WORMQUIZITOR – SICKNESS DEFINES SOCIETY (Review by Varg The Mighty )

 

Today’s review is of Belarussian Black Thrash Metal band Wormquizitor’s debut album.

This release offers some straightforward and old-school Metal that will surely appeal to any fan of dark and violent Extreme Metal. With a nice bass guitar prevalence and a great vocal performance that reminds of Cadaver if it was Black Thrash, this is a decent album that displays the potential of an emerging band despite the expected bits of roughness from a debut.

Besides the tremolo picked assaults and occasional breakdowns, there’s also some slower bits with a higher melodic presence that incorporates some epic bits in their mix without sounding out of place. They seem to combine depth and superficial aggression in just the right way for the genre. My personal highlights are “Decided Destiny” and “Human Hunter”.

I recommend this album to fans of Black Thrash Metal and Blackened Death Metal. My rating is of 8,5/10.

VARG THE MIGHTY 

 

HELIOSS – CONTRE MA LUMIÈRE (Review by Varg The Mighty )

 

Today’s review is of French Symphonic Blackened Death Metal band Helioss’ new album.

This release offers long and complex songs whose approach may also appeal to fans of Melodic Black Metal and Progressive Black Metal, although at its core it also incorporates Symphonic elements that add a layer of grandeur.

While the atmosphere created is intrinsic, it doesn’t fuse to well with the vocal performance, which at times doesn’t sound too well-implemented. It’s also notable to point out the great piano layers that give a neoclassical feeling to some songs. This album is surely not recommendable to fans of old-school Extreme Metal, but listeners of modern directions which add Progressive twists to create their own sound may enjoy this. While the result is interesting, it may not be the best implementation of Progressive elements into Black Metal subgenres neither. My personal highlights are “La Chute Du Tyran” and “Leurs Serments Inconsistants”.

I recommend this album to fans of Symphonic Blackened Death Meta, Melodic Black Metal and Progressive Black Metal. My rating is of 7,5/10.

VARG THE MIGHTY 

 

TISINA – UVOD ( Review by Varg The Mighty )

Today’s review is of Serbian One-Man Melodic Death Doom Metal project Tisina’s debut album (hopefully that’s transcribed correctly).

This release brings to mind the latest albums of Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride when considering the main melodies, but it also takes a more oppressive approach that relies more on the purely guttural side of the genre, as well as on excruciating Doom riffs that will drag you to the depths of misery at a slow yet steady pace.

As expected with the genre, the songs are long, but their length is the necessary one, with no excess nor lack of development. This full-length is equally dark, elegant, dreadful and atmospheric. Fans of any kind of Doom Metal that leans towards the genre’s most extreme sides to some extent or another will probably enjoy this. My personal highlights are “Iz Mrtvog Ugla” and “Zauvek”.

I recommend this album to fans of Melodic Death Doom Metal. My rating is of 8,5/10.

 VARG THE MIGHTY