Zagreb, Croatia may not be the most obvious place to find a blisteringly heavy new band, but you'd be foolish not to keep your eyes on the ferocious Eternities. They're not quite fully formed yet; this album has a few too many over-similar moments. But at the right volume that'll only serve to pummel you some more.
Their press release references Mastodon and Neurosis amongst their influences, and these two would go a long way to describe their sound, but throw in Black Sabbath too, for good measure. Not as heavy or as intricate as the aforementioned, they add more rasping death metal vocals to most of the songs, and then go to another end of the spectrum altogether by pulling out a crooning roar that seems for all the world to have a southern drawl to it. IGUT also have a couple of slower numbers in 'The Last One' and 'Denial', the latter of which builds towards a riff as infectious as it is monolithic. While their influences are clear, they blend them together in a way that seems fresh - especially with Filip Bartol's frantic and varied vocals - and makes sure Eternities is a fine way for the UK to discover them.
3/5
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