FLESH HUNTER AND THE ANALASSAULTERS - The Plague
Hammer Of Damnation
From an older fan perspective when it comes to blackened thrash I'll take the Teutonic sounds of early SODOM and DESTRUCTION, Norway's AURA NOIR, early CELTIC FROST and a ton of South American acts over the present crop of over saturated retro acts. Sure some of the new school acts, mainly from the states, wear their influences proudly on their vests but that's about it. They just play by the numbers of a formula they have little connection to other than they own the repress versions of past classics.
With that said here we have a band who's existence actually has a connection to the genre's history. FLESH HUNTER AND THE ANALASSAULTERS hail from Chile, a nation known for (and that I've written about many times) has spawned some of the evilness sounding acts from below the equator. With the exception of Brazil and Columbia, Chilean metal is basically harsh and extreme. Although the members of this three piece act, who started out in 2010, cite their biggest influences to be late 80's Brazilian blackened extreme acts.
After blasting this on and off for a few weeks (I apologize for the backlog, my regular job is taking a lot of my time) I get the Brazilian influence but these guys also add some Scandinavian and an occasional nod to CELTIC FROST. Secondly it doesn't have that modern and generic produced by Joel Grind sound to it. On this their second full length FLESH HUNTER AND THE ANALASSAULTERS have shot for a sound from yore and nailed it.
The Plague is eight cuts, mostly all furious blasts with the exception of an instro classical guitar cut near the end. Expect some serious pitched black tremolo riffs, maniacal blast beatings, acid tinged vocals and an overall barrage in sound. I guess there's an arguable point to make as to what this actually is, black metal or blackened thrash. Then again all the above isn't a bag tagline for something this cool.
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