WAN - Antichristian Douchebags
Corrupted Flesh Records
I think it was last month in a review I stated that black metal as a genre had reached it's limits. I stand by that because you can only stretch the template so far until it becomes something else. Over a decade ago the same thing happened with death metal. What you had were young musicians not into the modern stuff. They wanted to go back to the old ways. Which brought about the term New Wave of Old School Death Metal.
Now in the genre of black metal it's a different take. You will always have diehards who like the old ways. Case in point here, this is the fourth full length by Sweden's WAN. The band has been around since 2010 and according to their PR info they're influenced by BATHORY, HELLHAMMER, early MAYHEM and ABIGAIL.
After listening to this thirteen song release I can say that none of those influences are on here. Sound wise this is demo quality raw black metal circa mid-90's. Now if you're a KVLT type then hell yeah you'll go apeshit over the non production horribly recorded values of this release. Personally I love the vocalist's sick style/sound. He sounds possessed which is what you want.
In the end I say when the band pushes the blackened thrash influences they're cool. Otherwise this comes across as a what if DARKTHRONE had demos minus the death metal beats. But hey KVLT people will love this.
https://www.corrupted-flesh.com/
LISTEN HERE:
https://corruptedfleshrecords.bandcamp.com/album/antichristian-douchebags
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