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6 May, 2009

Witchmaster-Trucizna

Filed under: metal — Tags: witchmaster — willmunn @ 19:33

Title: Trucizna
Artwork:
Type: Album
Record Label: Agnonai Records
Do you like subtlety, do you like your music full of light and shade, nice melodies and infectious vocal harmonies, do you need pop hooks or a big sing-a-long chorus? if you answered yes to any of the above, then I suggest you move on to the next review, if however you like balls to wall, hard hitting black and thrash metal you’ve come to the right place.

Witchmaster don’t bother with nice introductions or melodic passages instead they’d rather bludgeon you over the head with galloping guitar riffs, guttural growls and punishing pounding beats that are so fast and heavy that if you tried to head bang in time to the machine gun drumming you’d probably snap your spinal cord.

If I tell you that Witchmaster feature members of Incarnation, Vader and Devilyn among their ranks whilst their former drummer is the sticksman of `Behemoth you’ll know what to expect from Trucizna.

The black metal four-piece lay waste to the speakers with an incredible display of aggression and bile, instruments are tortured and throats are ripped raw as Witchmaster deliver nine tracks of crushing metal in a shade over thirty minutes.

If you like all things black and crunchy you’re not going to be disappointed with the likes of Self-Inflicted Divinity and Bred In Captivity, they, like rest of the tracks on here will have you propelling yourself across the living room in a crazed frenzy in a bid to start a mosh-pit with your Nan.

Trucizna is like a short sharp unprovoked poke in the eye with a stick, it’s nasty, brutal and will leave you on the floor in pain.

Website: http://www.myspace.com/wearewitchmaster
Rating: 8

15 April, 2009

69 Chambers-War On The Inside

Filed under: metal — Tags: 69 chambers — willmunn @ 11:46

Title: War On The Inside
Artwork:
Type: Album
Record Label: Silverwolf Productions
69 Chambers is a place where metal meets melody, a place where down tuned riffs collide with battered drums and driving bass. 69 Chambers are a three-piece Swiss based band featuring perhaps one of the best female metal singers to have turned up on scene in as very long time.

Nina Tremi possesses one hell of a voice, one minute she’s layoing down a dark and aggressive vocal, the next she’s delivering a emotion and passionate fuelled croon that’ll have metal lovers crying into their beer.

The band begin the album in a stunning manner with The Day Of The Locust a track that blends brutality and infectious melody, it opens with a molten metallic riff before developing into a crushing anthem, with Nina flipping between aggressive and melodic vocals with ease.

From here on in we’re taught a lesson in modern metal and bombastic rock, tracks such as Ex Nihile and Judas Goat see the band step on the power with a flurry of riffs and blast beats, whilst Nina continues to deliver her lyrics with raw emotion and strength.

The Collapse Of Time And Space and the final track A Ruse show a softer more refined side to the band, as they utilize acoustic guitars subtle beats and allow Nina to gently croon, showcasing an impressive bluesy influence to 69 Chambers sound, perhaps something the band can further explore on future releases.

There are few metal releases these days that really make me sit up and take notice, but War On The Inside is one such album, this release has it all, a perfect and contagious blend of aggression and melody, killer songs and the incredible lungs of Nina Tremi, if you like femasle fronted ball crushing metal then I suggest you grab a hold of this album as soon as possible.

Website: http://www.myspace.com/69chambers
Rating: 9

11 February, 2009

Beyond The Grave-Sands Of Desolation

Filed under: metal — Tags: b, beyond the grave — willmunn @ 13:03

Title: Sands Of Desolation
Artwork:
Type: EP
Record Label: Self Released
As I’ve said before the second half of last year we kind of lost the plot here at Rhythm & Booze, we were so busy trying to design a new website we neglected a number of releases. Now after a recent sorting spree I’ve discovered a few gems that I feel the urge to share with you.

One such release is Sands Of Desolation by Newcastle based metal five piece Beyond The Grave. Having rediscovered this CD I’ve been literally bouncing off the walls, I grew up with metal, it was my first true musical love, but in recent times I’ve lost the faith, sure there have been bands such as Expedestrian who have managed to maintain my interest but on the whole I’ve drifted from the genre. But now Beyond The Grave have come to restore my faith.

Sands Of Desolation is a twenty four minute, four-track headfuck of an EP, Beyond The Grave weld molten riffs, bombastic beats and a combination of guttural growls and clean melodic vocals to create a truly devastating blend of metal. At the times the band manage to tear down the walls with their intense instrument pounding and yet they still manage to throw in a few nice melodic passages to add texture to the mix.

In fact just to prove that Beyond The Grave aren’t just about fury they even manage to add a little bit of sitar to the opening number Before My Eyes on the stunning intro, whilst the lead singer delivers a mixture of growls and clean vocals to incredible effect.

Elsewhere on the EP the band crush the listeners cranium with punishing riffs, bile infested lead vocals and blast beats aplenty before finishing with a few nice melodies on the final few moments of the closing title track. This is metal played how it’s supposed to be and I love it.

Website: http://www.beyondthegrave1.com
Rating: 9

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