Swedish Death Metal: The Emergence of Despair / Rise of Desolation
As we are already officially in Winter although this is rather relevant for Greece, we thought that this is a fine excuse for a hot coffee and a deep dive into albums with frozen sound like Winter… Death Metal the sub-genre that has been related with two main countries America and Sweden. We would say that the two biggest scenes mirrored in two albums. On the one hand the American scene based on the technical and clean production of Leprosy and on the other the Swedish one with a more punk sound, the dirt and the doomy aura of Severed Survival...
The Chilean's EP begins with an exotic intro Sepultura type "the Abyss" where it somehow testifies their Latin American origin. One of those things that relaxes you before the attack. Do not expect modern useless and meaningless virtuoso tricks. Here we return to the basics. Old-fashioned Death metal of the late 80's with a macabre sound as the guitars are sharp and you will surely remember you Exmortis from Florida but also the English masters Cancer. The effort is remarkable while we actually speak for a one man band plus a guest soloist. In case "Leprosy" and "To The Gory End" mid paced Death Metal is your adorable style look no further. The EP is released by Diabolical Summoning Records on CD and StumpGrinder on cassette.
(Kostas Vaxevanos)