Unspeakable Axe RecordsRelease: 16 March 2020 Bay Area death/thrashers HEMOTOXIN are back with Restructure the Molded Mind
These Bay Arera Thrashers Hemotoxin starts off like a gun on their 3rd record ( 1st on Unspekeable Axe Records) 'Structure For A Molded Mind'.
Hemotoxin are no joke hard hitting aggressive technical thrash with some insane-like vocals who reminds me of Chuck's vocals in Death sometimes.
This is real & brutal ,hard hitting & not for the faint hearted , still there are melodies in here if you manage to keep up with their hig
h tempo.
Once in a while they slow down for guitars to make some harmonix.
I'd say they mix a fusion of when thrash metal became death metal or otherwise.
Overall a very energizing album with cool riffs and I can't compare this to previous releases but they sure as hell manage to blow the steam off, for me and future generations to come.
If somebody asked me to explain what extreme thrash metal is I'd probably just put on this album and tell 'em to shut tha fuck up!
Most of the tracks are around 3 minutes long ,but as always they sound longer,very powerful and so fucking brilliant!
Just listen to the track execution which is the 5 track of an 8 track long album 'Structure For A molded Mind' will take you to the golden era of thrash but also most brutal towards death metal.
Surely something to watch out for, you maniacs!
A flawless album builduing the extreme energy and the best for the last
Well, last time we wrote aboutDjevelkult, I gave their demo CD a poor 2/5 as I found it somewhat boring and plain overall, and the sound didn't fit the raw music they performed and made it all sound til clean and homogenic IMO.I've listened a few times to 'Når Avgrunnen Åpnes' and what I listen to is a much more grown band "every-way” actually.
They’ve matured as song writers and as musicians (a-lot) since the demo days and I don’t know I would react if not...
This is in generalrawblack metalwith some growls in the beginning that they really should consider using more. It fits very well in to the whole picture.'Når Avrgrunnen Åpnes' is a solid album that not only drive past you in 190 kilometres so you miss pretty much every thing. The vocals has had a great "makeover" since I last met this band and the songs are very good & entertaining with more slow and atmospheric tracks and sound quality fits the production very well.
I like to complain, but there is honestly nothing especially negative about it.
‘Når Avgrunnen Åpnes’ Djevelkultdo what they are supposed to to , bringtraditional black metalfurther than before, still they maintain true to the roots and I find myself nostalgic listening to this one.
Rattenfänger (Ukraine) has been reviewed in Skullfucker before with their debut album Episolae Obscurorum Virorum & it was very welcome here to say the least.
A excellent debut album of old school death metal the way I prefer it.
I even went as far as comparing them to old Darkthrone.
On Geisslerlieder I sometimes hear some more resemblance to Asphyx, a band I still enjoy.
Consisting of musicians from bands such as Drudkh, Blood of Kingu, Hate Forest and Dark Ages.
The name Rattenfänger is taken from the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin (Rattenfänger von Hameln), who was hired by the townsfolk of Hameln, Germany to rid the town of the rats that had overrun it. Unfortunately he is deceived and cheated of his payment, and he exacts a dreadful revenge on the citizens. As on the previous album, all the lyrics are in Latin, written in style of medieval poets, thinkers and troubadours/minstrels.
Geisslerlieder starts of with an medieval sounding intro and all of a sudden the music blast off.
It's relatively fast death metal with a very dark & haunting atmosphere and I notice that the sound seems a bit more harsh & brutal.
That being said there are some more mid-tempo tracks among the toal of 7 tracks that are delivered on Geisslerlieder.
The gutturals are dark as night and there is no happiness heare but there are some extremely cool hooks & riffs throughout the whole album.
I also have to give credit do the drummer for some brilliant work, the rest of the musisicianship is nothing to complain about either.
Rattenfänger still use some synth and weird fx but not dominating and often, just to set a certain mood sometimes.
I also do enjoy the spoken samples they sometimes use on Geisslerlieder and used on Episolae Obscurorum Virorum.
I was unsure if I'd hear more from these guys and if they would live up to it with their dark,twisted,obscure death metal in the veins of early 90's deth metal or late 80's if you want.
Personally I see it as a natural developement and continuation from their debut Episolae Obscurorum Virorum into even more darker realms if thats possible
If it's better tham their debut I can't teall yet 'cause this album has some "hidden" melodies and elements that keep growing for each listen.
Hopefully Rattenfänger will get the attention they deserve 'cause they are truly good at delivering what the do best , real death metal the oldschool way that is!
If you like bands like Apshyx,ealry Darkthrone,Bolthrwower,Aeternus etc you should definately check this brilliant act out!
Behold! Here comes the Norwegian masters gloomy, doomy & sinister Sludge with an apocalyptic mix of Beauty Vs. Brutality namely DWAAL
Gospel of The Vile is this 6 headed monster from OLSO Debut Album
Gospel Of The Vile is the 3rd track on the album and the tracks are loooong and you feel like you're just are being drawn down into the pits of hell of this sinister,at times agressive, still actually positivity strikes trough or happines. I'm afraid people will kill me for using wrong words here.
I was supposed to write from beginning to end, the two first tracks 'Ascent' & 'Like Rats' started out with what I choose to call a warning sound, cause this is the most slow & perverted way you can get to hell, they don't stop there. When you're down they drag you even more down under muddy places that can only be described as glue or quicksand. Holy fuck! Now the 4th track started named 'Obsidian Heart Burns' and it started out with a fuckin' awesome signature riff and a beginning that will put you into trance even if you're highly medicated for AD/HD!
The vocals was a little bit more raspy, raw & evil, kinda like a voice telling you that you're below hell and even worse and yeah, I think this is their job 'cause it's sludge and me and the mentioned genre well.. Dwaal really manages to convince me with this monument of an album ''Gospel Of The Vile'
There is a nerve going on throughout the whole album and there are some nervous wrecks, it's funny as I'm actually preparing who I can get out of my house or make quiet pretty fast, or the last part that I prefer which is to play this with likeminded individuals invite some geeks over just to throw sticky candy at them. The athmosphere is perfect with various synth noise and some tribal like , but also schizophrenic vocal that suits very well.
I was sure we were at the last track, but again. Behold! It's not it's the blasphemous track 'The Whispering Ones.. I love the lyrics here ' My Death Is A Feast, No Grave,No Funeral,Only Funeral,cmy Fate Has Been Sealed, My Doom Is Unmarked,My Lady,She is Cold, She is Old, I live only to Join Her... '
The vocals are in strict English and very blasphemous as they merge between deathlike (silence) & blacklike vocals.
It's hard to explain how this album can build up after all words, but The Whispering Ones' was without doubt the "highest" highlight on 'Gospel Of The Vile'
The last opus named 'Descent' and has a duration on 16.28 almost I'd Rather Die In Battle Now' & 'Ready To Fight' is the lyrics I get and also that he can't bedriven from his post of violence and destruction, send your demons to attack. There is very much violence & Destruction in this track but they rasp the guitar first in a bad way and then in a good way and even feel like this journey beneath & above the pits of screaming corpses, and all of a sudden the beautiful cleand but distorted guitar and the nicest synth I've heard since '92 appears slowly fading in of course.
The vocals now are more like they are trying to sing the moon a lullabye. Speak of the devil.. Violence,destruction & attacking demons are back ' I am The picture that you fear, I am all your sins.
The light that you see is not of the skies.
Dwaal was a new name to me being out of the scene for a while and their album 'Gospel Of The Vile' is amogst the best, if not the best doom,sludge album we've listened to as far as I remeber. If you're into this style you'll be in for a fuckin' masterpiece! A very talented,dareful,playful and majestic debut album. This is not by far the last we'll hear from this monster. I do guess they need another while to create this beautiful insanity so perfectly. Gospel Of The Vile is so dramatic & chaotic yet, beautiful and relaxing so you don't grow tired easily. At first listen I listened 3-4 times through the entire opus and did not get bored once. I'd go so far as advice you to check it out even if you're not typically into this genre.
For fans of Neurosis, Cult of Luna, YOB, Thou & Amenra
These Bay Arera Thrashers Hemotoxin starts off like a gun on their 3rd record ( 1st on Unspekeable Axe Records) 'Structure For A Molded Mind'.
