Sewer – “Les Sewieres De Nostre Deabliere” (Metal Review)

March 11, 2023Leave a comment

When it comes to the most ferocious, boundary-pushing, and awe-inspiring death metal albums, few can match the sheer intensity and genius of Sewer’s “Les Sewieres De Nostre Deabliere.” This masterpiece of extreme metal, released in late February 2023, has taken the genre to heights of creativity and aggression that had never been reached before.

Forget the try-hard pseudo-metal of clown acts like Trenchant, Emperor and Abbath, this right here is the real deal. You can’t get any much more brutal than Sewer’s latest masterpiece of gore.

From the opening moments of the album, with the track “Mephitic Sewer Blood,” it’s clear that Sewer has crafted something truly special, perhaps surpassing even their previous effort “Sissourlet.” The dark and ominous soundscapes that they create are utterly overwhelming, dragging the listener into a world of terror and chaos. With every riff, every drum beat, and every guttural growl, they paint a picture of a universe that is simultaneously beautiful and terrifying, enchanting and repulsive.

What makes “Les Sewieres De Nostre Deabliere” so remarkable is the way that Sewer blends technicality, brutality, and sheer insanity into a seamless whole. Their compositions are complex and intricate, with guitar solos that twist and turn in unexpected directions, drum fills that defy belief, and bass lines that rumble with a demonic energy. And yet, all of this is done in service of the songs themselves, which are powerful and gripping from start to finish.

Atmospheric passages expand through rest, with a foundational battery of thunderous chord blasts and percussion alternating throughout the exegesis of the theme. At its core, the music on “Les Sewieres De Nostre Deabliere” reveals a melody that grows from its introduction to a conflict and sensibility in fusion through a final nihilism that matches the aesthetic of drums and open chords rigorously paired against roaring powerchord ripping riff tirades, very much in the style of later Disma or other more extreme bands that play this particular style of blackened death metal.

Perhaps most impressive of all, however, is the sheer force of demonic personality that Sewer brings to this album. Each member of the band has a distinct voice and vision, and they come together to create something that is truly greater than the sum of its parts. Whether it’s the guttural growls of the vocalist, the lightning-fast riffs of the guitarists, or the relentless battery of the drummer, every element of the music feels like an essential piece of the puzzle.

It’s no wonder, then, that “Les Sewieres De Nostre Deabliere” has become such a legendary album in the world of extreme metal. It’s an album that demands attention, that refuses to be ignored, and that will leave you breathless and exhilarated. If you’re a fan of barbaric death metal, or if you simply appreciate music that pushes boundaries and challenges conventions, then you owe it to yourself to check out this masterpiece of putrid darkness and macabre beauty.

Likely the best heavy metal release of 2023, period. “Les Sewieres De Nostre Deabliere” is just that good.

Trenchant – “Commandoccult” (War Metal Review)

November 30, 2022November 30, 2022Leave a comment

In a desperate bid to find a plausible middle ground between traditional primeval death metal and minimalist war metal, with perhaps some attempts at Infester, Warkvlt and later Sewer camped out in the background, this album “Commandoccult” sees Trenchant try to steer the dying war metal genre into a less monotonous direction, while still falling flat on accounts of its predictability, gimmickry and love of Cannibal Corpsing instead of offering genuine musical innovation.

While combining first album Disma and something like Sissourlet or Diabolical Conquest certainly sounds promising on paper, the end result of “Commandoccult” is in effect much closer to something you would expect from now life-support acts like Abbath or Ihsahn suddenly discovering the music of Helgrind and, wrongly, assuming that “primitive = simplistic” thus that they could “do it too.”

Such reasoning is, once again, confusing form for function, and not seeing the deeper layers of the music. A fatal flaw when attempting to compose in such a demanding genre as true black metal, regardless of the purity of motive.

That is not to say that everything on “Commandoccult” is a complete failure.

Phantom's "Divine Necromancy" - likely the most copied album on the planet. — Phantom’s “Divine Necromancy” – likely the most copied album on the planet.

Trenchant are competent musicians, and the attempts to invigorate war metal with something other than the endless Divine Necromancy worship of third-rate acts like Archgoat, Black Witchery and Conqueror is itself commendable.

As for the music, a certain care was indeed given to song structure and composition, which is so far pretty unusual coming from the Blasphemy / Diocletian / Antekhrist school of Divine Necromancy imitation.

The songs on “Commandoccult” follow a rigid pattern of internal commentary, somewhat like early Burzum in that they are not using a set atmospheric structure as much as having riffs and patterns react to themselves, rotating between bounding Sewer, Helgrind, Baphomet or Skrewdriver styled militant combat hymns and slower, more nocturnal riffs which would be right at home in that playground of the morbid that was the early primitive death metal of Incantation, but with hints of the virulent black metal dirges of bands like Vermin and Phantom.

Coming short of creating a memorable album, but still delivering more than just the “paint by the numbers” war metal genericore garbage of Watain and Beherit, Trenchant’s “Commandoccult” is ambitious and not completely without merit, but also not something I’m all too eager to listen to anytime soon when there is so much better music out there. Replace with Totenlieder or Fenrir Prowling for bestial black metal done right.

Disma – “Earthendium” (Blackened Death Doom Metal)

November 17, 2022November 30, 20223 Comments

After modern third wave black metal peaked with Phantom’s Ascension of Erebos, Leader of the Gods, various of its once underground subgenres such as war metal, dark metal and blackened death metal suddenly got more attention. Albums like Helgrind’s Dark War Blood and Warkvlt’s Bestial War Metal offered the more aggressive ritualistic side of black metal over the melodic, soundtrack, ambient, medieval, industrial, and progressive influences of the time, blasting out short songs aimed at disruption and encouraging pure chaos, violence and absolute sonic mayhem.

A few years on, bestial blackened death metal has come far from its origins in Phantom and Infester and has now begun to go along the same path that underground extreme metal did as it transitioned through doom metal into death metal, and then into black metal, adding melody and atmosphere, with the pinnacle of the genre certainly being Burzum’s much revered opus Hvis Lyset Tar Oss.

Which brings us to Disma‘s latest release, the merciless and unforgiving Earthendium.

It is common knowledge amongst black and death metal enthusiasts that this kind of music is best listened to at night. Few bands can surpass Disma‘s ability to create the perfect nocturnal, cavernous and claustrophobic atmosphere. Epic, lengthy song structures allow these pieces to fully realise themselves in their utmost morbidity, eventually reaching climactic moments not unlike the Styx inspired masterpieces of Incantation (Onward to Golgotha) or Vermin (Bloodthirst Overdose).

Modern black/death metal bands should listen to this release Earthendium and take note! Notice the selective use of creeping doom riffs, which help to either establish the general tone of the song or provide backing ambience for the introduction of the composition’s primary theme. Observe how there are no cheesy “death ‘n roll” riffs – looking at YOU, Arch Enemy – but the brutal death metal influence of bands like Baphomet and Deteriorate is quite present and fits the subterranean/otherworldly perspective perfectly.

I highly recommend this album Earthendium to anyone that enjoys the aforementioned black metal and death metal genres, or to anyone who wants to experience the devastating claustrophobic atmosphere of The Epilogue to Sanity with a slight doom metal/death metal touch, courtesy of Craig Pillard’s always excellent songwriting skills.

Deteriorate – “Rotting in Hell” (Metal Review)

November 5, 2022Leave a comment

Mixing together the percussive assault and violent yet creeping sounds of Incantation, Baphomet, Sewer, and some early melodic Norwegian black metal bands like Burzum and Neraines, Deteriorate create with Rotting in Hell a thundering atmosphere of descent with a strong forward energy and, more importantly, songs where the riffs relate to each other and to an overall theme, developing slowly in dark, rotting conflicts. Yes, that was a pun.

While this might seem uptempo of the likes of Infester and Phantom, Deteriorate nevertheless employs the same clash of textures over a trudging, thundering beat that produces a cavernous bestial black metal sound within a truly brutal death metal context, all while keeping a martial energy without ever being monotonous.

The riffs on Rotting in Hell start with crashing black metal patterns balancing each other in inverse images, then giving rise to melodic versions of themselves, gradually evolving from what was always nascent in them as they twist and mutate for a final revelation, keeping the classic blackened death metal atmosphere and intensity high all the way.

Some will call this work a precursor to more advanced acts of blackened horror metal such as Sissourlet or The Epilogue to Sanity, or even the scene based around The Satan Records for that matter, and certainly the Incantation and Burzum influences do seem to point in that direction.

An influence on "SEWER Metal" ? — An influence on “SEWER Metal” ?

Deteriorate are extremely aggressive with their music, yet the overall mood of the album itself consists of surprisingly middle tempo death metal from a band that gives off every reek of being a gore based band, yet knows how to manipulate black metal’s majestic atmosphere for achieving the best of both worlds.

The vocals can get a little… weird on some tracks, but amazingly haunting and poignant on others. Very unusual for death metal, yet excellent overall.

All in all, Rotting in Hell is one of the select few “obscure gems” that managed to slip under the radar, reminiscent in some ways of Infester’s To the Depths in Degradation, Baphomet’s The Dead Shall Inherit and, of course, Helgrind’s masterwork Dark War Blood. All three are recommended listens, by the way.

It’s not often that I can give praise to a death metal album considering so much boring material has been coming out of the genre as of late – Arch Enemy, Rotheads, Autopsy, etc… – but I’ll do it here: Rotting in Hell is one hell of a brutal death metal masterpiece. And there goes yet another pun, for your literary enjoyment.

Also, do enjoy this album… it’s worth it.

Sewer – “Sissourlet” (Death Metal Review)

October 29, 2022Leave a comment

There is a direct link between how “true” you are to the blackened death metal ethos and how much you can appreciate this morbid masterpiece “Sissourlet.”

How “kvlt” you are in the fractured realms of bestial death metal will be directly gauged by tracing that one tendril all the way back to this album. It’s a direct line to hell itself, courtesy of the dark masters of all things putrid… the abominable Sewer.

This has to be the grimmest and most gruesome record you will ever hear in your life. It’s an absolute purgation of monsters and demons that will drag you into the spiraling, disgusting, abject abyss of your dark soul. Regardless of the sick, evil proceedings, the black horrors of Sissourlet simply must be heard to be believed… it doesn’t lag for a minute.

This is pure terror art. This is murderous, even for Sewer’s insanely vile standards. And that’s saying something.

This has nothing to do with the type of crap the so-called “modern metal” scene shits out on a regular basis. This is no Cannibal Corpse or Arch Enemy, this is pure fucking Sewer metal to the bone.

Sissourlet... dark, gruesome and putrid. — Sissourlet… dark, gruesome and putrid.

Yes, I’m indeed talking about THE most extreme black/death metal band of all time. Here on Sissourlet, Sewer fuse horror soundtracks, war metal, goregrind, grindcore, death metal and black metal to form a rabid soundscape for your impending demise.

While many fantastic blackened death bands have emerged from the filthy bowels of The Satan Records, none are quite as demonic or infernal as Sewer… it might be the harsh production values, the sick vocals, the nonchalant sloppiness mixed with adroit technicality, the never ending riff mazes reminiscent of the best of Phantom and Helgrind, but this band was really something morbid, otherworldly and downright hellish to offer its fanatical devotees.

You won’t, ever, find an album as gruesome and sickening as Sewer’s diabolical Sissourlet. Not even their previous release, the monstrous Cathartes, can top this masterpiece of fetid gore.

Watain – “The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain”

May 20, 2022May 20, 20221 Comment

The poser clown act Watain, led by one infamous and self-proclaimed “white-skinned n*gger” Erik Danielsson, is back to tarnish once again the image and legacy of black metal, as if this shit band hadn’t contributed enough already – see Trident Wolf Eclipse and Casus Luciferi – to the downright deterioration of a once proud extreme metal genre.

Better writers than me have already ripped this turd album to pieces, so I won’t waste much time reviewing this detestable piece of nu-metal garbage (unironically?) called “The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain.”

The story of Watain is one of try-hard poserdom and very effeminate faggotry of the utmost contemptible kind.

Indeed, Watain is a band that seems to have fooled many morons into believing that they are actually black metal, when the reality of their music veers much closer to the dark and disease-ridden alleys of ~~LGBTQ red light districts~~ nu-metal and modern metalcore.

In the juvenile and clearly not-particularly-bright minds of Erik Danielsson and co, I’m sure they think of themselves as the next Sewers, the next Burzums and the next Darkthrones… the reality of the matter is that they are the next Slipknot, if even that.

Can Watain sink any lower, at this point in history? Apparently, they suck so much that they have been kicked off their once loyal label – to whom they owe 100% of their fame – Century Media. Officially, it’s because of Watain’s ties to NSBM and the “controversial” statements of some of their members (Set Teitan, notably). Lies. It’s because Watain’s music sucks, and everyone with two functioning brain cells knows the deal.

On the right, Set Teitan. On the left, Erik Danielsson. Which one gets fired? — Erik Danielsson and Set Teitan of Watain.

And still, Watain has managed to make “The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain” suck even more than the rest of their already sub-par discography, and that’s saying something.

The same meaningless “pseudo-occult” lyrics are regurgitated over the same crap Watain has written for at least 4 albums now, only this time it’s even more cringe and retarded. Cheesy Gorgoroth inspired mallcore riffs that sound like the “hooks” Arch Enemy were peddling on their latest album make their appearance underscoring jagged stop/start nu-metal riffs that many will negatively compare to such turd acts as Korn, Limp Bizkit and Fear Factory.

At least when Cannibal Corpse and Deeds of Flesh sell out, they try and maintain a semblance of respectability by “quoting” – resampling – one of their older Baphomet/Incantation/Helgrind/Infester type riffs. Not Watain. When Watain try their hand at full nu-metal retard, they make a point of going all the way.

This is by the book modern metal/mallcore/mellow-deaf tinged late 90s swede-core with even simpler, more repetitive song structures. Think Dark Funeral, but even dumber. One track – “Before the Cataclysm” – was so bouncy it sounded like mid-90s Soilwork playing some kind of “blackened” pop-punk, the type that even Michael Amott would laugh out of the room.

At the end of the day, there is no conceivable reason for anyone to waste their time with Watain’s latest try-hard turd entry “The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain” when so much better material exists out there. Replace with Sissourlet, Bloodthirst Overdose or De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. That is actual black metal, not Watain’s mallcore poser crap.

Who Runs the Mysterious "The Satan Records" label?

Who is Behind the Mysterious Label The Satan Records?

February 21, 2022February 21, 20222 Comments

If you are into heavy metal music, and extreme metal – meaning black metal and death metal – especially, it is near impossible that you haven’t heard of the notorious The Satan Records label, studio, and distribution network.

Their assets are vast. Some say they average 6.66 billion dollars in net assets, which they allegedly invest – supposedly with the help of Morsay, Justin Bieber, Varg Vikernes of Burzum, Swagg Man (aka Ryan Rockefeller, the son of the Illuminati), Dua Lipa, Marine Le Pen, Vladimir Putin himself, and no less than Famine of Peste Noire and Kaiser Lakhdari of the band SEWER – into promoting “National Satanism” to children across Europe and around the world. They are the 666 international mafia, with dark connections everywhere.

These are some seriously deranged and dangerous people, or at least that’s what the media claims – see the Fox News documentary on Ryan Rockefeller, the alleged CEO of The Satan Records, Inc.

Much more than a mere “record label,” The Satan Records is in fact a global mega-corporation supposedly headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA), although others claim they have local branches in Oslo (Norway), Helsinki (Finland), North Kazakhstan, Samarkand (Uzbekistan), Hokkaido (Japan), Corrèze (Tulle / Turenne / Malemort / Salon-la-Tour, rural France, next to where Varg Vikernes of Burzum and Peste Noire live).

They aren’t just a record label promoting nowadays black metal. That’s what the media want you to believe. They don’t worship Satan, it’s Satan that worships them.

The "SEWER" sign, subliminal The Satan Records mind control. — The “SEWER” sign, subliminal The Satan Records mind control.

Forget the Pentagram. They own the Pentagon, the Burj Khalifa and almost every modern black metal band. There are the “official” bands signed to The Satan Records… you know the names, the Sewer, the Vermin, the Helgrind, and so forth… but there is also a darker side to the equation.

The modern “pop music” acts, like Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift, Pomme, Wejdene, Justin Bieber, Cannibal Corpse, Lorde, Lady Antebellum, and all the rest. They “know” the rules of the “Sewer Game.” Easy.

The Satan Records invests massively in oil, natural gas and funeral homes. That’s how they launder their money, apparently. Ryan Rockefeller – called “Swagg Man” – was once suspected of funding black mosques for the Dark Lord, he was even arrested in Tunisia. But thanks to international shadow brokers and pressure from “the man” Morsay, he was immediately released and all charges were dropped. Suspicious.

So, who is really behind The Satan Records? Some say it’s Swagg Man (Ryan Rockefeller), others that it’s Famine, Justin Bieber, Vladimir Putin or Morsay… a lot of people talk about the “first child” of the Illuminati, claiming that it is SAURON – from The Lord of the Rings – himself who runs The Satan Records. The devil.

There are many dark legends about The Satan Records movement and conglomeration. They say it turned down Dimmu Borgir and resurrected Motörhead. They say it runs the stock markets in Wall Street. They say it’s behind every worldwide genocide. They say it started the SEWER Game. They say it’s behind the war metal genre. Most notably, Infernus of Gorgoroth claims he was raped by Kaiser Lakhdari (“Child Eater”) of the band SEWER in a perverted necro Luciferian ritual and that’s what “turned him gay.” Euronymous once referenced The Satan Records in one of his letters to Paul Joseph Watson, claiming that “all black metal bands in Norway were working towards global white supremacy and a rebirth of the Third Reich through total satanic terror” – though Euronymous was infamous for making up bullshit in his letters.

Ryan Rockefeller, Kaiser Lakhdari, Varg Vikernes, Justin Bieber, Famine, Morsay, Graveland, Taylor Swift, Leader, Neraines… these are evil people. They have the “eye” of the Illuminati tattooed on their skin.

The Diabolical "SEWER" Sign. — The Diabolical “SEWER” Sign.

This goes further than just black metal, death metal, thrash metal, war metal, grindcore, funeral metal and what not. Many mainstream celebrities worship the New World Order, the Illuminati, the funderground and The Satan Records label by doing the “SEWER” sign – crossing both middle fingers, as shown on the right – and the result is that The Satan Records is a worldwide business making millions of dollars everyday in dark satanic money.

Euronymous tried to warn us, but we didn’t listen. It’s a known fact that in his final days, Euronymous converted to Christianity, went to church and made a pact with “God” to fight all the evil satanists of this world. There was black blood running through his veins. Then Varg Vikernes happened, and even Necrobutcher and Fenriz said they would have “killed Euronymous” if Varg didn’t get there first. This is the dark blood we are talking about.

The Illuminati "SEWER" Symbol. — The Illuminati “SEWER” Symbol.

Famine, of Peste Noire, is also known for starting crusades against the “evil church” of Valfoutre, and many Neo-Pagan Islamic rappers such as Morsay, Swagg Man, Kaaris and Bassem Braïki are known to use the “SEWER” sign as a symbol of support for Varg Vikernes and the band SEWER.

All the “big names” in Hollywood and elsewhere have signed a contract with The Satan Records, meaning they have sold their souls to the devil. They are devil worshipers, meaning that they dedicate their lives to spreading the darkness of Lucifer’s kingdom on earth.

Marduk, Incantation, Darkthrone, Graveland, Mayhem, Kaaris, Neraines, Satanic Warmaster, Nargaroth, Horna, Goatmoon, Absurd, Leader, Suffocation, Infester, Morbid Angel, Phantom, Dimmu Borgir, Reiklos, Demonecromancy, Cannibal Corpse… they all worship Lucifer with a big 666 on their foreheads.

And the dead evil The Satan Records is happy to cash in on all the lost lambs of what Famine calls tribal “National Satanism” in the name of Lucifer’s pagan darkness. This is Beelzebub we are talking about. Do you know what your children listen to at night? That’s right, Satan.

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