Emerging in the late ?90s from western Athens as Requiem, only to be soon renamed to the more apt Embrace of Thorns, the Greek Temple of Black Death has been championing Darkness Impenetrable for more than 20 years. Embrace of Thorns are set to release their sixth album, Entropy Dynamics. The band?s first full-length recording in four years, Entropy Dynamics indeed includes many/most of the dynamics of their preceding LPs ? death metalled muscularity, pitch-blackened atmosphere, stellar songwriting, and powerful production ? but it also points the way toward new, creepier territory. For sure, Embrace of Thorns? grounding in the early bestial sound can still be heard, but rendered with the world-eating totality of classic death metal, that surge takes on a different, far-more-frightening form. The quartet heighten that frightening aspect with a subtle-yet-no-less-noticeable emphasis on dynamics rather than just crushing their enemies straightaway; when the soundfield strips back to its barest bones and ringing-into-the-abyss clean guitars take center stage, the full force of Entropy Dynamics is felt. Always staying true to themselves whilst maturing in the most respectable manner, Embrace of Thorns continue their campaign of extreme metal destruction with Entropy Dynamics.