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Decimator - Downfallen
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Available Dec 5 via Wormholedeath Records - Decimator’s trajectory has been defined by instability, but Downfallen turns their volatility into structure. The three track EP works as a concentrated study in power, discipline and historical fracture, using the Reign of Terror as more than a thematic crutch. The band treats the period as a framework for tension, violence as process and collapse as inevitability.
‘Hexenkrieg’ opens with a tightened rhythmic grid, the kind of precision that signals a lineup finally locking in. The guitars push with a cold, declarative intent, leaving no space for ornamental excess. The title track shifts into a heavier stride, carrying the weight of political unraveling without lapsing into theatrics. ‘Teuer de Paysans’ closes the sequence with sharp contour and a sense of structural urgency, refusing to drift or repeat for effect.
The personnel changes are audible. Riley Perry’s bass choices reshape the harmonic spine. Caiseal Duncan’s guitar presence is lean. Bon Lowe’s drum work, recorded before his departure, gives the EP a grounded pulse that holds the material together. Lance Holland-Keen drives the project with a clarity born from surviving every transition.
Downfallen reads as a hinge release, the point where a band abandons provisional identity and commits to its core.
9/10
Words by Fuego Casa
In collaboration with Headbangers Australia