Hatevomit - Drown In Vomit EP

Hatevomit hails from Istanbul, Turkey. Drown In Vomit is their EP release from March 2013. A two member project, masterminds are: Unholy Nuklear Terrorist-Bass/guitars, Damnare-Drums. Genre is described as Black metal/Death metal.

The first track on this four song EP is "Let The Wrath Unlash", my first thoughts are 'raw, extreme and brutal'. The production reminds me of the very early days of BM/DM -like some of the recordings I would hear when I was a young man still in school, I would obtain cassettes from bands like Baphomet, Experiment and others and the sound would be just like this. I rather enjoy it, consider how many bands use computer programs and polish all their recordings in todays modern world, its good to hear something with pure raw intensity. "Black Blood Of  The Lucifer's Mark", sliding guitar distorted bass playing with complete blasphemy, the drummer uses a piccolo snare which give it that early nineties death metal sound. Arrangements are raw as a slab of rotted flesh. "Mind Rape", psychotic devastating screams paint pure madness in sound. We also get to hear a shrilled solo, like the old Kerry King solos in Show No mercy. "Kill With Hate, Drown In Vomit", a dismal landscape of eerie oppression, evil laughter is exhibited in the opening riffs before assaulting with more bone shredding guitar/bass in the vein of old school hymns. This release is in cassette form and most likely a limited edition. You can hear all four songs on the Bandcamp site or contact the band to obtain a cassette copy. Either way if you like that old school raw sound from the early days of the DM/BM genre this is one to add to you collection,
~Artemortifica

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Sawthis - Youniverse

Bakerteam Records Release, September 30 2013. Youniverse is the latest album by Sawthis. The band roots from Italy and is described as modern thrash metal. Members include: Alessandro Falà - vox, Adriano Quaranta - guitar, Janos Murri - guitar, Gaetano Ettorre - bass, Michele Melchiorre - drums & vox.

The band began in 2000 and have been devastating with their sound ever since. This latest inception starts of with "The Logical Colors", it waste no time to set the mood of pure intensity. Production wise, it is top notch, balanced sound, clear drums, warm brutal guitar tone and punchy bass. "The Waking Up". is track two. Some of the bands that creep into my cranium are Pissing Razor, early The Haunted, Slipknot early albums, some Hatebreed and slight Fear Factory influence. "The Voice Falls On Me", along with the aggressive style vocalization there are a few phrases that are done in a modern clean form. "The Crowded Room", starts of with an industrial type of element. This track will get your blood pumping and have you running into the mosh pit. "The Indeleble", some creative guitar riffing make this track a memorable one and surely one to spin many times on your stereo. "The Spotlight", got to love the drums, a mix of dynamics creates an interesting ride through out this song, clarity and precise timing. "The Mad", brutal assault full of energy and melody. "The Walking", last song on this journey through the album. Bringing all the aspects from each track and stitching them all together to leave the listener wanting more . A perfect way to seal the trip. Overall a heavy album laced with modern metal elements and is sure to please both the new generation of metal-heads as well as the old.
~Artemortifica

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Hollow Haze - Countdown To Revenge

Scarlet Records release September 10 2013. Countdown To Revenge is the latest album by Hollow Haze. The band roots are from Italy. Genre is describe as HardRock/Metal. Label is Bakerteam Records. Members include: Fabio Lione: Vocals, Nick Savio: Guitars, Dave Cestaro: Bass Guitar, Camillo Colleluori: Drums.

Hollow Haze began in 2003 and have four other full length albums since the start of 2006. This new album begins with the intro "Room 212" and leads us into the first song "Watching In Silence", a mood setting like entering into a horror sci-fi film. Once the music starts you can easily tell its a high quality production. Guitars sound amazing and have creative catchy arrangements. "Still Alive", is much more fast paced. The song has power metal influence but stays unique in the way the verses are sung by Fabio Lione. "No Rest For The Angels", this particular song is very epic in the beginning. Solos are engaging and creative. "Life Has No Meaning", I get a sense of early metal style on the opening riff. "We Must Believe", some bands that come to mind are Dream Theater, HammerFall, Iced Earth and Sonata Artica. "The Answer", a bass line that's punchy and has great tone starts this composition. The dual vocals are strong and match perfectly together. The chorus is memorable and stays with me long after the song is over. "A Fading Angel's Life", at almost seven minutes long, we get all the elements that make this band great, from the intense vocals, dynamic drums, melodic guitar riffs and catchy solos. "Countdown To Revenge", title track and close to the grand finale', much heavier in arrangement and monumental opening that could move any audience into pounding their fist in the air from sheer excitement."The Gate To Nowhere", is the final song, a bass line that is both captivating and intriguing to listen to. Overall a solid performance, I recommend it for for fans of Helloween, Iron Maiden, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot and DragonForce.
~Artemortifica  

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DARK MOOR - Ars Musica

Scarlet Records release June 18 2013. Ars Musica full album by Dark Moor. The band hails from Madrid, Spain. Genre described as Symphonic Metal. Members include: Alfred Romero - vocals, Enrik Garcia - guitars, Roberto Cappa - drums, Mario Garcia - bass.

The band has been around since the early nineties and this is their latest album. Top notch recording production and incredibly talented musicians. There is and Intro and to say its epic is an understatement. The vocalist has huge range and his style is right up there with other great vocalist like Marc Hudson of DragonForce or James LaBrie of Dream Theater. You can hear a wide range of musical creation in each and every track and its difficult to find anything to be critical of. Some of my favorite songs on this album include, Together As Ever, The City OF Peace, Living In A Nightmare, and El Ultimo Rey.

The album its full of elaborate arrangements and memorable passages. Every song contains many layers of melodies from keyboards to epic vocalization. Along with all the intensity and orchestrated phenomenon, they also include a spanish sung track El Ultimo Rey plus an Acoustic version of the song "The Road Again" and Orchestral version of "Living In A Nightmare" that is mind boggling and enormous in sound worthy of being called legendary.

The band has many other releases spanning back to 1998 when they released their first demo "Dreams of Madness", which was a self release. This latest album is monumental in achieving a full melodic orchestrated sound that will most certainly last for decades to come.
~Artemortifica

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Purify The Horror - Untitled EP

An EP released through Sociopathic Sound Recordings / Dissected Records. July 30 2013. A three piece grind ensemble hailing from Birmingham. Genre described as Grindcore.

The firs song, The Deepening Revolt, is a brutal assault from the start, psychotic screaming and frenzied drumming paint a picture of the terror that is yet to unfold. Next up is "PIG", a crank call of sorts. Catchy riffs and heavy thunderous drums get my head moving. "Future & Fantasy", this particular song reminds me of the bands Phobia and Napalm Death, if those two bands had a baby this track would more likely be it. "Kill Them All", none stop violence continues to churn out yet another slaughter slab of madness, solid performance that will more likely have you punching things. "Give me Your Money", another band that comes to mind as I listen is also The Berzerker", more in the vocal style, would also have to include Carcass as an influence as well. "Wearing The Crown", a circle pit can be envision, many fist flying and will have to be a mass assault on unsuspecting victims. "Christmas Party Mayhem", what a title. A none traditional kind of event I imagining, grinding madness very short in its attack. "Restitution", I like this one, cool bass drum opening riffs draws the listener in to be destroyed, guitar tones are solid and brutal without loosing any of its raw feeling. "The Resistance", is the final track, fast and furious attack, a take no prisoners attitude. The band, wishing to remain anonymous are only known as Sergeant Squeal: Vocals, Fat-belly Pig: Additional vocals, Bear-Pig: Guitars & Bass, Lord-Pig: Drums & Lyrics.

Overall, I really like the EP and found myself spinning it several times in my stereo. I recommend it for fans of the grindcore genre, fans of Brutal Truth, The Berzerker, Napalm Death, Phobia, Noisear and Terrorizer will want to add this one to their collection.
~Artemortifica

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Fyrnask - Eldir Nótt

Upcoming release by Temple of Torturous, September 23 2013,  Fyrnask - Eldir Nótt is a one man project and comes to us from Germany. Genre described as Ritualistic Black Metal.

The Intro opens the experience with a bell chime or tuning fork capturing its resonance perfectly. The atmosphere is deep and engaging, like shadows beckoning to enter a dark fortress in the middle of a forest. Intriguing how sound can invoke such imagery without any narrative, that in it self is a huge plus in my mind."Vigil", thunders in seamlessly, guitars are solid with even tone and vocals are in true BM style. The track explores many passages and takes us from high screaming to silent whispering. "Jarðeldr" light rain in a cold night, fire is burning, embers crackling. A mood of epic adventure, dismal passage. This builds into an onslaught of grinding drums - open chords high screams, a malevolent painted voyage into an abyss, an open bottomless pit of maniacal creation. "Suonnas sedir"
clean strumming finger picking melody with abstract drums."Saltrian", drums sound a bit further in the background on this song. It still manages to create the path of dissonant sounds from the previous expressions. Reminds me of early Mayhem or Bathory. "Samas stígr", consider this is one person creating all this music, its a huge task, not only to write all the instrument parts but also record, mix and master the entire thing. great accomplishment. This particular track is more of a mood setting song with layers of different stringed instruments intertwine to give us a feeling of despair and in rapture of shadows of old spirits. "Síaiða", ten minutes of pure and raw distant drones. "Sút" brings all the elements and combines them to finish our journey through the mind of Fyrnd. Overall an interesting in depth manifestation, achieving and staying true to its description of ritualistic BM.
~Artemortifica  

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Vom Fetisch der Unbeirrtheit - Vertilger

Upcoming release September 23 2013 under Temple of Torturous "Vertilger", by Vom Fetisch der Unbeirrtheit. A two member project from Germany. Genre described as experimental black metal.

The opening track is Lachenvieh. Now here we have something that's very different and intriguing which warrants more investigation. I get a sense of chaos wanting to escape some sort of structure. Guitars have very little distortion and are dissonant to an extent. Drums exhibit knowledge of unconventional time signatures and stray away from the standard. The closes comparison which I can hear would be a band that few people may know called, Sleeping Time Gorilla. "Schabenbrut", talk about epic, this track goes for about twenty minutes and has everything from BM, DM, thrash, industrial, ambient and dissonant. Experimental is the name of the game. "Multiformale Leiberdimension", dark malevolent forces weaving a wall of dismal sounds. As far as the content I am not familiar with since its in German. Like an astronaut at the helm of a spaceship giving directions. "Kadavermeer", much of a surprise to my hearing. This composition begins with clean strumming melodic riffs and a good sounding bass before heading into madness, if you were a lunatic suffering from schizophrenia this would be your favorite. 

Prothesensucht, is the final installment in this maniacal experiment. This one last for about seventeen minutes. The beginning is catchy. An off-time beat that somehow manages to embedded itself in mind. Imaging yourself in a carnival ride that was created by several asylum patients. Managing to escape the structure, this beast travels were ever it pleases. The musicians here explore all the boundaries and take the listeners to the very edge and leave them hanging there long enough to loose their minds. Overall, I found myself enjoying each song and wondering what will happen next. It is pleasing to hear such exploration of sounds as an art form which ultimately represents new discoveries. 
~Artemortifica

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templeoftorturous.com
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