Doomed
by Defacement
- Type: Album
- Released: 22 Aug 2025
- Label: Unorthodox Emanations
- Country: Netherlands
- Length: 41:07
- Community rating: 3.96/5 from 8 ratings
Artists on this release: Mark Bestia, Forsaken Ahmed, Tadzio, Khalil Azagoth
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Doomed' is the fourth studio record from international quartet Defacement, presenting a disorienting and deeply introspective descent into psychological collapse. The album blends the visceral power of dissonant blackened death metal with atmospheric noise and doom textures, constructing a landscape of emotional desolation through chaotic, heavily layered instrumentation. Balancing raw, punishing aggression with moments of warped melody, the compositions explore themes of identity erosion and existential futility, acting as a complex and harrowing reckoning.
Genres
Descriptors: dissonant, technical, atonal, downtempo, claustrophobic, experimental, bleak, extreme
Tracklist
- Mournful (02:24)
- Portrait (05:42)
- Unexplainable (08:53)
- Forlorn (02:32)
- Worthless (06:50)
- Unrecognised (06:11)
- Clouding (02:15)
- Absent (06:20)
Credits
- Forsaken Ahmed - vocals, bass
- Khalil Azagoth - guitars
- Tadzio - guitars
- Mark Bestia - drums
- Brendan Sloan - mastering, engineer [rhythm and bass guitars reamped by], mixed by, mastered by, producer [additional]
- Kjetil Karlsen - cover art
- Federico Ferretti (2) - engineer [drums], recorded by [drums]
- Gabriele Gramaglia - engineer [drums], recorded by [drums]