Cyaegha profiles itself as an extreme metal band. What you hear on Steps Of Descent is a technical death metal band with an old school sound to it. There is absolutely no case of over-production, triggered drums or anything else fancy on this record. Luckily this hasn’t resulted in a mouldy bathroom production but it lead to a quite natural sound. It even reminds of the nineties death metal a bit. Technical, old school and brutal are the keywords for this album.

 

Overall it’s a nice listen, yet since these guys play old school death metal you can already guess where the problem lies with these guys; originality. There isn’t much of that to be found on Steps Of Descent. Most of this record can probably be traced back to a record of the previous two decades, making Cyaegha’s efforts a bit redundant. Yet for the average death metal Joe, it is certainly worth a try. Knock yourself out!