Desultory

Desultory was part of the first wave of Swedish death metal bands, alongside Entombed, Dismember, and others. Into Eternity, their Metal Blade debut following a lesser-known EP release, is standard for the genre, energetic and forceful, straddling the line between the more brutal American death style and the melodic Gothenburg variety. By most accounts, the followup, Bitterness, is more of the same, but 1996's Swallow The Snake is quite a different animal, dropping the death vocals (and, for the most part, death metal itself), for a more heavy rock sound likened by some to Soundgarden. Having been dropped by Metal Blade, they disappeared, but the three members from the Snake album recruited a new fourth member and, continuing the progression from Snake, continued on as the heavy/stoner metal act Zebulon. Finally, in early 2009, the entire Zebulon lineup rechristened themselves as the new Desultory, releasing a comeback album (Counting Our Scars) a year later, returning to their death metal roots. Their final album (the band made the announcement before the release) was Through Aching Aeons in 2017.

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