A Guide To Devilish Music Pt II - The Rotten Sounds Of Occult Death Metal

The second part of my guide, now I'm focusing more on Death Metal bands, that have a more raw approach to their music and their theme evolves around Occultism and everything around it.
I'm not going to mention infamous bands of that style such as Kaamos, Repugnant etc because there is no point to it. Everyone who is a fan of this style knows them and respects them.

Invidious - In Death (EP) :
A side project with no informations about their current status with members from In Solitude, Degial and Ensnared. This EP is a really obscure release, that has the raw and raspy production that makes it very unlistenable to someone who is not familiar with this kind of stuff but for those who spent hours on underground blogs searching for underground death/thrash/black metal bands this is a black diamond.
The album contains 4 devilish relentless tracks of pure death. Not going into much details here, if you want your music sharp like a rusty infected razor this is defenitely something worth your time and money. The artwork which is quite explainable for what you will experience through the listening session is made by Erik Danielsson of Watain.

Denouncement Pyre - Almighty Arcanum :
Australian madness from the pulpits of horrors.
Great album, not so much lo fi production going on in here, reminds me a bit of Funeral Mist's Maranatha in some parts which is a good sign.
The line up consinsts of well known australian musicians in the death/black metal scene, Order Of Orias, Nocturnal Grave etc.
Moving on, I had a blast listening to this record, heavy but melodic when needed, with lots of black metal elements, the guitars and the vocals especially.
The lyrics also are written with passion and knowledge above all, offensive yes, but philosophical also, something I find very appealing to any release that may cross my path.
The music is well written, surely not boring but instead there are plenty of interesting riffs here, take for example the song Circle Of Serpents, with that glorious intro building up the anticipation to the listener just like a magician prepares the temple for his work and the crescento almost at the end, such splendour!
Check them out as soon as possible.

Vorum - Poisoned Void :I'm a huge fan of Vorum and their latest EP (Current Mouth) is certainly going on the best records of this year list but I wanted to talk about their previous work, Poisoned Void.
This album is an old school black/death/thrash metal record, or whatever you call it, the point is that it has all the things I like. It has power, it's unforgiving and it's just molesting the listener's softness.
A mix of old Morbid Angel with Sodom and Bathory and ideas of destruction, Satanism and everything that made this genre evil are here in great amounts plus the blasphemy and the torture of your ears.
Aesthically it impresses me also with a wonderfull artwork by Alxander L. Brown (Witchrist, his band)
Needless to say, this album stroke me like a shovel the first time I heard it, and still doesn't feel quite welcoming.

Suspiria - Dawn Of Kezef :
Finally, a demo from a Spanish band called Suspiria which came out this year, called Dawn Of Kezef. The EP/Demo contains only 2 tracks, Devoured Hearts and Dawn Of Kezef.  The tracks are a mix of death/black metal in the vains of Incantation, Morbid Insulter and possibly Teitanblood, with that barbaric feeling going on. Unstoppable monolithic tremolo picking riffs, huge walls of sound like a ready-to-crush elevator, the vocals sound like they have been recorded in a dark, leaching cave and the result is not at all dissapointing. I'm looking forward for their debut album. And make sure you check them out, and if you like them enough buy their Demo.