’s Fossilization came into fruition and since then have released an EP, in 2021, He Whose Name Was Long Forgotten, and their debut album, in 2023, Leprous Daylight. There have been some line-up shifts since the last release, with founding member V still at it with vocals/bass/guitars, and Z joining last year, on guitar. Matheus Carrilho has been listed as the drummer since 2025.

Whew, with that outta the way, Advent of Wounds, and the band as a whole, is something that screams Dark Descent Records, with their dark, barbaric, cavernous type of death metal bands. But if you snooze, you lose, and these last two albums have been on Everlasting Spew Records.

In terms of this style of death metal, Fossilization is easily in the upper echelon. With average song lengths of five minutes, “Cremation of a Seraph”, begins this seven-song album. If you love Incantation, you will, in fact, love Fossilization, and this song gets right into a monstrous blast beat. Vocals truly call to mind Craig Pillard (Disma/ex-Incantation). The blast, for one, is on point, and the vocals are tremendous. Rooted in late 80’s, early 90’s death metal, this song finally slows at the 1.45 section. A killer mid-paced moment, that is heavy AF, with the guitars having some dissonance to them, bringing forth an Immolation style and even a little of Ulcerate with the bendy riffage. The pounding gallop at the 3.13 is catchy, and then off to the races with the blasting. The band could not have selected a better opening song.

“Terrestrial Mold” starts with a drum roll, and the blasting and riffing technique is so catchy and unique. Those throaty, deep vocals sound like the Devil conjuring some of his minions to the surface of the Earth. Once the song slows at the 1.28 timestamp, this part is doomy and works well. The blasting returns and the doom death metal moment, in the middle of the song, is terrific. So heavy and droning. We get another pounding galloping moment, like the first song, and in a live environment, I could envision the fans headbanging in unison while holding up the metal horns. More off-kilter, slower moments towards the end of the song bring forth a crawling, eerie atmosphere. Yet another great part of this band.

“Temple of Flies and Moss” ends the album by blowing out eardrums with the opening blast. The song briefly slows down, then back to the blast, then back to the slower moment. The pounding heaviness and this slower moment are excellent at displaying Fossilization’s rhythm section. The almost black metalish style riffing takes us off to the races with the fast moment, and it’s very catchy. That double pounding, headbanging beat, from all the other songs, returns and is killer, especially how there is a drum roll that takes us into a brutal blast.

This style of death metal can sound like mud if not produced and mixed correctly. Fossilization understands this and Advent of Wounds sounds pummeling, because the band paid attention to this fact. If someone had told me this was some long-lost Incantation unreleased album, I would not have questioned it. One could say this is Brazil’s answer to Incantation. The band does have a signature style regarding the pounding galloping moments, which makes them stand out a little more than other bands playing this style. This is really memorable. The album cover fits the music perfectly. Fossilization has released their finest outing ,and this album is ferocious!

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