Although being a relatively small contingent, the local metal scene of Perth, Western Australia, has produced some rather appealing albums, Pathogen's Bloodline for example. Vespers Descent are of a similar camp to Pathogen and others, such as Malignant Monster, but differ in that they can be likened far more to more international and popular death metal bands. Their first album, 2005's Visions in Verse, was reasonably successful, and coupled with the band's tightly executed live act, created a name for the band amongst the city's small metal community. They return in 2008 with a simple, yet ferociously good EP, Reality Dysfunction. With a slathering of good riffing, all glazed with a delicate touch of melody, Reality Dysfunction is 4 songs that definitely worth hearing. The vocals on the EP are very good, at a moderate depth and constantly decipherable. The band show off their influences with a cover of At the Gates' 'Blinded by Fear', and to be honest do an as good as, if not better, job of it than At the Gates did in 1995. To finish off the EP, the band give us a warm and melancholic acoustic outro in 'Eclipse', which was a very nice touch. Definitely a band to keep your eye on.
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