After three-minutes of abstract cacophony; swirling guitar noise; organ swells, twisted and reversed; monotone spoken word invocation, and the intermittent sound of the full band fading in and out of the mix, the pummeling opening barrage of “Labyrinthine Whispers” erupts at full speed—the trio of guitarist Chuck Keller, drummer Mike Miller, and bassist/vocalist Pete Helmkamp coalescing into a focused vortex of violenceAnd so begins “Dawn Bringer,” the second of three pre-planned albums by Kansas City, Missouri black death legends Order From Chaos. Originally planned as a 12” MLP on the Dutch label Shivadarshana Records, the label insisted on adding more material and tacked on two live tracks—known as the “Pain Lengthens Time” EP, though it was never independently released—and a cover of Voivod’s “War and Pain” taken from the “Jericho Trumpet” EP. Order From Chaos is the sort of band that can’t be fully understood through examination of any single element of their output; one must appreciate the composite sum of their body of work, and “Dawn Bringer” is a crucial part the band’s unassailable catalog, capturing their transition from the militaristic barbarism of “Stillbirth Machine” to their esoteric and intricate swan song, “An Ending in Fire.”