| Argentinian and Dutch
Violation split TAPE 2012: Toorn / Marquis / Wolves'
Winter / Heimldaalr by Zwaertgevegt (limited to 150 copies)
3: Deathspell Horizon
4: Echoes
line-up:
Marquis (instruments, vocals)
     
Review: Marquis has quite a
unique sound, with a little more bass than expected, and
has its referential links with Thorns (on Deathspell
Horizon). The vocals are present and pretty unique
in sound. They are more raspy than the usual black metal
screams and sometimes creep into deathgrunt territory -
they remind me of Lanz! The black metal of Marquis
sometimes borrows stuff from thrash metal, which works
well here. But there’s plenty of Scandinavian-like
(Swedish) black here (on Echoes). The guitar
solo at the end should have been skipped (or played in
tune) - it now borders on anticlimax.
Toorn
brings up a wall of sound, with guitars pushing the
borders of throwing up. Still, both (bass and snare)
drums and vocals find their way through. I even wonder if
I’m hearing a little bit of a keyboard in there, but
this could be a sound illusion caused by the density of
frequencies. The Darkthrone rehearsal cover Under a
Funeral Moon sounds brutal as hell, but I’m
still undecided whether I like it or not. It almost
sounds like death metal because of the guitar wall. UaFM
is really written for very thin guitars...
Wolves’
Winter and Heimdaalr are Argentinian bands and I can say
that they are both good in their own way. WW is fast and
has distant vocals with a phaser that are quite annoying,
but alas. Heimdaalr has quite a clear sound, but has
buried the vocals underneath the guitars and drums. Their
tracks could’ve easily been instrumental... But
since they are not Dutch this is all I say about them.
Source: NLBMe exclusive,
March 2018.
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