Friday, October 29, 2021

OXYGEN DESTROYER - Sinister Monstrosities Spawned by the Unfathomable Ignorance of Humankind review


 

OXYGEN DESTROYER - Sinister Monstrosities Spawned by the Unfathomable Ignorance of Humankind

Redefining Darkness Records


OK before I start talking about the band and their second full length release there needs some explaining. OXYGEN DESTROYER are a Kaiju band and their music which they've been doing since 2015 is based on Kaiju. Now Kaiju is a Japanese genre of films and television featuring giant monsters. The original Godzilla film from the 1950's, which is the best Godzilla film, is considered the first Kaiju film. Speaking of which the band took their name from the device which killed Godzilla in that movie. 


Now that's out of the way here we have the second album by OXYGEN DESTROYER. We are talking blackened death metal / thrash here with a theme. Basically you've got songs inspired by a bunch of Japanese Kaiju movies on the beginning of this release. The other half is dedicated to a few US monster movies as well as one cut dedicated to the big English monster movie Gorgo. And ah yeah it's perfect Halloween Metal.


OXYGEN DESTROYER are also a four piece act from Seattle. I figured that needed to be said. This release is actually short coming with a run time of less then thirty minutes. Then again with blackened death thrash you don't need fuck around. We're talking about songs dedicated to giant monsters who crush, kill and destroy. You either run for your life or die. So musically the only slow parts of this release come in their choice of movie samples. 


When it comes to their execution it's the rhythm section which powers through. The drums and bass set the maniacal tone followed by riffs. In fact if you add in the dive bomb guitar solos you are reminded of a early MORBID ANGEL influence. At least they got that part right. Also bassist / vocalist Lord Kaiju has a venomous sounding singing style which fits so well. Yeah another great album for 2021.





http://www.redefiningdarkness.com/

LISTEN HERE:

https://oxygen-destroyer.bandcamp.com/album/sinister-monstrosities-spawned-by-the-unfathomable-ignorance-of-humankind


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