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Album Review: Casket Grinder - Fall into Dementia (2020)

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Photo Credit: Casket Grinder Casket Grinder - Fall into Dementia Release: June 06, 2020 Label: Awakening Records Format: CD/Digital Length: 34:05 Genre: Old School Death Metal Origin: Medellín , Colombia Casket Grinder are drummer Jeisson Callego , bass player  Juan Diego Acevedo , guitarist Cristian Quintero  and vocalist/guitarist Daniel Pineda . The band was founded ten years ago and has now released their first full-length album "Fall into Dementia". On ten tracks the band digs deep into chasms such as drug abuse, desparation and psychological issues. Music-wise Casket Grinder play brutal and rough Old School Death Metal. Northern and Eastern European Death Metal from the 80s especially seem to have influenced their style. The sound is coined by beats galopping with high-speed and ultrafast but grooving riffs. On this soundscape the immensely deep guttural vocals fit perfectly. Photo Credit: Casket Grinder "Fall into Dementia"...

Album Review: Hellion - Rebel's Curse (2019)

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There are several bands that go by the name Hellion. Here we are talking about Hellion from Medellín, Colombia. The thrashing Black Metallers , the pitch-black Thrash Metallers , the Satanic Warriors from the former capital of cocaine trade. Since 2014, Santiago , Milo  and Pablo  dedicate themselves to full-speed and gloomy Metal. Recently their first two albums "The Rising of the Wizards" and "Hordes of Witchery" were re-released together with their new album "Rebel's Curse" via Awakening Records . Compared to the recent albums the impact of Thrash Metal has gotten more intense. High-speed staccati rather vanished and instead, galopping chaotic and punkish rhythms are more dominant on "Rebel's Curse". The Black Metal influence is still present but is not as central as it was on "Hordes of Witchery". In general, the album is coined by raw assaults and high-speed riffing. The drums shoot like a gatling gun and the vocals spi...