| Dutch and Canadian
Annihilation split TAPE 2011: Toorn / Hak-Ed Damm /
Weltschmerz / BlackScorn by Zwaertgevegt (limited to 150
copies)
3: Asmodeus
7: None of Us Will See Heaven
line-up:
Hræsvelg (guitars)
Hreim (vocals)
Valr (drums)
Vidar (bass)
     
Review: Toorn
(‘wrath’) is the first band of the tape and it
kicks in with black metal that has its massive guitars in
front of distant drums and vocals, which works
contraproductive for the enjoyment of the music. On the
band’s first song, some of the riffs are clearly
Deathcrush-Mayhemesque, which is actually nice. The
industrial-like samples used would fit a strange band
like S.M.E.S. but not a black metal band.
Weltschmerz
offers uptempo black metal with the kind of drum patterns
I really enjoy and relatively straight-forward old-school
riffs. It’s my favorite band of the split tape. I do
wonder about the lyrics: “Satan is groot. Satan is
machtig. Satan heeft een pik van 6 meter 66.” (taken
from Asmodeus). What should we make of that?
The two
Canadian bands are not subjects of this website, so I
will not review them. They are quite enjoyable though.
Source: NLBMe exclusive,
February 2018.
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