Defective Epitaph is the sixth full-length release by Xasthur, and the first to feature live drums rather than a drum machine. Despite this change, the album retains Xasthur’s bleak identity, with continuing themes of destruction and despair. While somewhat softer in tone than earlier releases, Defective Epitaph remains deeply immersive, preserving Xasthur’s atmosphere of isolation and melancholy.
TRACK LISTING:
01. Soulless Elegy
02. Purgatory Spiral
03. Cemetery of Shattered Masks
04. Malignant Prophecy
05. Orientation of Ruin
06. Legacy of Human Irrelevence
07. Dehumanizing Procession
08. Funerals Drenched in Apathy
09. Worship (The War Against) Yourself
10. A Memorial to the Waste of Life
11. The Only Blood that Pours is Yours
12. Unblessed Be