Huqueymsaw - Goatfuk Havoc Slaughter Hell

It is not very often i get to listen to some South Korean music so that in itself is a nice thing,  the band/album etc then feels interesting almost by default.

Before i pressed play i got a positive impression of it, i thought -This must be some sick Korean mutation of Mayhems "Deathcrush" (yeah partly from the layout/design) and some ugly 90´s death metal!
...And i dare to say i am pretty close but at the same time i would not say their music sounds like they worship Mayhem or similar but has a similar maniac attitude and rough production, they would fit in without a problem between 1987-1993.

I totally forgot any type of nationality after some seconds into this Ep (from 2014) kicked off!
Great anarchic punkish drive combined an early death/Thrash metal atmosphere rises up from the putrid graves and whips up a head banging idiot in me haha!
So one can say this has a more rocking grove to it rather then some of the more unwelcoming "complicated" death metal, they have though some surprising twist & turns in the compositions and they feel pretty free in the way of doing things and not so colored by the many know vivid forefathers in this type of ass kicking metal which is nice. You both feel at home and also gets a fresh cut into your eardrums.

Sure one can find some obvious and funny "Engrish" like the title "Witch Metalfuck Hell" and some lyrics sounds a bit like that (not that i really hear exactly what is sung...) but the vocals is good and alco-raspy enough so that does not take away any enjoyment  and also in their own description they even say that some of the lyrics is parody & humor so....they know pretty much what they doing. And a extra plus for the drummer by the way! Not maybe so advanced but he Mr. M.U.N.B.A has an riveting and fucking sweet drive to it and gives the music a great base motor to roll on with.

All in all a ball busting demonic release that should be spread and listen to!

As an extra on this cd one gets a demo from this year called "Black bastards´speed metal" but even if this is also cool stuff it does not really come near the actual Ep as they here engages in more improvised (?) noisy guitar screaming and slamming..like some long hell-outro hehe. It is nice to have it as a bonus though.

Regarding their name: "Pronounced "hook-yum-so" (heukyeomso) which translates to "black goat" in English. "

Track list:

1.     Into the Goatfuck Massacre         
2.     Goatslaughter Havoc Mountain Hell         
3.     The Satanationale        
4.     Witch Metalfuck Hell         
5.     Damned in Blackthrash        
6.     The Serpent's Creep         
7.     Huqueymsaw         
8.     Outro - The End of Goatfuck
9.      Black bastards´speed metal (2015 demo, only on cd)

Cd released by Misanthropic Art Productions and tape i think was a self release.

Sacrimoon / Cyhiraeth / Warground - Suicide Delusions

Here is a 3-way split i have had in plans to review for quite a while now not that it is ground breaking in any way or so but it is a split well worth seeking out...if one is a fan of the rawer end of raw that is.

So yeah this is a quite unfriendly sounding split and each band has its own specific primitive sounding production, so first i understand why Warground (Canada) comes out first because it is really the best of these three ones with a thick sounding atmosphere that i really enjoy, kind of a wall of smokey reverb and hate that draws bits of my mind towards DTL superb "As the Blood Flows on... " track.
Once ones ear adjust to Wargrounds sound murky guitar solos and nice parts comes out of the woodwork, the howling vocals melt more or less into the whole sound but thats ok here, second track is also a long great ambient track with minor nice selected notes spread through out it, track 3 & 4 returns to the rawness and kills off some minutes of your worthless life in a quite grand fashion... must check out more from Warground obviously.

Next comes Cyhiraeth (USA) which has not as thick raw sound but is a bit chillier and noizy and feels quite good, second songs guitar reminds me of some Wulkanaz style. All in all an ok & traditional but witchy contribution to the split.

At last we have  Sacrimoon (Mexico) which starts out with a somber instrumental piece thats very simple and standard but has a working downbeat vibe for sure, rest of  Sacrimoons tracks lacks much of the above bands engulfing productions and compositions and falls quite flat. He has some cool ideas here but not so much more...

So pretty much i would say its worth to get this mainly for the first bands contribution but it is a true obscure release through out, and you get much ritual music for the price.

150 copies was produced of this by  Caligo Arcanum Productions

Track list:

1.     Warground - By the Hand of God        
2.     Warground - Broken        
3.     Warground - Blood Tide        
4.     Warground - Your Holiness Has Failed        
5.     Cyhiraeth - Ancient Cry of Lost Wisdom        
6.     Cyhiraeth - Skadi Bonn        
7.     Cyhiraeth - Ankou the Collector (End Me)        
8.     Cyhiraeth - Invoking Your Inner Sorrow        
9.     Sacrimoon - Solitude and Coldness        
10.     Sacrimoon - Autumn Depression        
11.     Sacrimoon - Life, Depression & Death        
12.     Sacrimoon - Eternal Pain

Tetragrammacide - Typhonian Wormholes: Indecipherable Anti-Structural Formulæ

Having heard their debut demo and recently their contribution on the 3-way split Tetra has made
a lasting impression on me and also for what it seems a pretty sizable portion of the underground, for the new & coming listeners i could describe this band with many words and also with few as "total Tellus annihilation" or "Sonic soul devastation" but easiest is to listen for yourselves. (as always)

Here is a statement from this India (Kolkata, West Bengal) based band:

''Typhonian Wormholes: Indecipherable Anti-Structural Formulæ' is a product of
exoteric ophidian revelations and contains bonafide threats from the innermost
hidden void of ancient Kalikshetra's Raktachakra. This work was performed under
strict guidance of 'Typhonian Aiwass' and reveals extraterrestrial signals,
frequencies and consecrated g-noise-sis from the shadowside.
We hand this sonic-thesis over to those who seek it to hack the codes of
Tetragrammaton and open up the nexions to the otherside.
These data are not for faint-hearted and servants of morality. Strictly for
those who are willing to feed the Serpent through an endless cosmic genocide!"

- Tetragrammacide

That pretty sums it up i guess but also creates many questions and frenetic dictionary searches...i can go along pretty much of their very elaborate descriptions of their audial minefields but the "reveals extraterrestrial signals"... i dont know hehe.
Sounds intriguing anyway.

As in my last review of them i compared them to Nyogthaeblisz which still stays true here but
 it has its own very peculiar acid rain storm attached to it and also the oriental
exotism is very tangible which is a big plus in my book (of death)... So in other words
Tetragrammacides music is of a very distorted & twisted wall of noise but it is done in such a calculated evil
fashion that it exhumes a highly sinister atmosphere, so i guess you by now gets that Tetragrammacide
dont make songs in traditional patterns or compositions... and it does not need it...
...But their many strong descriptions (as quoted above) almost comes to life when you press play and are engulfed (or should i say fried) within this release, it sure will not let anyone comfortable off the hook....they rather like to see your face burn up from some air born toxic chemical load.
A plus for the surreal artwork by Alex Shadrin

Track list
1.     Intro        
2.     Paramilitant Entropic Initiation    
3.     Intricate Acosmic Engineering        
4.     Interlude        
5.     Extra-Terroristical Chaosophic Intelligence         
6.     Eructation of Anti-Existential Consciousness    
7.     Outro

The 7" is released by Iron Bonehead Productions
And the tape by Behold Barbarity (look flyer)

Diabolus Amator Interview!

1.Hailz!
First i like to say congrats to the now released debut album "The Dawn of a New Flame"!

- Thank you brother its been a long time in the making and I'm happy its finally been released.

2.When you started out working on this record what where your visions and what where
your goals? Has it been easy ride or bumpy?

-Honestly with this record, my vision was to spread the message of black metal and what it truly means and to give people something different in regards to USBM.
The true goal behind this album for me was to speak out my hatred of religion, man made lies. As well as put my foot down against the whole "raw/static" trend lately.  I felt I should go back to the roots of what black metal used to be about, and stay true to my own music, message and still make it, "Unique" in a sense.
So far it has been quite enjoyable and stress free.

3.If understand correctly Diabolus Amator is a one man band? What is your main reason
for doing this alone? And how would you describe your satanic path?

-Yes, it has seen some live session members but ultimately it has, and always will be, me.
My view on being a one man band is simple, but complex. Most bands these days play occult metal for the shock value and the stage shows/cinematics are dull and over done. If I can play all the instruments needed, complete a record, without the gimmick of a live performance for the shock value, false pretendance of pseudo-satanism and still capture your attention WITHOUT the elitist mindset....then I have done a small part of what I am here to do.
My path in satanism varies. A lot of spiritual enlightenment is organized and false, every one wants to just blindly be led by something or someone to feel safe, be it a belief of Satan himself is your savior or by believing that the bible is just flipped and god, the yahweh is just an evil figure out to condemn humanity. The is truly what being a satanist/luciferian is not about. Lucifer is a philosophy, a mindset to seek your own truths, your own way of spiritual enlightenment and to find what truly works for you, free from the human ego and morals. To seek knowledge, is truly what being a satanist is.

4.I think i saw you are or where active in some other bands, can you say something about
them?

-My previous projects, all but one, have been learning experiences.
Those who pretend, will surely fail.

5.How is Winchester growing up in? And where there some bands in that area that one should know of? What is the general view on black metal there?

-My hometown was heavily christian influenced and very rejective of black metal. Growing up in it was like living in a place where you could not be yourself. I love my home don't get me wrong but my place is not there.

6.Could you shed some light on these three songs?
Black Sun, Opening the Eye  & Unbroken Will of Lucifer

-Black sun is about the vampiric shade in all occult workings, Lilith.
To drain energy from someone, be them enemy or unknown in the astral plain is a very "unique" experience.
Opening the eye is about awakening the eye of the mind, in working with Thoth. For opening the mind is the key to opening your eyes.Unbroken will of Lucifer signifies rebellion against conformity and removal of the spiritual being.

7.Who did the design & art to this first album?

-Riaj Gragoth of Luciferium War Graphics, in conjunction with assistance from Morbid of Happy Days.

8.Any merch on its way?

-Yes, shirts, patches and much more will be available later in the month of September.

9.What are Diabolus Amator close future plans now after this release?

-Continue the writing process for the beast that is the next release "Pure American Hate".
And to possibly look at some live performances. That, is still to be determined.


10.Thanks for your time , last word is yours!

-I would like to extend my thanks to you for this interview, for the taking the time to like and support my music, and to each and every legion of the abyss that supports Diabolus Amator.
In the dark corners we wait, to once more join the circle that is the coven in the black metal elite.

Suicidal Madness - Au Crépuscule d´une Vie

DSBM is not a genre i general like nowadays without some exceptions here & there so that being said you understand that i hesitated first to review a band named Suicidal Madness...

But fortunately my hesitation was not in place this time as this French band concocts a bunch of pretty solid and engagingly bleak black metal, the usual fall pits in this genre is more or less avoided here and nothing really gets on your nerves as the vocals (in French which is a plus) is working nice without going overboard with crybaby screams etc. Some vibes and atmospheres is both reminiscent of some good mid-era Shining and some Burzum (not surprising that they also here have a Burzum cover.)The riffs is not repeated to much and has some really nice parts especially the main riffs in song 3 and song 5, the music does not really gets me down and depressive but gets me more interested in listening to the actual music here rather then go and play some "meat-violin" with my arms. hehe Production is well balanced and suits the mid-tempo music, all is heard as one could wish for.

A good put together release (actually this is a tape re release demo from 2013 and a new full length album "Les larmes du passé" is out now also) that gives enough of dark personality and musicality to stand above the average in this genre....which is not that hard really though, but they feel sincere and also quite mature which is seldom the case.

 
Well worth testing out even if you are like me and dont usually enjoy DSBM and if you already are a fan of this genre then go get it now!

Released through  DEATH TO PEACE PRODUCTIONS

Track list:

1.     Intro        
2.     Exile        
3.     Le chant de la nuit        
4.     Poussières        
5.     Ballade nocturne        
6.     Decrepitude (Burzum cover)
7.     Mort naissante d'un songe (i think this is a bonus song as i did not see this on the first cd release)

THE CLOVEN HOOF #1 -Teaser photos-

This zine will start shipping out now at the end of september.

Unrest / Idolatry - Infection Born of Ending

Unrest rustles its way into the start of this quite bizarre split, Unrests sound is pretty raw and messy and has no interest to welcome the listener which is in this case...welcomed.
It has both an unplanned & planned vibe to it thus it dont comes off as just bad played raw one-man BM but takes your mindset to an insecure state and attacks it with sudden blasts and fuzz and shit...nice start!

To end this split Idolatry gets the throne of flies to sit on as they have prepared a seven minutes (and 10 sec) long journey into the dark towers of a psychotic king(not literary) , the music here is well played and structured while nothing new they do their job and emits both darkness & vastness...and to this drama the vocals (the sick emperor) wanders around in a jail of pain and...questions... that is what i feel from the gurgeling, muddy gremlin vocals i feel he has issues he seek answers to....but in that black chambers he walks for the rest of his life with only the echos of his voice.
The last segment of this song changes a bit and some kind of strength comes forth via clear doomy spoken words and gives of both an exiting opening for their next release and also as a fitting chilling end to this split.

Track list:

Side A
1.Unrest - Of Filth 
Side B
2.Idolatry - Clefs au Chambre de Tristêsse / ...Once Thought of Webs

Released by   Appalachian Noise Records