Saturday, November 21, 2020

Benvenuti all'Inferno!: in uscita saggio sulla first wave of black metal!

Se ben vi ricordate, un anno fa pubblicai l'ebook "Nel Segno del Marchio Nero", saggio totalmente incentrato sulla cosiddetta "first wave of black metal", trattando così di gruppi come Mercyful Fate, Slayer, Sodom, Bathory e moltissimi altri anche poco conosciuti che durante i burrascosi anni '80 proposero un modo satanico e blasfemo di intendere l'heavy metal.

CRUCIFIXION - "DESERT OF SHATTERED HOPES"/"A COLD SEA OF HORROR" (LA CAVERNA RECORDS, 2020)

Band:
Crucifixion
Title: Desert of Shattered Hopes/A Cold Sea of Horror
Genre: Death Metal
Time: 58.39 min
Release Date: 10th August 2020
Vote: 87/100












And so, the Colombian label La Caverna Records reissued this year also the outstanding debut album of Crucifixion, "Desert of Shattered Hopes". Released in 1993 by the historic Belgian label Mausoleum Rec (strange that it published a so extreme album!), "Desert..." shows a band already with a great self-confidence playing a death metal that is more ferocious and direct in comparison with "Paths Less Taken". But this without forgetting to spew forth a dark and cursed atmosphere , that is determined by various factors: the doom tempos here and there; the bestial but, at the same time, spectral vocals of Danny Martinez; and by the nice guitar solos.