Album Review: Iapetus - The Mother Void
Seven years is a long time to leave a story unfinished, but Iapetus have never been a band in a hurry. Sharing a name with the Titan of Greek myth and the strange, two-toned moon of Saturn that bears his name, the New York duo deal in songs measured in quarter-hours and themes measured in light years. The Mother Void is the long-awaited final chapter of a trilogy that has quietly earned them a devoted following among progressive death metal fans, and it arrives with a guest list that would make bands with far bigger budgets blush. Iapetus began in 2010 as a solo project for vocalist, guitarist, and bassist Matthew Cerami, before guitarist, keyboardist and drum arranger Jordan Navarro came aboard to make it a partnership. A first EP followed in 2012, but it was the self-released The Long Road Home in 2017 that put them on the map, and 2019’s The Body Cosmic, with Ne Obliviscaris drummer Dan Presland behind the kit, confirmed them as one of the most ambitious independent...
