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01 Spinning in Agony
02 Soothsayer
03 Ambrosia
04 The Virgin of Nuremberg
05 Duke of Exeter
06 Infested with Worms
07 Burnt in Effigy
08 Strappado
09 Hollow
10 Feast of Flesh
Insane. Barbaric. Totally primitive. Some people comment on how this is recorded poorly and such, but I think that the recording ultimately helps this CD be what it is. In a time of overproduction, Brodequin steps forward and constructs a raw jem known as "Instruments of Torture". It's good to see alot of bands finally abandoning the moronic and overdone gore concepts and embrace some more interesting themes to their music.
Brodequin seems to explore the history of torture methods and rituals, which comes as a refreshing change. The guitars are downtuned and chug along relentlessly and monotonously, while the drums pound the ears, breaking every once in a while into little bursts and interesting patterns that would intrique even the best of death metal drummers. Tracks 1, 2 & 6 stand out the most. Great release, but it isn't quite genius or groundbreaking. [- Damian]
01 Nox Decima
02 The Horrors Of God
03 The Saturnal Night
I've heard quite a few opinions on the Chilean band Decem Maleficium. Some said these were to be the new Winter (the old American doom metalers). Now that I've finaly listent to their demo I can make my own opinion on what this band does. These three track we get here giving just over fifteen minutes, demonstrare a well executed doom metal. They sound very much into the classic doom way back, long before 1995, with some touches of black metal, as in the "Horrors Of God" for instance. Besides, the keyboard work that Felipe does are quiet well aranged, and don't belong within the common stuff around. The truth is that I liked that mix that Maleficium does. It made me remember the times of Katatonia's "December Souls" in the "Nox Decima" song and a bit of Lux Occulta (without the flute hehe). Nox Decima certainly marks a good beginning for this band. Excellent doom the old-school way. [- Blasfemo]
Check out the band at: http://www.decem-maleficium.cjb.net or email
01 The Dawning
02 An Epic Defiance
03 The Prophecy Unfolds
04 Sword-carved Skin
05 Forever Buried Pain
06 Crawling Through Vile
07 The Collision Of Despair
08 Deserving Death
09 Voices Beyond Reason
10 Lost Euphoria part II
11 The Last Of My Commands
12 Starve
"Fuck, I will worship this band!" I used to repeat these words to myself, whenever a band would appear on the metal scene that has this "something" in their music, that brings me down on my knees. Detonation is such a band. The line-Up is four guys from Holland: Koen Romeijn (g,voc), Mike Ferguson (g), Otto Schimmelpenninck (b) and Thomas Kalksma (dr). They describe their music as heavy, melodic Death/Thrash metal. The first few minutes of their debut full-length album "An Epic Defiance" make an unusually good impression. The band is from Holland, but is close in it's character to the Swedish wave of melodic death metal. There are immediate similarities to older In Flames, Soilwork, At The Gates and Dark Tranquility (by the way: the excellent artwork of the release is made by Niklas Sundin of Dark Tranquility). Their two-week residence in studio Excess, Rotterdam (Aug/Sept 2002) birthed a fresh, and brutal yet melodic sound. The guitars sound good, and the rhythm section is perfectly harmonious. The vocals are typical for this kind of music - brutal, but clear. These 12 tracks (46 minutes) sound so interesting that it's hard to believe that Detonation couldn't find a proper deal with any label and decided to release the album on their own. After listening to the disc several times I am able to distinguish some of it's compositional aspects. The melodic riff in the intro ("Sword-carved Skin") makes me feel the presence of the spirit of Chuck Shuldiner. The whole track is one of the brightest sides of "An Epic Defiance" for me. The next track, "Forever Buried Pain", can also be one of the hits of the release (Yeah, I just love the word "hit" in reference to tmetal music). Worthy of recommendation is also the seventh track entitled "The Collision Of Despair" - not as dynamic, as the title track, but contains a nice melody and interesting slow-downs. "Deserving Death" is the also a killer track. The melodic riffs are just fucking great! Same with the instrumental "Lost Euphoria part II". It's high time to finish this review - I could keep admiring this release for a long time here. It's one of those albums I love to hear. The music has spirit, freshness, and is made with balls. That is Detonation! Good Luck guys! [- Deathox]
More about the band at http://www.detonation.nl
01 Asaku Marsuti
02 The Seven Sibbiti
03 Ningiszida
04 The Ancient Ones Monstrous
05 Gat Etemmi
06 Anzu Storm
07 Azag Rite
08 Dingur Xul
09 The Gate Of Pazuzu
10 Summa Amelu Kasip
11 Shub Nigurath Space Outside
12 Yog Sothoth Dominion
I just can't hide the fact, that this record is slowly eating my brains away... Damnit! I wasn't well prepared for what I was going to get... and so I am getting it! Now, can't remember for how many days in a row, Gat Etemmi keeps on smashing me in the face, sucking all vital energy left and growing in power with every consecutive spin of this CD.
Track after track, fit perfectly each after another grip the listener into kind of a forty minutes long trans, that's difficult to describe really. This record kills with the athmosfere created here by Domain. We get here some instrumental cuts in between some of the songs giving the record even more depth. There has been said much about Paul's unique, demonic vocal work over the years, on this record we get no spare space for easy breathing. The entire material rooted very much within the first couple of Tom G. Warrior's releases, aranged in a manner that lets no one get out of Gat Etemmi's grip until the actual end of the record. Even more, every time my CD player stops spinning, I feel this sick need to let it spin once more, over an over again. And again....
In my opinion Domain have put out one of the top releases of 2002 on the Polish scene in between those who put much emphasis not only on the overall aggresion and fury expressed on the material but also on the cachiness and perfect arangements. It is also an excellent material for those sick of speed limit breaking drumming we get everywhere these days. This release in fact awakes something really evil... Gat Etemmiiiiiiiiii.....[- Lord Darnok]
01 Rendering the Demon Gate
02 Serpent of Deep
03 Until Oblivion
04 The Rites of the Excommunion
05 Suffering Unto the Damned
06 Superion
Playing violent, furious blackened death metal from Colorado, Excommunion's music heaves the earth with merciless rage unheared since the early to mid 90s. A very powerful early release from this fairly new group, "Superion" boasts a plentitude of demonic power that will surely catch the ears of many to come. The guitars and bass, a constant trodding buzz whose atmosphere is reminiscent of Incantation's earlier releases "Onward to Golgotha" and "Mortal Throne of Nazarene". The drums are quite varied, constantly switching pace and styles, from grinding blasts to thunderous double bass breakdowns that stand alone in the mix, yet compliment the other instruments quite well. The vocals are quite cold-sounding, also flowing well with the music style. Vocalist Kyle Spanswick almost sounds like he is breathing inwards as he growls. A couple samples here and there, 2 of which come from the movie "Lord of Illusions". If the final track, "Superion", does not make your hair stand on end, you are either a nu-metal hippie or a homosexual coprophiliac.
Overall, this album is a welcome change from the endless barrage of unintelligent (and often unintelligible) grind/death coming out these days. I wouldn't say Excommunion has discovered any sort of ground breaking style here, hence the slightly lowered rating, but it definitely does not come across as anything rehashed or unoriginal either. Very evil, cataclysmic sounding stuff here. Highly recommended. I'm quite curious as to which direction they'll take with future releases. [- Damian]
01 Extra Sensorial Journey
02 The Great Massacre (Verset 666)
03 Wisdom Of The Graves
04 Life Surge
05 Epitaph Of The Elder Ones
06 Trihedron
07 Scientific War
08 La Citee De Marbre (The Marble City)
09 Psychotic Democracy
This French quartet, formed in 1999, had gone through three demos before signing a deal with Diamond Productions last year. A recording session at the Update Studio (Salernes/FR) through September and October, resulted this 45 minite piece of good-quality death metal. Personally I found this release well rooted within the last couple of Morbid Angel releases during the David Vincent era. Yeah, that'd be the main influence that comes to my mind while listening to "Synthetically Revived" - the one that stands out the most anyway. No real wonder, though, as the band members themselves point out Morbid Angel as one of their influences aside from Suffocation. At first, I even tried to compare one of Kabbal's songs to one of Morbid's "b-sides" type releases... but each consecutive time I'd listen to this CD, it would just fucking grin at me because I couldn't find any solid comparisons. It just proved that this release is far from being a damned copy of any other band. There are too many of those little things here and there that make "Synthetically Revived" a stand on it's own feet. These guys made it pretty clear what path they chose to follow (and a very good choice I'd have to say).
Nine well executed, mid-paced, death metal songs including a mind-gripping track, dedicated to the one and only Chuck (RIP) entitled "La Citee de Marbre" (The Marble City). Good catchy riffs with some wicked solo guitars ripping through. Nicely arranged pace changes. Low, yet decipherable growls. Good overall production. Cover art done by Jacek Wisniewski - sound familiar? Who the Hell said death metal was a dying breed?!?
"Get a glimpse on your beloved world, it's maybe your life that I will crush with pain" - a crushing debut indeed and a band that is certainly worthy of keeping an eye and an ear on! [- Lord Darnok]
Contact the band through or Diamond Productions
01 Transcendence Through Ethereal Scourge
02 Ecstasy In Heru-Ra-Ra-Ha
03 The Primal Void In Nothingness
Here we get the folower to the dissapeared chilean Dominus Xul. That's where arises Melektaus, that with this three-track promo, just over ten minutes long, breaks all hell lose! This guys perform death metal with clear influences of the almighty gods Nile, Immolation and Incantation. A great material indeed, where the most originality puts on the drummer (Alvaro Sequeida), that breaks many common pace changes rules that death metal drummers usualy follow. Besides, the work done by the rest of the members is just perfect.
Each of the recorded tracks is a very intense, great extreme death metal song with lyrics well into the fallen angel reclaiming its throne theme. In my opinion, this promo 2025 is something that without a doubt leaves a well stated point here, and there is nothing left to us, than to await the next attack of Melektaus upon the fans of extreme death metal.[- Blasfemo]
Email the band at [email protected] or
01 Satans Servant
02 Delenda Caeli
03 God Sent
04 Von Cosel
05 Torture Be Thy Name
Well... well... well... What sould I say... There are bands that execute black metal for various reasons, with different results. Misericordia know what they want to achive and state it clearly through the name of the band, naming this MCD just as they did and most of all with their music. It's a great pleasure to review such a release! Every little bit of it spits upon Christ's face, spilling holy blood all over the place. In fact, as we can see on the attached pics of these guys... blood is everywhere!
Black metal at its best! These Swedish Godkillers know what they're up to very well. If you liked a bit Dark Funeral's "The Secrets Of The Black Arts", you are to let this MCD spin over and over again in your CD player. Blasphemous as Hell itself, Misericordia put out a release that is not to be missed by any of the black metalers out there! The weird thing is that I can't find a weak point, which I could stick on to and blame the band for doing something one way or the other. Good. We've seen quite a few bands that used to teach others how black metal should be performed pass away... Now, I can say that Misericordia learnt their lesson well. Bursting with hatred towards the heavens, showing music instruments can in fact be as deadly as any other weapon if used it properly. No keyboard work, yet pretty melodic at times, excellent musicianship showing through this whole avalanche... no shitting around.
I would not say that "Erase The Skies" breaks any new grounds here, yet it is certainly black metal that is sure to leave goose bumps on your back. Hail Satan, Jesus Wept, Erase The Skies, Shit Upon The Holy Cross & look out for the upcoming Misericordia's full length CD!!! [- Lord Darnok]
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01 Tropos
02 Blasphemy In The Thresholds Of Chaos
03 Vexilla Regis Prodeunt Inferni
04 Darkened Hoartfrost
05 The Darkness Embacing Rough Visions From My Immortal Side
06 Hidden Track
True Black metal!! Unholy Black metal! Kneel down before Wildesheer. Band coming from Viņa del Mar (remember Darnok!? hehe) attacks us with their release 2002, that was recorded in just two hours, all at once. They've put out six hymns to the Evil One of a quality, that many bands would envy for a debut release. I'm still asking myself how the hell did they manage to do it... and the only reasonable answer I come up with is that there must have been Satan himself giving these guys a hand hehe. I think that Wildesheer hand in hand with Hetroertzen could grow to lead the southamerican black metal scene... They're influenced by such great acts as Immortal (Pure Holocaust, Diabolica Fullmoon Mysticism), Darkthrone (A Blaze In the Northern Sky) and Satyricon (Shadowthrone, Nemesis Divina). They're not a common copy though as they've managed to come with a kind of a style of their own, which is quiet unusual for a new band. Hiverg does a real great job on the vocals and the music itself leaves you in a state of shock. A "must have" and I see no valid excuses not to. Just to sum it up, keep in mind, that Wildesheer will surely try to take over the black throne. We'll see how that goes.[- Blasfemo]
Wildesheer
Calle 6 #2531
Santa Ines
Viņa del Mar
Chile
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