Heavy and punishing, Dipygus choose atmosphere and grimness over speed and acrobatics. Keeping the listener rooted to their seat by intriguing riffs and tempo changes. Dipygus straddles between mid-paced death and just a bit slower for their solos and breakdowns. Never straying too far in any direction, the album keeps a consistent tone and moves remarkably quickly around the turntable. It's a fully immersive album, and that certainly warps the listener's sense of time. Much like creatures out of the past, Dipygus has an old school, no BS approach to their sound, keeping it primal but skilled. While utilizing this sort of caveman aesthetic, the production and song structure is anything but simple; their songs are very interestingly arranged and well-played. Complete with neat samples on a handful of tracks, Dipygus is a throwback for sure, but in the best way possible. 

 

Showing that the past is still effective in the present (in more ways than one), Dipygus' third and self-titled album brings back that stone age crunch while paying homage to some of the lesser-known cryptids. A loving mixture of primordial sludge, sledgehammer drums, and bone-breaking axe-work, Dipygus is a refreshing take on old-school death, skipping the well-known influences for the more obscure, but equally important. Putting their own intriguing spin on it, their latest is an excellent piece of death metal, and one that helps bridge the gap from the past into the future.