On level 16 my brief time of dual-wielding is coming to an end: spectres can't be harmed by blades. Luckily my intelligence has just increased, so reverting to the wand might be effective. #ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga

Before descending to level 15 I found an axe. Dual wielding the axe and the sword is a devastating combination, adding +10 to attack strength. #ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga

Level 14 brings more undead: skeletal warriors join the zombies and the snakes. With these tougher enemies, I am hoping for a weapon upgrade soon. #ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga

Morrn 🤘🏻

Nice rotten and slightly technical #DeathMetal .

https://album.link/de/i/1816447007

#NowPlaying #RandomMusickMayhem #Ossuary #Metal

Deeper in the dungeon, enchanted creatures are joined by the undead. My strength has increased, though, and my pair of blades should make short work of them. #ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga

OSSUARY (Estats Units) presenta nou àlbum: "Abhorrent Worship" #Ossuary #DeathMetal #Maig2025 #EstatsUnits #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

This is a situation you don't want to find yourself in. I'm already battling two serpents at the entrance to a chamber, while a third serpent slithers up the corridor behind towards my back. #ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga

Wisconsin death metal band Ossuary release their dooming full-length debut, Abhorrent Worship. Review at FFR, https://flyingfiddlesticks.com/2025/05/19/ossuary-abhorrent-worship-me-saco-un-ojo-2025/ #metal #heavymetal #rock #hardrock #deathmetal #Madison #Wisconsin #Ossuary #MeSacoUnOjoRecords #DarknessShallRiseProductions #doom

Ossuary – Abhorrent Worship Review

By Alekhines Gun

These days, it seems like people get their idea of what “cavernous” should sound like from people who read about caves in books. Incantation are supposed to be the torch bearers for the subgenre, but they have sounded more like a facsimile of the sound for decades, and even more filthy modern equivalents like Funebrarum or Vastum still manage to sound like a studio imitation of what should be a raw and organic aural depiction. Drilling through the limestone and sporting some concerningly bloody tools, Ossuary have arrived with their debut full-length Abhorrent Worship, with the promo itself promising the album will open up a cave for you, dear listener, to die in. I’m a big believer in being threatened with a good time, so grab your spelunking gear and watch out for the guano poisoning!

Ossuary have conjured up an excellent presentation of the cavernous sound. Abhorrent Worship sounds positively vile, with every riff drenched in grime and slithering sounds. The big reason for this is the disgusting bass tone offered up by Matt Jacobs. While never getting any solos or spotlight, his bass is cranked up in the mix and hits brown noise levels of depth, with a rattle that sounds like it’s rotting out the woofer on my speakers with every spin. This gives the Malignant Altar styled bounce of “Instinctual Prostration” or the vintage Autopsy waltz of “Inborn Scourge Unbound” reverb and depth, masterfully unleashing the echoing abandoned cave aesthetic. The guitars are no slouches in tone either, with Izzi Plunket summoning the spirit of the gone-before-their-time Cavurn1 in riff style while channeling demo-era Demilich filth in presentation. Whiffs of Suffering Hour treble peppers occasional moments (“Barren Lamentation”) while never giving into anything which could remotely be described as melodic, with sustained chords digging deeper into the earth’s crust in depth and sound.

And when Ossuary gets to really digging, the ground opens up to swallow you whole. “Volitional Entropy” leads in with one of the single greatest death/doom riffs I have ever heard, a massive earworm which evolves from a droning lurch into a titanic mantle-chucker as it builds and swirls. “Forsaken Offerings (To the Doomed Spirit)” channels vintage Tomb Mold into a build that collapses into a chuggathon and hellish blasts. “Barren Lamentation” acts as the grand album finale with a slow-building curtain closer of a groove, which is rendered more intense by the drumming of Nick Johnson picking up the pace as the droning repeats. Each song in Abhorrent Worship functions as a build to a climax, with at least one high-caliber riff to be found in every menacing cut.

The only downside to a tension-and-release style composition is that you have to be uniformly interesting in your transitions as much as your explosions, and it is here that Ossuary stumbles. Many chugging sections go on far too long (“Forsaken Offerings…” being the biggest offender), and not every climax impales you on the same stalagmite2. There’s a clear hierarchy of quality from song to song, and while the atmosphere is unrelenting and nothing slips underneath “good,” discernible highs and lows in the composition detract from the overall body of work. Cavernous death is inherently a limited style by its nature, and the only way to make up for that is with the writing being as uniformly well executed in composition as it is in tone. Abhorrent Worship absolutely nails the sound and aesthetic, and at their best, offer up a hellish vision of the most cavernous depths, but it doesn’t have the clear sense of gold-quality from beginning to end needed to make it stand out in an inherently monochrome genre.

Nevertheless, I have emerged from the cave covered in bat poo and blood that is disconcertingly not my own with tales of delight. Ossuary have presented an enjoyable presentation of the cavernous sound, and despite its compositional flaws, I find myself somewhat smitten. If they can make every song hit with the same pic axe sharpness while maintaining the foulness of their production, future releases will offer us bleak horrors indeed. For now, if you haven’t gone cave diving in a while, I highly recommend joining in a chorus of Abhorrent Worship for a good spiritual cleanse. Just make sure you bring extra batteries for your flashlight…

Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Me Saco Un Ojo Records
Websites: Album Bandcamp | Official Instagram
Releases Worldwide: May 23rd, 2025

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I missed @jimblimey playing dungeon crawlers last night, but had fun watching the vod. Among them was #ossuary which you can see here https://youtu.be/YS_delIH6xY?t=4321 - rewind for the whole stream, there are lots of fun dungeon crawlers for the Speccy.

Note: click the link above or go to about 1:12:05 to go straight to Ossuary, since the embedded video doesn't honour the timestamp in the URL. Or just watch the whole VOD 🙂

On level 11 and I've collected 860 gold. This is good going; less than half way down but more than half way to beating that 1600 score. And rewards increase as we descend, too. #ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga

The last serpent I slew hid a sword. That and the dagger together greatly augment my attack strength. I also levelled up on defence, so on level 10 I can dispense with the shield for now. #ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga

On level 9, the arachnids are joined by serpents! This terrifying combination of enemies is becoming challenging. Let's hope I level up or find more weaponry soon. #ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga

By level 8, the vermin have disappeared, and the place is full of spiders. I'm still looking out for a sword, so I can try dual wielding. #ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga

Why do we do weird things with human remains - like turn them into art, or line underground corridors with them, or worship them because we're told they belonged to a holy person once upon a time, or revere them because they belonged to our ancestors?

We'll look at this and much more at Writing the Occult: Relics on 10 May, including a special talk by Cat Irving about ossuaries and bones. Join us? 🧵⬇️

#writersofmastodon #horror #gothic #bones #ossuary #skeleton

Before descending to level 7, our strength increased to 6. My character is now equally handy with a blade or a wand, although only blades can be dual-wielded. Let's hope for a sword soon! #ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga

Our comedy-horror indie adventure game Ossuary is half-off on the Humble Store!

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/ossuary

You'll get a DRM-free download and a Steam key. Explore a Discordian underworld where everyone is lying to themselves and sins are tools for change. #FutureProofGames #IndieGame #Ossuary

Level 6 brings more vermin and arachnids, who are gradually getting stronger. But the rewards are also getting more valuable: the casket contains 50 gold, where a purse contains 20. #ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga