Behemoth-styled death metal is mostly tepid if I'm going to be honest. Sulphur Aeon, however, certainly has no trouble finding room to liven up the modern death metal approach with little nuances upon which the weight of the record is stabilized like little centipede legs carrying an abominable insect. There are plenty of blast beats and death metal riffs, sure, but the guitar sequences are creative enough to include creepy notations and convoluting structures to break up the monotony and pacing of this style. The riffs are fantastic-massive, tremolo-picked bombardments transmitting technicality and superb atmosphere, neither of which is left raw or overdone. In the end, over fifty minutes of sprawling death metal emerge, giving life to a cosmic assault that is as prosperous as it is iconoclastic.

The aforementioned soupçons serve as the golden ticket giving Sulphur Aeon a weekend pass to Kadath, making each cut seem its own particular shade. An assortment of riffing patterns and death metal structures organized to naturally transmit the band's motifs create a variety within Sulphur Aeon's template that seldom runs on fumes. Strong lead guitar melodies help "Into the Courts of Azathoth" and "Seventy Steps" stand out, while the title track and "Abysshex" rely on a more go-for-the-throat blueprint of blazing riffs and relentless carnage, but done under Sulphur Aeon's atmospheric and esoteric tendencies. Sulphur Aeon comes away sounding like its own entity; there is enough substance here to make the group stand on its own. The nuances are everywhere, and lift "Gateway to the Antisphere" to towering heights.