february 2010 reviews

NOMINON 'OMEN'-PROMO EP 2009-SWEDEN -4 TRACKS:
Fucking great Band!!! for those who are into Death metal scene is no unknown band, but if you need an intro I tell you that they're coming from SWEDEN & have some releases ou with relative sucess. it just was the fact of say great band. Some years ago I recxeived some DEATH GASM promo packages including 2 releases of them. Both products were my favorites albums, inclusively were playing in my CD player for a long time.Well, In ths chance I've received a promo EP called 'OMEN' and after I played this EP amny times I can say is a magnificent piece of work, Based on typical SWEDISH DEATH METAL like bands as DISMEMBER and NECROPHOBIC very easy to digest to all death metal listeners. this Ep is including four tracks of faster and unstoppable Death metal almost as the latest work of NECROPHOBIC and it includes a live track too. I think this CD is a masterpiece in a small box that is a journey to the beginning od SWEDISH DEATH metal with long tracks but no for that tedious or misunderstood, more well are perfectly developed with rich rhythms, powerful screams where the vokills where the vocalist is leaving the life in each note(the vocals is no guttural but if stronger).'OMEN' is opening this EP that reminds me to NECROPHOBIC, by the morbid guitar riffing and velocity of drumms. 'INVOCATION' & 'THROUGH DEAD DREAMS DOOR' is following wit the high quality in ranks of Death metal music. This production is certainly a great acquisition if you're looking for morbid and faster Death metal...........GREAT!!!..............................8.5/10

HELL SMOKE: 'SATAN METAL WAR'-TAPE 2008:
Lately I've heard some South american band that is playing aggressive 80's black metal without cleaner and well working in structures and conceptions of the tracks. I do not wanna to say that is bad or better, there's a thousand of followers that can aprove it or not, but the true is the fact that many blacke metallers from South american, specially from Brazil, Bolivia and Peru are playing pure's 80's black metal
influenced on, and it is Basically HELLSMOKE too(not keyboards, no female vocals ).I'm not into a rebirth of these golden years but I support all true feels behind of those worpshipers of these kind of black metal from 80's years, So As you must be know in these times the develop on choirds were simply , more based on 4 or 5 rhythm chnages only per track, sounding at time monotonous but it's not nearly as bad as you can imagine, more well sometimes is good 'coz it was done to bang your head. Also the tracks are shorts but consistent I think that best description of that it would be IMPALED NAZARENE (EARLIER),ANTICIMEX even VENOM music.YEZZZ!!! This young band has a hardcorish/punk/black metalk attitude and I enjoyed that, fast drumms and raw vokills are making totally aggressive their music, and take note they're pissing the beautiful tunes of every technique pretension than others bands are using constantly with stupid progressive feelings. The black metal is Black metal only...................................................................6.9/10
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BARRABAS: 'POISON FRUIT'-CD-R DEMO 2008'5 TRACKS-BRAZIL:
BARRABAS is a BRAZILIAN RAW/black metal band formed at 1990 but it was sleeping per 18 years and recently has become with new line up to try of recovering all time loose. mainly influenced by a variety of musical sources that it goes from EUROPEAN black metal o currently mode to play black metal that is easily to reckowned it, by the form that they're composing his tracks. If we need compare to them, we must to say it is similar to earlier MARDUK but isn't a merely a cabon copy of them. Because they have adding a bit owner. The art cover of this CD-R is printed on black gloosy cartoon and pro printed inside and it contain 5 tracks that brings you down like: POISON FRUIT, DARK CUSADE TO THE LIGHTS BANE, MUNDANUS IMPERIUM, KAOS & INVOCATION OF THE FOUR GATES. All of them ae conceived under the same statement, blackenest hymns to satanas with coldest rhythms, harsch vocals and the most faster drums beats and riffs, all with traditional black metalatmospheres. Recently BARRABAS has put out their split album together other black metal from COLOMBIA and soonly will be out their first album too. POISON FRUIT is recommended for all black metallers that is seeking raw and intense black metal............................................7.2/10
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www.myspace.com/barrabasblackmetal





LUXURIA DE LILLITH : 'VOLUIA INFERNAL'-CD 2008-IMPALED RECORDS-BRAZIL
At last I got it!!! I was expecting for this jewel for a long time and sincerely when I knew that it would be out I took contact with the record
label to do a trade and now I can say it I have got it!!!LUXURIA DE LILLITH is a BRAZILIAN band based on lujurious, orgasms, sex, fetish, satanism, etc...topics with high dozes of exotic rhythms, unusual sound keyboards that is not a merely supporting and female chorus in different ways than others bands using. The tracks are building with a huge background with tons of riffs & decent draws where each riff is one piece that accomplishment so well with the lyrical parts also it is including chorus to do a perfect song. It could say that all tracks are awesome in conceptions and creativity... I think so!!!. Each track has its own personality as well as lujurious and your soul is doomed to feel these insane rhythms, whispers and screams that blessed all song. i think that all tracks were conceived by the bizarre imagination of the leader and frontman who write all tracks and don't leave nothing to side. they are given a uniquely original conception in each song that nobody did it before into the black metal scene. All tracks are highly recommended!!!....8.5/10
the CD is available on IMPALED RECORDS from BRAZIL
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JANUARY 2010

VINTAGE FLESH “THE EYES THAT GLARED AT MY AGONIES” CD 2009 – USA-10 TRACKS:
At last the full length is out!!!! (I asking for a while to release to do a better review, become the demo sound sucks!!) Well at first sight I must to say that recording sound is very acceptable, at least my ears are bleeding for the music and nor for the bad sound!! Musically I took note a progress in comparison to previous works, its more developed and the tracks are not boring by the constantly rhythm changes, the CD starts with MALLEUS MALLEFICARIUM is an into with arpeggios on guitars and keyboards, it sounding like a horror film, the track is opening to CORPSE AS MY CABIN is a track more influenced IN DARK FUNERAL tunes but always I follows disgust on the vocals parts. PORTAL OF CONTUSION its smell like early MERCYFUL FATE & DARK FUNERAL (is a bit strange but is true). FOR THE SPIRIT THAT WALKS IN SHADOW & 1635 tracks are my favorite tunes over here!!! Both tracks are confirm these influences that I above mentioned with leads, mid tempo, heavy & doomy parts (awesome heavy metal tracks). the follows themes are not merely a carbon copy of others each track have contain interesting parts that it does so appreciable to listening in comparison to previous works. it show us a better accomplishment as band through screams intros atmospheres and obsesives rhythms that brings in you had it is giving an acceptable performance to be their first work. If you are looking for scary and creepy black metal I´m strongly sure that’s you need…………………………………………………………………………………………7.3/10
www.myspace.com/vintageflesh






INFINITUM OBSCURE “SUB ATRIS CAELIS” CD 2009 USA 8 tracks:
It`s a fucking great Dark/Death metal that comes from the pits of AZTEC hell!! When the first notes came out of my Cd player, was thinking that THE CHASM and without doubt I think that is a brand mark of MEXICAN DEATH METAL. Mexico everybody knows that has given too many good death metal bands with a evil sound as. CENOTAPH, SHUB NIGGURAT, TOXODETH and others. then I think that INFINITUM OBSCURE has got to trapped the best things of them to create his sound but the true is very similar with THE CHASM sound but who care when the evil darkness & Satanism is there . Musically the band in upright thanks to the talented musicians that is making elaborate dark melodies that in each notes that you listen you are awaiting for more, it leaving to the CROWD SATISFIED after a previous work entitled show us a nature band with high grade of professionalism and unadulterated fury that they invoke, they are plainly determined to launch a campaign to be leather in the underground scenes and know that they are got it!! My favorite tracks are “seeding darkness” “messenger of chaos” (awesome) and “scepter of malevolence” the band is not original but the music is simply marvelous!! Everyone that needs death metal to live, sure you got it. Enjoyable stuff!!!..................................8.9/10

www.infiniteobscure.com




OPUS INFERI “candeias negron” CD promo demo 2008-4 tracks:
I took notice about this band after the Bolivian tour that they did in 2009, thanks to PEDRO FLORES ( zine) who spoke me about of a good performance that they had in Santa Cruz – Bolivia show then, I contacted to them, after a couples of mails I decided to visit to them and have a personally contact in my last trip to CAMPO BRAZIL, I was received by SENHOR DA MORTE , who gave me a place to sleep and drinks some beers too!! We spoke a lot and he gift me to spreads CANDEIAS NEGRAS promo CD immediately put on CD player and I have hear the first notes that reminds me to MARDUK , it having a bit raw sound but still you can define their music as simple followers to this Swedish black metal band. The Cd promo it includes over 12 minutes of music and you can find two video and bonus what they did alive in a CAMPO GRANDE SHOW, and all viewers can proof the band potential. The music is raw and faster than much black metal out there but I left that the guitars could had been more technic and louder, sometimes its sounding very raw rhythms, a bit understood. However, is a typical black metal band that brings in the BRAZILIAN scene to gain a space in this hardest way.
Video bonus: “CANDEIAS NEGRAS” & “TREVAS ETERNAS”…………………………………………6.7/10
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www.myspace.com/opusinferi

NECROMESIS “THE DARK WORKS OF ART” CD-R 2009- 5 tracks BRAZIL:
After a couple of trips around to Sao Paulo Brazil I was looking a show invited to MARCELO FORMIGAO and I knew about this band then I had contact with band members who gave me this release. I supposed that it will be another extreme Death metal band but I was wrong. NECROMESIS is band a technic death metal move into 2000 sound, a bit evolutioned that includes some stoner touches in their tracks, to those guys the music is taking seriously is for matter that production is very careful with a good things on sound recording very professional the arrangements of the songs. it have a good combination of developed guitar rhythms psychopath and complex riffs. Its being the best points there, the tracks are not fast but also are not slow at includes parts fast drums and others spiced. The vocals are not louder or raw are very understood and obviously I rescue this point. then, I can compare to put on tracks a few similitudes between latest SEPULTURA albums with something of STONER METAL , making of this product a strange Death metal but not for this bad. the CD contains 5 tracks of sharp death metal, very innovative in guitar rhythms and a bonus including a HEARTWORK of the death grind CARCASS, a young band that impressed by their technic and cool arrangements but still a think that they can do something better a good work to be the beginning……….7.5/10
www.myspace.com/necromesisdeathmetal