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Picture Credit: Okrütnik Okrütnik - Legion Antychrysta Release Date: November 02, 2020 Label: Ossuary Records Format: Cassette / CD / Digital Length: 45:51 Genre: Black Metal / Blackened Thrash Metal Origin: Kotlin , Poland There is something special about Black or Blackened Metal from Eastern European and Slavic nations that I cannot put into words. It is this fascinating mix of melancholy, dark harmony and pure cold. The album on hand is another great example for this. The quartet from Kotlin in Poland was formed in 2018 and released their first long-player "Legion Antychrysta" via Ossuary Records in late autumn of 2020. First thing that catches my attention are the song titles and lyrics. Okrütnik spread their nihilistic and blasphemic messages in their mother tongue only. I really love the sound of the Polish language and thus far, I have encountered its great fit to Folk, Rap and Punk Rock. Even though, I do not understand the lyrics, I appreciate the beauty of the Poli...

Photo Credit: Lucas "From Hell" Evilcult - At the darkest Night Release: June 26, 2020 Label: Awakening Records Format: CD/Digital Length: 39:13 Genre: Blackened Thrash Metal Origin:  Bento Gonçalves , Brazil Sweet child of Satan! This is already the tenth appearance of Awakening Records on my page. Today, we're listening to the first longplayer by Evilcult from Bento Gonçalves, in the South of Brazil. The band was founded in 2016 and has so far released an EP and some singles. Members are Mateus "Blasphemer"  (drums) and Lucas "From Hell"  (bass, guitars, vocals). The music on Evilcult's "At the darkest Night" is a merciless brawl of rough Thrash Metal with plenty of Black Betal impact and a certain influence by Speed Metal. It is ultrafast, absolutely brutal, icecold, blasphemous, and pitch-dark. Or in less words: a fantastic Metal album. While Mateus  is drumming, thrashing and clubbing like a berserker in a clockwork, Lucas  is crea...

For those of you complaining contemporary Thrash Metal is lacking force and brute, I've got something for you! Let me introduce you to Lima -based five-piece destruction crew Hellthrasher. The band has recently released their nine-track EP "En Tinieblas" (Spanish for "In Darkness"). The EP contains about half an hour of pure, heavy, raw and deeply Blackened Thrash Metal . I recommend you to fasten your seatbelts and make sure you have enough space to bang your head like crazy since the five musicians provide you with the roughest full-throttle Thrash Metal. From the darkest depths of the abyss Hellthrasher arise and clench their fists of metal ('puños de metal') to leave nothing but burning rubble and sheer destruction. With an unleashed and brachial intensity full-speed Heavy Thrash Metal riffing blows out of the peakers, accompanied by a machine gun-like battery. On top of that beautiful noise Cris ' vocals yell, scream and shout eveything ...