Hey brutal bangers,
in these last days there is an enormous dose of episodes of "
Honorable Mentions from the Abyss" like
never before, so
welcome to the
newer episode of this column, that this time is completely dedicated to the
death metal genre.
What awaits you is a selection of death metal bands coming from Italy, to Australia, that usually conceive their genre of reference with a lot of violence but without forgetting to create some dark or somehow bizzarre atmospheres, as you'll see soon.
So,
enjoy the following bands and
listen to their sonic murders!
DEFECHATE - "OVERTHROWN INTO OBLIVION"
Giuseppe "Tat0" Tatangelo has surely been very busy this year since he released new stuff with many of his bands, included
Antipathic,
Glacial Fear,
Zora (their new album will be out soon!) and
Defechate (
FB page). Indeed, today I'll talk you about Defechate that, before releasing the "
Oxidized Man" single in full quarantine, self-edited a debut EP called "
Overthrown Into Oblivion" in the
first days of this tormented
2020. It is a 5-track work where there is a
gloomy death metal a bit hallucinated and also interesting for some solutions here and there, like somehow
jazzy parts and
synth passages. The vocal department, composed of gurgling growls and demented screams, is maybe fitter for a
brutal death metal band while the tracklist sees an alternation between mid-tempo songs and faster ones but, generally, I think that this
Italian duo should play in
a more direct and brutal way with fewer mid-tempo parts. Another problem is that, behind the drums, there should be someone known as
Nephros... but, actually, it seems that there is a
drum-machine and, unfortunately, it sounds very weak. So, Defechate have the same problem of Antipathic with the difference that the former are
a bit better.
AD VITAM INFERNAL - "INFERNAL COMEDY"
The
French duo Ad Vitam Infernal (
FB page) is so
ambitious that they made an
infernal version of the
Dante's "
Divine Comedy"! In fact, their debut album, released in
January 2020 by the Czech label
Lavadome Productions, is called "
Infernal Comedy" and lyrically, instead of telling the journey of Dante into the Hell, it usually tells the
stories and the
torments of the damned in according to their own points of view. Some damned are very illustrious since "
God Shall Take Your Hands" is focused on the sanguinary Spanish inquisitor
Torquemada while the main character of the closing song "
Insane Prayer" is none other than...
Dante himself! Musically, all these atrocities come into the form of a
violent death metal à la
Morbid Angel/
Deicide with some
dark tunes and
black metal influences throughout this
concept-album. Also Ad Vitam Infernal use a
drum-machine but, this time, the effect is
good and aggressive... even though a human drummer is
ALWAYS the best option for me haha! Joking aside, we are talking about a band that
deserves a lot, so don't miss this "
Infernal Comedy"... and let
Lucifer eat you again and again for
his delight!
TZUN TZU - "THE FORBIDDEN CITY"
Sun Tzu was a
Chinese military general and philosopher that, living probably between the VI and V century BC, is better known for his "
The Art of War", a famous work of military strategy. Well, there is a band in the far far
Australia that in
2003 decided to name themselves as
Tzun Tzu (
FB page). They decided also to face particular themes about the
ancient Japan and
its history and, as for the music, they chose to play
death metal or, better, "
Ancient Oriental Death Metal", as they love to dub their style. It is exemplified at its best in "
The Forbidden City", their new and 6th EP (yes, they published almost ONLY EPs throughout their career!), released by
Lavadome Prod. "Forbidden City" is formed by 3 tracks: the new titletrack and two old songs re-recorded for the occasion, that are "
Kunoichi" (after a sort of female version of the ninjas) and "
Ko'Muso" (after a group of mendicant monks born in 1600 circa). In synthesis, their "Ancient Oriental Death Metal" is a
furious death metal characterized by very low growls, nice technical skills as shown by awesome guitar solos, and "Japanese" parts made with the synths. All this creates a slab of death metal that
isn't common out there, so I can't wait for their
upcoming second full lenght album!
THE BANDS:
DEFECHATE
TZUN TZU
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