SILURE / FERETRO split cass.
Nihilistic Holocaust
It's true good things do come in small packages, in this case the split cassette format. According to the promo info both of these acts are death metal. Now for anyone into the genre then you know it doesn't mean shit these days because of so many bands expanding their sound or sticking to the old ways. After a few listens (actually the first listen won me over) I knew this hopefully would be on all other formats aka: vinyl and CD in the future.
First off you've got SILURE who are a new band from France. Their contribution here is three cuts, two originals and a cover song. Musically this band was a surprise as far as their sound goes. Imagine a more thrashy, chaotic version of HAIL OF BULLETS. The vocalist here sounds like a young Martin van Drunen. Their choice of a cover, which I knew without even reading the notes because of the bass intro, is "Milk" by SOD. SILURE are definitely interesting in a death grind sort of way.
Our next battle ready contender is FERETRO a band from Chile and have been around since 2005. They also have an extensive catalog of releases since forming albeit it's mostly demos. As far as their musically deadly contribution to this split goes it's four cuts. FERETRO are pure old school death thrash which is not a surprise considering the history of Chilean extreme metal. Bestial vocals combined with heavy handed riff action.
As always when it comes to split releases I look at em as a battle between the two acts. As far as this one goes SILURE are an exciting new contender. But FERETRO just fuckin rule this split. Extra special points for "Keep on Vomiting Pain" which combines some doom to their death thrash attack. If anything they need a full length.
