Golgothan Remains - Adorned In Ruin LP

This morning I’m revisiting Sydney “Dark Death Metal Futurists” Golgothan Remains 2nd full length (spoiler alert, it still rips!) ahead of their forthcoming album on Dark Descent ‘Born From Darkness Absolute’. Here’s what I have thought around it’s release…

It’s hard to identify the qualities that’ve made ‘Adorned In Ruin’ such a fulfilling experience. It’s almost like “extreme metal” that doesn’t rely on cliched extremities, be it on the avant-garde or old school side of Death Metal. Their nuanced approach eventually exposes both an inventive eccentricity and truly visceral riffage, making it simultaneously feel more strange but also more firmly metal with each listen.

It’s so sick how my favourite current Australian metal bands (Faceless Burial, Tyrannic, Contaminated etc) possess unique dynamics and sonic personalities in a realm of music that probably all sounds like the same garbage to the average Rumours reissue buyer (love you guys too!). – Nic (Nov 2026)