CHRIST DISMEMBERED - Ov Vampiricy review

 

CHRIST DISMEMBERED - Ov Vampiricy

Self Released

So when I think of Australian Black Metal I'm going with my favorites like BESTIAL WARLUST, DESTROYER 666, NAZXUL and of course PORTAL. I could easily name drop a few more favorites but you get the idea. And Australian BM bands do have a unique sound and style. So when I first checked out this second album by Australia's CHRIST DISMEMBERED I was kind of surprised. 

Just for the record CHRIST DISMEMBERED is a five piece BM act who originally started out back in 2012. Their debut full length, which I never heard, came out in 2017. After that it's been silence until now. Hey I understand you've got other obligations other than crushing religions and hailing satan. Plus there was that Wuhan Flu thing which turned your nation into a concentration camp. 

But anyways CHRIST DISMEMBERED come across sound-wise as nothing consistent with Australian BM. Instead this album is completely influenced by late 1990's / early 2000's Scandinavian Black Metal. It's melodic as well as harsh which reminds me of Sweden's DARK FUNERAL or 2000 era MARDUK. Now that's not a bad thing since I've got a ton of CDs and some vinyl behind me on the shelves that represent this style of music when it first came out decades ago. 

So let's give CHRIST DISMEMBERED's sophomore full length it's due. Archworm has a snarling harsh vocal style which is fucking cool. The musicianship by this band is perfect. There's plenty of icy energy riffs, blast beats and some decent soloing. The band does introduce some melodic atmosphere at times which sticks with the script. 

In the end CHRIST DISMEMBERED's second full length would be remembered as a classic BM album if it was originally released a few decades ago. As for now it's something cool to blast for a day or two and then move on. I've got the original stuff on the shelf.

LISTEN TO & BUY IT HERE:

https://christdismembered.bandcamp.com/album/ov-vampiricy

NECROCHAKAL - Golgothian Orgies of Bestial Lust review

 

NECROCHAKAL - Golgothian Orgies of Bestial Lust

Floga Records

First off I like the album cover art. The song titles are funny in a debauchees way. Musically it's blackened thrash and more on that later. But the band photo provided is pretty fuckin bad. And you know what maybe it's bad in a deliberate way. Sure I'll go out on that limb only because I'm crazy sometimes. But in all seriousness you two guys look like a bad Halloween costume picture.

Now with that out of the way here we have the debut full length from NECROCHAKAL. They're actually a three piece Blackened Thrash act from the great nation of Greece who have been around putting their cloven hooves on people's faces since 2012. The early part of their career consisted of various short form releases. If you interested and don't want to search so far then there's a compilation titled The Early Black Sacrifices which came out on CD in 2023 on Tribulacion Productions. 

Now as far as this thing goes the band clearly states that musically they're into Teutonic Thrash and late 80's Brazilian Extreme Metal. So think SODOM, DESTRUCTION, SARCOFAGO and MYSTIFIER all rolled into one savage bestial punch to your fucking face. Plus they're fuckin Greek as well and I do hear a touch of Hellenic BM on a song or two. 

So you have nine tracks that pretty much are all about their ferocious hatred towards well you can figure it out because it's easy by now. With that said NECROCHAKAL are a damm cool sounding band. They're giving an update to a sound which is three decades old. But they're keeping it original while also making it sound somewhat fresh. Seriously why would you ever put in a acoustic piece like "Thanatopsis" trying to be all SABBATH which kinda sucks?  It's because you're Black Fuckin Metal and you follow it up with "Son of Loss Judas Goat". So yeah this full length is a winner.   

http://www.flogarecords.com/

LISTEN HERE:

https://flogarecords.bandcamp.com/album/golgothian-orgies-of-bestial-lust

IMPURITY - The Eternal Sleep review

 

IMPURITY - The Eternal Sleep

Hammerheart Records

In all honesty for the past two decades the majority of Swedish Death Metal acts I've gotten into all had Rogga Johansson involved. So this one here was a shock since he's not involved. Of course it makes you wonder while when it comes to old school Swedish Death Metal the torch was passed to Rogga Johansson. Are we looking at the next generation of OSSDM?

Here we have the debut full length by this Swedish four piece act who started out in 2022. Sound wise it's part ENTOMBED but there's a lot of DISMEMBER worship. And yeah not only was it recorded at Sunlight Studios but it was mastered by Dan Swano. So you get the idea and it's a fierce fucking sounding release to say the least. 

I mean ENTOMBED are gone and DISMEMBER haven't done anything since the mid-2000's. So I welcome this whole heartly. Seriously this is what DISMEMBER fans wanted back in the day as a follow up to The God That Never Was because their self titled album from 2008 kinda blew. 

Now I'm not saying IMPURITY are a OSSDM act to bore us old school fans. Hell no they've taken the baton and are introducing their own intensity to a genre that needs a fuckin future from generic BS. This is new and exciting stuff. It kicks fucking ass! Fuck that new wave BS because this is the next wave which is fresh sounding and angry as fuck. 

https://www.hammerheart.com/

LISTEN HERE:

https://hammerheart.bandcamp.com/album/the-eternal-sleep

SEIDHR - Dracanthropy review

 

SEIDHR - Dracanthropy

Witches Brew 

I've said it before buy it bares repeating that my favorite Thrash since the 1990's has been Blackened Thrash. And with that said I've gotta admit that the sub genre carcass has been picked clean. I mean the marrow from the bones has been sucked out. There's nothing left to take which will sound cool and new. So for me I just look / listen for something sick sounding, old school and not totally generic. 

I believe I've found that with this three piece act from Ann Arbor, Michigan / Kansas City, Missouri. Yeah that's a long drive to practice. Anyways before I listened to this I checked out their track list and saw they do an ABSU cover. OK I'm interested and after giving it a few listens I can say these guys are pretty good. Now sure some jaded piece of shit who's been into Thrash for a decade could listen to this nine song release, pick it a part and and be a dick about it. Fine and go back to listening to your crap. 

Influence wise yeah SEIDHR like early SLAYER and SODOM. I'm cool with that. Especially since you've got these sick fucking riffs and insane solos. The drum work is fuckin crazy. All in all this debut album sounds like a hidden treasure from the past. The vocals are of that blackened harsh variety with a few Tom G. Warrior grunts tossed in. 

All in all yeah this debut is damm good for anyone who misses the old ways of Blackened Thrash and really yearns for it to come back in a cool way. I mean there's violin, viola and some synths on here which to me is a cool game changer to the savage attack this band hits you with. Hell yeah this is a great release. 

https://witchesbrew.eu/en

LISTEN HERE:

https://seidhr666.bandcamp.com/album/dracanthropy-2

ATOMIZATOR - Nuclear Booze Patrol review

 

ATOMIZATOR - Nuclear Booze Patrol

Witches Brew

As anyone who reads the reviews on this site (and frankly who doesn't) knows that my opinion on modern day Thrash is low. Look I was around when Thrash started out and it was cool. I liked those bands plus the others that added other genre styles to it aka: Death Thrash and Blackened Thrash. I also supported the Thrash Revival in the late 2000's. But to get me going for you as a band nowadays ya gotta show me something which I'll not be bored with three songs into your release. 

Case in point here we have the debut album by ATOMIZATOR who are a four piece Thrash act from the great nation of Switzerland. Now obviously when you look at Switzerland you think of their banking system, the fuckin alps and of coarse CELTIC FROST. How many people that you know will honestly say "Dude I'm really into the Swiss Thrash scene because it's killer"? Ah yeah whatever. 

So hey here we have a decent contender for some modern day Thrash. But hey look at these guys. They look like a couple of troublesome dudes who came into a place where I've worked at. They drink their shite beers. They probably added on a few shots of cheap booze as well. And of course they got quarters to play pool. An hour or two later I'm throwing these assholes out the door. Yeah I used to be a bouncer at a Punk/Metal club. Surprised?

Be that as it may the opening intro "U-235" on here is not OK in my book. But don't let that sway you because the real opening track "Permanent Injury" is a cool sounding rager with a decent enough riff and vocal attack. ATOMIZATOR soundwise remind me of cool 80's Speed Metal from the US. But sure they're Thrash in your face with some killer extras. 

I really like Philip Lindholm's vocals. He mixes real guy singing with some high pitched 80's Heavy Metal screams. Hell I was while listening to this Lindholm let out one of those screams and my beer bottle started to shake. I thought it was gonna be one of those is it live or is it Memorex moments. OK you people are probably too young for that one. 

Be that as it may Nuclear Booze Patrol is twelve cuts of cool sounding Thrash / Speed Metal. I don't think there's a bad track on here except for the instro opening. Musically this band wants to start a fight with you and to me that's cool. Along with the great lead vocals and Hardcore backing gang vocals I give credit to guitarist Bastien Roth. The guy is a great riff master. 

Add to that ATOMIZATOR has a fuckin amazing rhythm section in bassist Dale Brighouse who makes his thick line playing known throughout this album. Then there's drummer Gabriel Cotting who's a fuckin dynamo behind the kit. Real drumming and no triggers. Yeah to me this album is killer. 

https://witchesbrew.eu/en

LISTEN HERE:

https://witchesbrewthrashes.bandcamp.com/album/nuclear-booze-patrol

DEAD CHASM - Spectral Tyranny EP review

 

DEAD CHASM - Spectral Tyranny EP

Transcending Obscurity Records

So a week ago I had another birthday and I'm 62 now. I'm cool with that since it's after midnight and I'm blasting Death Metal. I'm pretty sure my peers are not doing the same. What's really funny is how some people I know who are younger don't get into new Extreme Metal. They have their excuses which I don't agree with. Either way I am still excited when I hear a cool new band. 

Case in point here we have a three song EP by DEAD CHASM who hail from Italy and are into the whole old school Death Metal & Doom package. Now any jaded and bored piece of shit would slag on this release. But not me because this band takes an old style and makes it exciting again. 

DEAD CHASM started out in 2020. Their band members are Lorenza De Rossi on guitar & vocals, Luigi Corinto on bass and Davide Bacchetta on drums. All three of these musicians have been part of Italy's Extreme Metal scene for a while in prior bands. Their first release was a four song EP from 2022 on F.D.A. Records. They followed it up in 2023 with their full length debut Sublimis Ignotum Omni also on F.D.A. Records. 

Frankly I'm glad they're now on Transcending Obscurity Records for many reasons. But to look upon the music going on here. DEAD CHASM remind of early GRAVE and maybe a few other early Death Doom sounding bands. Remember in the beginning of this review I said yeah I'm old and with that there's a sound in Extreme Metal which never gets old. 

DEAD CHASM are the next act that will execute Death Metal & Doom sounds upon the unworthy audiences of lame stream Metal. I mean you've got these raw powerful / heavy riffs. The vocals are just a maul of hatred. The rhythm section is dependable. There's no really cool soloing which is a disappointment. But as far as the diabolical sound this band comes away with I'm like hell yeah. 

In the end this is a great EP which should be recognized.  

https://tometal.com/

LISTEN HERE:

https://deadchasm-label.bandcamp.com/album/spectral-tyranny

MORTAL DECAY - Sickening Erotic Fanaticism Reissue

 

MORTAL DECAY - Sickening Erotic Fanaticism Reissue

Hells Headbangers Records

Well here we have another unholy grail from the past finally getting a decent reissue treatment and it's put out on vinyl. This is MORTAL DECAY's debut full length which originally came out in 1997 on Pulverizer Records on CD. Ah yeah his is definitely something which needed a damm good reissue for a long ass time. It would be nice if there was a CD reissue as well. 

For those of you who don't know, MORTAL DECAY were (well they're still around) a brutal / evil sounding Death Metal act from New Jersey in the 1990s. Their original claim to fame is really the first three demos the band put out from 1992 to 1995. I doubt it's still available now but years ago the band put out A Gathering of Human Artifacts which was all three demos on CD. That's a must have and also needs a reissue. 

But MORTAL DECAY's debut full length was different from their demos because the band brought in a new singer in Kelly Izquierdo. What's funny is their original vocalist John Paoline rejoined the band later on. And the band's last full length The Blueprint for Blood Spatter came out in 2013 on Comatose Music. By this time dear fuckin reader you're obviously realizing that I am a fan. 

So let me explain, back in the day MORTAL DECAY where contemporaries of the other New York City / New Jersey Death Metal scene bands. While a few of them were already signed to major labels. MORTAL DECAY relied on word of mouth advertising and tape trading. I mean these guys played shows with the well known bands but never got their due respect. 

But musically MORTAL DECAY were brutal and technical but down right fuckin evil sounding. I mean the stuff you hear today as far as Brutal Tech Death really pails in comparison. In fact even to their DM scene contemporaries at that time, late 1990's, I think these guys were far more interesting and evil sounding. Yeah this is a must have. 

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LISTEN HERE:

https://mortaldecay.bandcamp.com/album/sickening-erotic-fanaticism