NECROWRETCH - Swords of Dajjal
Season of Mist
I got into this French blackened death metal band with their first album, Putrid Death Sorcery, which came out in 2013. Actually I got it a year later and afterwards learned that NECROWRETCH actually started out in 2008. They put out a few demos and two EPs prior to their debut full length. Since then I've kept up with them and as always I'm a year behind getting their stuff.
But be that as it may this newest and fifth full length comes across as NECROWRETCH slightly abandoning their death metal persona and going full blown late 90's era black metal. I mean you've got the blackened galloping rhythms, diabolical soloing and filth ridden vocals. The riffs are grim and frosty to say the least.
Compared to their last one, The Ones from Hell, from four years ago NECROWRETCH's latest is a bombastic blackened uproar of 90's era BM. Then again the band has gone through changes. At the helm it's still Vlad on vocals and guitar plus Wenceslas Carrieu on lead guitar. But new to the group is bassist Romain Gibet and drummer Nicolas Ferrero. Both of whom, especially Nicolas Ferrero (no more trigger drums), add a more organic touch to the overall sound.
In the end I gotta say NECROWRETCH have put out another blackened masterpiece.
https://www.season-of-mist.com/
LISTEN HERE:
https://necrowretch.bandcamp.com/album/swords-of-dajjal
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