Archive of all the album reviews of Precaria Ex Humanitas:
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PRECARIA - PRECARIA EX HUMANITAS (2014)
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| "Precaria Ex Humanitas Re-issue" Front Cover Artwork by Cold Poison Design & Precaria Logo by Ianzel |
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The Anti-Flesh Nimbus "A Journey to the Dark Side" {Printed zine from Greece}
From the enigmatic Mexico with the ancient traditions that have given us Xibalba, Andramelech & more, comes Precaria, the vessel of Ianzél the Hermit, with an ambitious debut full-length album of 6 tracks and 52 minutes. With such lengthy songs and spanish lyrics from an unknown -until now- band, I don't know how many would dare to dive into the worlds of Precaria, yet those who will decide to do so, will find many things to prolong their presence there.
First of all its the dry, high-pitch sound, which refers to the old Norway and the devastating drums that instantly suck the listener's attention. Here emerges the "sonic ugliness" that was once so adored in blackmetal circles. Around the middle of the record the rhythm slows down, it even crawls at some point. We are now into the deep, exploring Ianzél's fables.
I haven't translated all the lyrics yet, but the latin title stands for something close to "The Precarious Position of Humanity". As for some sparse and short acoustic passages, they have nothing to do with pompous keyboards; on the contrary, these grisly chord plucking intensify the morbid atmosphere. Well done Mexico!
Ave Noctum - by Stuart Carroll
(www.avenoctum.com)
Mexico isn’t the first place that you think of when it comes to hateful and nihilistic black metal, but it just might be, after you’ve heard this first full-length album from Precaria.
Released last year in limited quantities, ‘Precaria Ex Humanitas’ is the work of Hermit Ov Tehom, who along with drummer Opposus Discordia have crafted six long sermons to the misery of mankind and the procreation of chaos. Self-produced and self-released, the album is a fitting example of “Orthodox” black metal.
The initial reaction is that this album has a similar style and sound to mid-era Throne Of Katarsis, but without that band’s self-conscious pandering to a particular scene. This is clearly no money-making exercise, and the honesty and integrity of ‘Precaria Ex Humanitas’ is strikingly evident throughout, even though the vocals are delivered entirely in Spanish. This is no bad thing, as a language that is derived from Latin suits the music very well.
The pace of the album rarely subsides, with pummelling blasts, rasped doctrines, and flurries of trem-picked guitar slaughter. Such elements would usually be termed as cold and frost-bitten, but when you take into account the bands country of origin, and the striking red CD artwork, the overall effect is more akin to raging hellfire.
The production is as you probably would expect, pretty raw, and even though this may result in the occasional muted drum sound, everything still manages to punch through admirably. With the cascading riffs and subtle background chants of ‘Traficando Los Órganos De La Iglesia’, the bass guitar that provides the characteristics of ‘Para Muchos Pobreza, Para Pocos Sabiduría’, and the shimmering guitars and doom-laden middle section of ‘Estupro a La Conciencia’, there is plenty of texture to the fiery assault.
The vocals are commanding and impressively anguished, and the clean guitars of ‘Evangeliza Con Veneno Nihilista’ bring a brief moment of respite to the reigning chaos. The off-kilter time-changes of ‘Corrupción Como Primordial Obligación’ and the jagged, stabby riffing and acoustics of ‘Violencia Como Pan De Cada Día’, means that there’s certainly enough here to hold the attention over the course of the lengthy six tracks, proving that ‘Precaria Ex Humanitas’ is a lot more than just your usual blast-fest.
This is good stuff, and perfect for those that like their black metal raw, uncompromising, and truly underground.
8/10
Black Metal ist Krieg - by Kremathor
Il suono sporco e grezzo dell’underground messicano si incarna alla perfezione nei Precaria, duo proveniente da Monterrey e composto dal factotum The Hermit (voce, chitarra e basso, nonché responsabile di tutte le composizioni) e dal batterista Opposus Discordia. “Precaria Ex Humanitas” è il loro debutto sulla lunga distanza, in edizione cd limitato a mille copie, ed è un vero concentrato di marciume old school allo stato puro, senza compromessi né concessioni a qualunque forma di “modernità”, concettuale o musicale che sia. Sei pezzi di lunga durata – crudissimi ed inquietanti – definiscono un approccio criptico ed ermetico alla materia black, che recupera il classico suono stridulo e ronzante delle chitarre, al servizio di un’urgenza espressiva particolarmente oscura, dall’afflato occulto e (malignamente) spirituale. La registrazione fangosa, gracchiante ed estremamente low-fi rimanda a gruppi come Nosvrolok e Necrofrost – anche se la vera pietra di paragone resta pur sempre “Under A Funeral Moon” dei Darkthrone – ed esalta l’atmosfera sulfurea, da messa nera, che trasuda letteralmente da ogni nota e da ogni sgraziato rantolo vocale. La semplicità del riffing è relativa – anzi vi sono alcuni passaggi dissonanti e di un certo spessore tecnico – ed è comunque bilanciata da un muro sonoro caotico e perverso che dà corpo ad un vero e proprio vortice sanguinario, un calderone ribollente e mefitico come l’odore dell’inferno (impossibile non pensare in alcuni frangenti ai Katharsis o a certi Deathspell Omega non troppo complessi e spigolosi). Il drumming forsennato e le cupe linee di basso completano il quadro di un’opera davvero potente e feroce, letteralmente devastante ed a suo modo magica. I Precaria, pur lontani dai consueti scenari nordeuropei, si candidano al ruolo di credibili interpreti delle sonorità più true ed ancorate alla tradizione: abbandonate ogni speranza ed affidate le vostre anime al rituale blasfemo.
7.5/10
Black Metal Reviews
Here is the true sound of the underground. My, how the original spirit of Black Metal has been diluted and corrupted down through the decades! Mercifully, albums like ‘Precaria Ex Humanitas’ appear every now and then to keep the flame burning.
While laughable entities like Abigor, Burzum, Watain and Goatmoon (have you heard their latest abomination?) gain in popularity as they posture and pose and claim to be somehow playing Black Metal, Precaria is almost predestined to remain forever entrapped in the deepest Mexican underground. Yet, ironically, their music embodies the essence of everything Black Metal is supposed to be: eerie, raw, shrill, otherworldly, buzzing, lo-fi, enchanting.
Superbly conceived and executed, ‘Precaria Ex Humanitas’ contains six lengthy tracks of sublime, spiritual old-school blackness that stretch out across 52 rewarding minutes. This is the rare antidote to mainstream, horrendous pretenders and I just hope some label has the courage and / or means to one day grant it a vinyl release. Stunning.
Evilometer: 666/666
Dark Dirge Promotions - by Phil Gomulinski
With the year 2014 almost to a close, we take you to a place known as Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, where an album was released in April of 2014. It’s not easy for an album to take my mind, ears and my heart (well what’s left of that one) and become addicted to it very quickly. I live in the United States, and when an album that has lyrics outside of English I take notice very quickly. Precaria Ex Humanitas did just that within the first song. The album did not start off with an instrumental piece, it got right into the brutal music and brought forth the chaos.
Precaria’s first album is another prime example of the first full-length of a band can burst forth through the gates of the world of metal. With metal being a genre that so many people get into these days, and wanting to release an album just because “It’s cool” there is a great number of debut full-length metal albums that fail as a whole. This debut of Precaria, this wonder of black metal, has captured what a true debut full-length album is.
The album’s opening song, Traficando Los Órganos De La Iglesia, smashes the faces of those who think this will start with a dark ambient or other instrumental opening and breaks right into the chaotic black metal. I say chaotic black metal, but it’s nothing like raw black metal, this has been worked on to become an amazing release, a black metal release that was cared for. The guitars, the drums, bass, vocals, everything can be heard without a struggle. The vocal style was done in a different way that I have not heard in black metal in a long time. There is always that stereotypical sound of black metal vocals that everyone tries to sound the same, or someone is being choked and trying to sing. It’s hard to describe the vocal style of this album, but I’ve already met a few people who mistook the vocal style for death metal, which is far from death metal vocal style. It’s a unique black metal vocal setting that I’ve heard in so few bands.
Each individual song has a different hymn to them to where they can be enjoyed without thinking you’re listening to one long song. For people like me, living in the Unites States, that fact that this entire album is not sung in English makes it a unique gem. There are countless albums out there that are not sung in English, but with how this album was done it makes me listen to the lyrics a lot closer, submerging the listener deeper into the album. The lyrics are all in Spanish, which throws a lot of people off, but I believe it’s an inviting setting for the album.
It’s not like a lot of kids these days, picking songs here and there from albums and listening to just those. This is one of those rare albums that must be enjoyed from start to finish. No picking and choosing just one song to listen to over and over again. There are favorite songs on this album, ones that stand out more than all the others, and I have to say the one that stands out the most, for me, is Corrupción Como Primordial Obligación. The way the song is done, construction, the lyrics, guitars, drums, vocal style, everything about this song brings me closer to it. I believe, this album is a true black art that needs to be shared with the world. It’s not a quickly done album to make a few bucks here and there, no, this album has something that needs to be spread and shared with the world; a message that needs to be heard throughout the world.
I ask all who read this, to at least give this album a chance. It’s not a cookie cutter album, or something that should be missed. Whether you get it hard copy, hear it from a friend, bandcamp or steal it from some heartless website, this album is one that will live on for years to come.
100/100
Exterminio Fanzine - by Frater W. XIII
(www.facebook.com/ExterminioFanzineMx)
Precaria surge en Monterrey, Nuevo León y es el vehículo usado por su mente maestra Ianzel "The Hermit" para canalizar su aversión pura y venenosa sobre el Creador y su "creación" (en este caso, la humanidad), así como la búsqueda de la auto-iluminación y la revelación del Caos. Todo esto, alimentado por un ambiente donde la miseria, la violencia y la corrupción tanto religiosa como gubernamental permean y pudren lo que está a su alcance. Con dicha carga ideológica, espiritual y conceptual; el proyecto se pone en marcha en 2010. Sin embargo, cabe señalar que la concepción del mismo data del 2004 y por esa razón es que el primer demo grabado entre 2010/2011 y salido en 2013, se titula "Demo 2004", editado por el propio sello de "The Hermit" llamado "Desavenencia" en donde él es quien se encarga de la autoría de los temas, los arreglos, las voces, las guitarras, el bajo, los conceptos y el artwork; haciéndose acompañar únicamente por el batería Opposus Discordia. Dicha alineación es la que grabaría el siguiente material.
Así, el siguiente capítulo surge en forma de un full length, llamado "Precaria Ex Humanitas" editado en 2014 a través de mismo sello, limitado a un tiraje de 1000 copias en CD. Este full-length es la culminación de años de escribir e ir moldeando cada aspecto del mismo. Esto, sin mencionar los reveses y obstáculos que la mente maestra de este proyecto ha encontrado en el camino que, pienso, no han hecho más que fermentar el veneno que se plasma aquí. Sin embargo, el tiempo transcurrido demuestra haber válido la pena. ¿Qué impresiones deja este material? Se trata, en efecto y en líneas generales, de un tortuoso Black Metal que emana veneno, odio por la humanidad, caos ennegrecido, una atmósfera sofocante y un aura negativa. Hablar de influencias está de más, sobre todo cuando dicha música tiene cierto matiz ritual y solemne. Los riffs y las progresiones de los mismos son dinámicos, manteniendo con esto la atención (y cierta tensión, hay que decirlo, ya que este disco no es de una escucha cómoda y fácil de digerir a la primera) del oyente. El inicio con el primer tema "Traficando los Órganos de la Iglesia" es hipnótico y con un tempo acelerado en la batería.
Temas como "Corrupción como Primordial Obligación" y "Estupro a la Conciencia" están plagados de disonancias que no hacen más que sumergirnos en dicha atmósfera y dejarnos en semejante trance del que no saldremos durante los 52 minutos que dura este álbum. Y es, precisamente, en "Estupro a la Conciencia" donde los trémolos más asesinos tienen lugar, ajustando perfectamente con el manifiesto de odio antihumano vomitado con enferma virulencia por "The Hermit". Y es que fragmentos como el siguiente no pueden ser emitidos de otro modo: "Nacer bastardo para pasar la vida masticando vidrios y tragando ojos, los que te hacen ver que la humanidad merece una eutanasia en masa y que antes de pasarte en tu lecho de muerte es más sabio otorgársela a todos cuantos puedas. Toma ventaja, mata a todos y mátate." Breves momentos de calma a base de arpegios, aunque no menos tortuosos, tienen lugar en tracks como "Evangeliza con Veneno Nihilista" y el final acústico del caótico y enfermo tema que cierra el disco, "Violencia como Pan de Cada Día".
Cada aspecto de este disco está cuidado y encaminado a transmitir las sensaciones y conceptos ya descritos. Esto también aplica para el sobrio diseño del booklet y layout con alegorías a la Muerte y esa portada que representa creyentes sin vida y colgados en su templo de adoración. Este Artwork ha sido plasmado por Antithesis, de Cold Poison Design, mexicano quien ha colaborado en el mismo aspecto con gente de talla de Acherontas, Nightbringer, Fides Inversa, Shaarimoth, etc.
En resumen se puede decir que estamos ante un disco de Black Metal disonante, crudo, misántropo y ortodoxo; con una producción áspera qu, sin embargo, no compromete nitidez y apreciación de cada uno de los elementos que dan forma a semejante monumento al odio hacia el género humano. Quien esté interesado en adquirir el CD (mismo que pronto saldrá en edición tape), me parece que aún quedan copias así que pueden dirigirse directamente a estos enlaces que les dejo:
facebook.com/PrecariaBlackMetal
desavenencia.bandcamp.com
Forgotten Path Magazine - by Odium {Printed zine from Lithuania}
Though this CD from Mexico is released aesthetically and carefully, the chaotic Black Metal inside is not done in the same manner. The band's leader Ianzél "The Hermit" tried to convince me that they are currently the best band in Latin America, however I can assure you that I know better ones.
Probably the reason for negativity towards Precaria’s CD is because of the chaotic manner in which everything is presented. The guitar riffs are played fast and hard, with no consideration about their balance of the atmosphere and appeal. Speed, speed and some more speed. This robs songs of any structure, they sound homogenous and orderless. The drums' situation is similar, though be it blast-beats or be it simpler rhythms, they sound better than the guitars. The vocals get the most praise (or rather, the least critic), because they are atmospheric, clear and with consideration to the music, though it was uncommon to hear singing in Spanish.
If we are to compare them with someone, say Mystic Forest, early Nefarium or Animus Mortis could be mentioned, however they all out-class Precaria. This is not something tragic - the CD sometimes has appealing atmosphere, overall mood at certain moments; however, it is a long road to any of the mentioned names. Usually poor results come when the music's only goal is speed and chaos.
5/10
Lords of Metal - by Kevin Kentie
(www.lordsofmetal.nl)
There is such a thing as Mexican black metal and Precaria are a prime example of it. ‘Precaria Ex Humanitas’ is the debut album of the band that has roots in 2004 and it is quite something. This album envelops you in an all destroying chaos, riffs that vary from old school to complex genius fly at you from all sides. The atmosphere is suffocating and claustrophobic. The hatred against the Catholic church is joined by a strong occult undercurrent, giving birth to a strong album with a distinct own sound. The production is not great, it is a bit on the shrill side, but it`s not a big issue.. The vocals bark forth like those found in Morbosidad. The music sounds Swedish at one moment, at others it sounds like old Krisiun and then it changes into stuff like NIghtbringer. I am also often reminded of the undervalued Xibalba. Main thing is the absolute malignancy that permeates the music. ‘Precaria Ex Humanitas’ is a fine addition to any black metal collection.
82/100
Metal Archives - by SweetLeaf95
Well, this is certainly something I have never experimented with before, you could say the least. Never have I listened to a band where all of the lyrics are in Spanish. I took two years of it in high school and still don't have a clue what they are saying. But you know what, that doesn't change anything musically. I'm guessing that "humanitas" means humans. And I know that "Iglesia" means church, so I'm just assuming that the very first track is some sort of anti-church song. But who says that you have to be able to understand it anyways? Hell, there's definitely some death metal and black metal bands that speak English that I can't understand, so what's the difference anyway? I'm into this only because of the music, and good music is good music regardless of what language it is in. All of this is very necessary to understand before diving into the actual music.
Musically, it is very good for this type of band putting out a debut. It has its ups and downs. One thing that I can appreciate about it is how well the vocals are mastered. I mean this guy, whoever he is, has such a unique range of black metal vocal outputs. Some may even confuse some of them with death metal, but this is certainly black metal. They are very defined and are in no way too blended with the instruments to hear. I don't have a clue what he's saying, but if I spoke fluent Spanish, I would probably be able to understand it all completely because out how audible and articulate it is, which is hard to pull off with harsh vocals.
Instrument wise, the basic metal instruments aren't really anything special, and dare I say, rather mediocre. They're somewhat monotone and don't change range very much. They seem to be the very basic black metal chords that are used very often. I'm sure that they are good musicians themselves (or himself, not sure how many band members there are), but the guitars especially need to have a little more variety. I think I heard one spectacular solo in the entire thing and that's about it. The drums aren't too bad, you know, your blast beats and fast tempo drum style that most albums like this do. This of course gets very boring so the album does drag on some. Now, as proof that there is good instrumentation is some of the extras that are added on top. There's some slower, even acoustic parts thrown in there, as well as some symphonic sounding instruments. If I remember correctly, most of this was near the end. That was all a very nice touch, to shake up the basic instruments that are in here for the majority of the album.
The atmosphere for this is what I call perfect for this style of music. The quality is mediocre, but not terrible. The overall mood of the album is somewhat angry but almost depressing at the same time. It fits the style perfectly.
This album is certainly worth listening to and something I would buy. The key word there is would. Why? Because there are only 1000 copies of this circulating, which is a shame. I have searched all over the internet to see if I could order a copy and I just didn't have any luck. So if you're a physical copy collector like me, good luck finding this one. Also one thing to point out, that logo at the top of the cover. What in the hell? That is illegible. It's a good thing they have a computer printed box at the bottom so I can at least tell what it says. Nonetheless, it is rather badass looking.
73/100
Metal Jerky - by Miguel Choi
Mexican black metal act Precaria was established back in 2003 by frontman Ianzel, also known as "The Hermit." After releasing a demo the next year, the project disbanded. It reformed later on, however, and through a lengthy process, the band eventually released its debut full-length in 2014 entitled "Precaria Ex Humanitas."
The musicianship this album showcases is very good, at least for the most part. The vocals, for starters, deliver robust roars with a nice amount of range and strength. The best aspect of the musicianship, however, would be the guitar work, dishing out a lot of eerie riffs and melodies to conjure up some potent atmosphere. The drums, on the other hand, do tend to be sloppy at times, especially when it comes to the blast beats that occupy a good portion of the record overall. Luckily, they are solid enough, and they don't reach the point where it makes the music itself unbearable.
On a similar level, the production is a bit of a splitting point for this album. It's very raw and a little screechy, traits that probably can be found in older black metal releases. This means that the mixing is rather inviting for old-school fans of the genre, yet at the same time, those unfamiliar with or new or indifferent to it may not be totally appealed by this style of production. Bottom line, the mixing does hold its ground fairly well; it's just that it does render the music as rather genre-exclusive.
As for the songs themselves, they are composed well. The tracks in this release, while staying true to their black metal roots, have enough diversity to keep the listen interesting and offering of something different. For an example, "Traficando Los Órganos De La Iglesia" appropriately opens the record with an immediate typhoon of blast beating, haunting riffs, and vocal roars galore. There's nothing that new or innovative, but it works nonetheless. "Estupro a La Conciencia" takes a more atmospheric turn with a bit more dynamic to ante up the tension.
Despite the album's chaotic history, "Precaria Ex Humanitas" is an enjoyable dose of black metal. While the percussion could use some work and the record itself may not appeal that much to any outsiders of the genre, everything else about the release is well carried-out. The instrumentation nicely fleshed out, the music is well-written and has good atmosphere. Once again, if you're not interested in the raw black metal craze, it's unlikely that "Precaria Ex Humanitas" will change your mind. If the opposite is the case with you, then you'll probably enjoy getting wrapped up in its unpleasant aura.
7/10
Metal Kingdom - by 서태지 (Raptor)
Metal Kingdom - by 서태지 (Raptor)
(www.metalkingdom.net)
지독하다...저 앨범 자켓이 음악 내용물을 대변한다. 그야말로 혼돈,광기의 음악. 치를 떨 정도의 공포와 불안정함,그로테스크함이 앨범 전체를 관통한다. 수록곡 6곡 전부 대곡지향적인데 지루하지가 않다. 전체적으로 기타 리프가 꽤 복잡하고 난해하게 진행되는데 이러한 전개가 이 작품에 내재되있는 음지의 정서들을 한껏 뒤틀어버렸다. 해서 기가 막한 기괴함을 연출해낸다. 대개 이런 전개의 작품들은 쉽게 질려버리거나 머리만 복잡해지는게 다반사였는데 본 작은 딱히 그런 생각은 들지 않았고,앨범을 주조해낸 İanzél "The Hermit"이란 친구의 광기에 몰입하다보니 시간 가는 줄 몰랐다. 들으면서 DSO의 문제작 Fas- Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum이 생각났는데, Fas는 깊은 심연 속에서 얽히고 설킨 혼돈을 표현한거라면 본 작은 인간의 내면에 자리한 야만스럽고 사악한 비주류적 정서나 똘끼를 지독하리만큼 비틀어 표출시켜버린다. 치밀한 구성에 무시무시한 블랙메탈을 듣고 싶다면 이 앨범을 추천한다.
90/100
지독하다...저 앨범 자켓이 음악 내용물을 대변한다. 그야말로 혼돈,광기의 음악. 치를 떨 정도의 공포와 불안정함,그로테스크함이 앨범 전체를 관통한다. 수록곡 6곡 전부 대곡지향적인데 지루하지가 않다. 전체적으로 기타 리프가 꽤 복잡하고 난해하게 진행되는데 이러한 전개가 이 작품에 내재되있는 음지의 정서들을 한껏 뒤틀어버렸다. 해서 기가 막한 기괴함을 연출해낸다. 대개 이런 전개의 작품들은 쉽게 질려버리거나 머리만 복잡해지는게 다반사였는데 본 작은 딱히 그런 생각은 들지 않았고,앨범을 주조해낸 İanzél "The Hermit"이란 친구의 광기에 몰입하다보니 시간 가는 줄 몰랐다. 들으면서 DSO의 문제작 Fas- Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum이 생각났는데, Fas는 깊은 심연 속에서 얽히고 설킨 혼돈을 표현한거라면 본 작은 인간의 내면에 자리한 야만스럽고 사악한 비주류적 정서나 똘끼를 지독하리만큼 비틀어 표출시켜버린다. 치밀한 구성에 무시무시한 블랙메탈을 듣고 싶다면 이 앨범을 추천한다.
90/100
The Metal Observer - by Shawn Miller
Precaria is a Mexican black metal band from the bustling and vibrant metropolis of Monterrey. Despite hailing from Mexico’s third largest city, Precaria’s sound comes across rather desolate, lonely and hermetic. According to the band, the band’s first full length album, Precaria Ex Humanitas, is the culmination of several years of writing and tweaking; not to mention the theft of main man İanzél’s instruments and equipment that occurred somewhere along the road. This album serves as the epitaph of the band’s dedication and perseverance.
Precaria Ex Humanitas is a loaded debut and serves as a harrowing introduction to the band’s style and delivery. Full of lengthy compositions that deliver just as much traditional fodder as it does complex song structuring, this is a consuming album that demands attention and leaves the listener feeling drained. Swirling trem riffs backed by an extremely thick wall of bass and percussion sweep by, pausing only to inflect a sense of dread in the form of thick atmospheric soirees. The primary focus is on extremely chaotic, swirling trem riffing, calling to mind the ferocity of Nattens Madrigal and the disparaging coldness of Under a Funeral Moon. While the riffs are sweeping and frenetic, the vocals are deep raspy growls yet they are buried by a layer of mud and fuzz. The percussion is frenzied and blasting, with some rather impressive cymbal work, but, with the foggy production their ferocity is lost as the cymbals are mixed too high and the bass drum is muffled.
From the crawling passages during “Corrupción Como Primordial Obligación” to the nonstop blasting of “Traficando Los Órganos De La Iglesia”, Precaria’s sound is anything but easy. The thick atmosphere demands focus, yet even with stern concentration certain passages will catch the listener unaware, like as the jarring tempo changes during “Violencia Como Pan De Cada Día”. The production is a double edged sword. The thick and dissonant approach would be much less devastating and excruciating with a cleaner sound, yet one just can’t shake the feeling that allowing the vocals more space and tightening the guitar tone could provide a stronger offering. Regardless, Pracaria shows their chops with excellent musicianship and mature songwriting.
Those looking for a thick and dissonant take on second wave histrionics should look no further. Precaria Ex Humanitas is abrasive and frenetic, yet an air of cathartic riffing and thick atmospheres make this an extremely fulfilling listen. Casual black metal listeners need not apply, as this takes a traditional base and tweaks it into a malformed animal best observed from a distance. Harrowing, intense and consuming, Precaria Ex Humanitas proves that Precaria are a force to be reckoned with in the Mexican black metal scene.
8/10
Metal Temple - by Paulomaniaco
Imagine yourself living in the poorest degree within society, facing misery and the lowest level of life conditions with everything it involves and dealing with constant violence and having to struggle to prevail, that is what inspired Hermit Ov Tehom to create PRECARIA, an Orthodox Black Metal band from Mexico and that is what PRECARIA means.
PRECARIA as a concept came to life in 2004 but never played live or recorded anything due to some differences with the drummer and hard life conditions. In 2010 Opposus Discordia joined the band and they began to play live shows and record in studio. In 2013 they unleashed upon us the unreleased old material in cassette format containing four songs, the Demo had thirty minutes in length and an unique sounding and style.
After that PRECARIA quickly returned with a killer album entitled "Precaria Ex Humanitas" released in 2014 and the style remained the same and additionally mixing various elements sounding brutal, dark and melodically evil, I must take my hat off to Hermit Ov Tehom. I mean, having this kind of Black Metal band in a country that is plagued by Christianity and ruled by corrupted government is not an easy task.
"Precaria Ex Humanitas" is a unique album, one man behind it all, gathering his ideas and feelings and standing away from all rubbish that plagues his amazing country, the whole album is sung in Spanish and that makes it even more interesting indeed, lovers of true Black Metal will love this album, even if they don't understand the language but the concept and the Black Soul is there, evil to the core.
"Traficando Los Órganos De La Iglesia" opens the gate of hell, that song reflects very well what the church really means and do to mankind, musically is very good, sharp guitars and Hermit Ov Tehom managed to add lots of variation to the song, also excellent drumming by Opposus Discordia and the vocals are just great, screaming from the guts and ripping flesh away. "Para Muchos Pobreza, Para Pocos Sabiduría" starts off slow with melodic guitars and then it blows in your face, great riffs and the low key sounding is very good, it creates a dark atmosphere, sharp solos all over, almost ten minutes of mayhem where you have a bit of everything, very interesting indeed and angry too.
PRECARIA have for sure done everything right with this album, at times I can hear a touch of Death Metal along the songs which makes it even more interesting, I think fans of BRUJERIA will enjoy "Precaria Ex Humanitas". The third track "Estupro a La Conciencia" offers good combinations of fast-paced and slow-paced passages maintaining heaviness, totally insane vocals and the atmosphere is a complete soul rape, this is a killer album, the more I listen to it the crazier it gets. "Evangeliza Con Veneno Nihilista" sounds like an evil mass, awesome arrangements, very catching and fucking heavy.
This album closes with golden keys with the last pair of songs,"Corrupción Como Primordial Obligación" and "Violencia Como Pan De Cada Día" two classics and the latter one dealing with a theme that is part of Mexican's everyday life where they have to live with violence and can't do nothing about it, while people pray to an invisible God waiting to stop this and the death toll only rises.
"Precaria Ex Humanitas" is an album that is true to its roots and it is here to make an impact and to stay, the production is excellent, I like it a lot, as I said before it has an unique sounding and style, it is raw and pure Black Metal and the front cover artwork is such a masterpiece, a vision of a holy temple destroyed and its followers hanging from their necks, interpreted ingeniously by Antithesis of Cold Poison, excellent work. PRECARIA is currently working on their new album coming out soon, Hell on Earth again!!!
Masterpiece - 10/10
Metal Temple - by Tom Colyer
(www.metal-temple.com)
Metal Temple - by Tom Colyer
(www.metal-temple.com)
Sometimes it's good to be reminded of all that evil dwelling inside you. Everyone has it in there, inevitably lurking in some shady corner behind all those good deeds you've done for the day, thirsty to claw its way out to the surface to eat something small and defenceless. There are few bands out there that remind me of this primal desire to kill but when I find one, I'm always pleasantly surprised.
It is with great pleasure then that I have been introduced to PRECARIA, a fairly new three piece Death Metal band that seems intent on raising at least one Dark Lord from eternal slumber with their heavily blackened style of brutality. Their first full-length album release came out in the latter days of last year and it went relatively unnoticed but is now gaining the recognition it deserves.
As much as I love obscenely aggressive Metal, I'm not usually a fan of mindless noise, but this is one band where something cuts through the noise. The guitars tear their way through the songs at almost light speed but there are moments of clarity in there that allow just enough time for you to get an impression of real thought that has gone into the writing. The rest of the instruments follow the faster side of this pace and at points, the maelstrom becomes almost too much to decipher and simply slips into a void of noise. This is a real shame, as they are clearly all talented musicians but this cacophony of sound drowns out most of the audible examples of this.
The overall theme of the album is one of the darker shades of humanity and the forces gently guiding the actions of those around the world. It's difficult to listen to an album like this from start to finish without digging out the old cultist robes and knocking off a few verses from the Satanic bible into a chalice of goat's blood. This is a testament to what PRECARIA are trying to accomplish though and I don't thin for a second that they want anyone to listen to this and say “Hey, that's a great album”. If this was their intention then they have failed miserably, but as it stands, they have succeeded in creating a piece of occult magic fit for Mr. Crowley himself.
Excellent - 8/10
Occult Black Metal Zine
Precaria are a band from Mexico that plays a very raw and extreme form of black metal and this is a review of their 2014 album "Precaria Ex Humanitas" which was released by Desavenencia.
A very fast, raw and lo-fi black metal sound starts off the album along with some blast beats and a few seconds later grim screams are added into the music and you can also hear a decent amount of melody being used in the songs along with all of the tracks being very long and epic in length as well as the band bringing in a lot of 90's influences.
Melodic chanting can be heard in certain sections of the recording and when guitar solos and leads are utilized they bring in more of a chaotic feeling to the recording while they also have their melodic moments at times along with the screams getting more high pitched and the few seconds of acoustic guitars on some of the track add in some atmospheric elements.
There is a great mixture between slow, mid paced and fast parts present throughout the recording and as the album progresses the music gets more dark and desolate while also keeping a very raw and heavy sound along with the music also bringing in a touch of early 2000's black metal and when clean playing is added into one of the tracks they also bring in more of a depressive and grim feeling to the bands musical sound.
Precaria plays a very misanthropic style of black metal that is very raw and extreme as well as being very true to this genre and avoiding all modern trends to play black metal the way it is meant to play, the production is very dark, raw and heavy while the lyrics are written in Spanish and cover Illumination Of Self, Occultism, hatred, Mankind's Misery and Chaos Beyond Order themes.
In my opinion Precaria are a very great sounding raw and extreme black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Estupro a La Conciencia" and "Violencia Como Pan De Cada Día".
8 out of 10.
Orthodox Black Metal Webzine - by xDemoNx
Precaria is a two member band from Mexico, who began to write music since 2004 but they didn’t manage to release their first demo until 2013. "Precaria ex Humanitas" is the band’s first full length album, which was released in April of 2014 and it contains six tracks of overall duration of about fifty three minutes. Precaria is one of those bands, which demand the absolute concentration of the listener during the listen of the album, in order to manage to get into the spirit and catch what the album can offer to him. Their music is fast, violent and it hides elements from various scenes and schools of Black Metal.
Surely what the listener will notice, by the first track already, is a mixture of European with Latin American sound. So, the listener will come across tremolo, long riffs with the characteristic Scandinavian elements and the chaotic, with the disharmonic melodies and the “ugly” sounds of "orthodox" Black Metal sound, combined with the characteristic heavy and barbaric riffing and the dirty, dark and chaotic atmosphere of the Latin American school. The result of this mixture is on one hand quite difficult for the listener, as it demands his uninterrupted attention, but on the other it is quite interesting. What makes the listen more difficult is the huge length of the tracks. With a duration over the ten minutes each, even if they had a perfect structure, the parts that would be tedious for the listener, they would be present again. Unfortunately, here the structure although it is quite good, it is not perfect. So there are parts which are repeated more than they should be and others that become tedious.
The performance of the instruments is a high level one. The guitars are the ruling instrument in the compositions with their other times dirty, heavy, dark, repetitive sound and other times with the "ugly", chaotic, disharmonic one, they create the intense atmosphere of the compositions and they deliver the gloomy images to the listener. Just after the guitars I have to mention the flawless in any aspect drums. They have very interesting lines, with beautiful changes, atmospheric passages and violent outbursts, all of them performed with flawless technic, much passion and intensity. Finally, the vocals are another part of the album that is distinguished. They are heavy Black/Death vocals, absolutely insane and barbaric, they offer even more energy to the compositions. The bass is not clearly audible. The production is dark and dirty, combined with the very good mixture, the sound that comes out, fits perfectly with the compositions and at the same time it doesn’t make the listen difficult. The lyrics are written in Spanish and if I judge by the impressive cover and the artwork, as also by the music, they must express misanthropic feelings and ideas.
To sum up, I believe that Precaria have offered a very interesting album. The combination of the two kinds of sound, that of the European and that of the Latin American, is done in a way that it shows that it comes out naturally from their soul, a fact that makes them special. For sure there are a lot of elements that must be improved by the band for their future releases, for example the matter of structure or the big duration of the tracks. However here we have a mentionable effort which deserves your attention.
Rate Your Music - by Mister_Burns
(https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/precaria/precaria_ex_humanitas)
One man black metal project from Mexico. It's a very interesting and unusual style. It certainly sounds like black metal. But most of the guitar chords are played in an almost "off-key" fashion to invoke a harsh and evil sound. I want to say they are played in a minor key, but that may be inaccurate (I am not a musician). This style persists throughout the entire album, with little variation. I respect the musicianship and understand how some people would absolutely love this. But for me, his style doesn't really resonate with me.
Only three dollars digital download on link below.
Bandcamp
Rate Your Music - by Mister_Burns
(https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/precaria/precaria_ex_humanitas)
One man black metal project from Mexico. It's a very interesting and unusual style. It certainly sounds like black metal. But most of the guitar chords are played in an almost "off-key" fashion to invoke a harsh and evil sound. I want to say they are played in a minor key, but that may be inaccurate (I am not a musician). This style persists throughout the entire album, with little variation. I respect the musicianship and understand how some people would absolutely love this. But for me, his style doesn't really resonate with me.
Only three dollars digital download on link below.
Bandcamp
2.5/5
Sea of Tranquility - by Carl Sederholm
This album came out quite a few months ago and only came to my attention when a member of the band sent me a copy of the CD in late November 2014. I was glad to receive the album and was excited to give it a listen. One of the biggest problems any listener will have with this release is that the production quality is not very strong. There isn't much low end (I listened to it on two devices to make sure things were about the same) and the sound has a slightly tinny quality to it. Still, the music is pretty good and is work looking past the production value. Put another way, this is a debut album from an independent band with no label and no promotional materials. Considering the circumstances, the "do-it-yourself" quality of the recording isn't bad. Give is a listen—the music should carry you away for the most part. As for the music, it's black metal done in a rather traditional style. The songs are all in the same vein, but the formula works well enough. The mood is sometimes melancholy and sometimes very dark. The lyrics are in Spanish and the album includes a booklet with all the words. I don't read Spanish well enough to comment on all the words, but I can definitely recognize plenty of black metal themes and topics running through things here.
The guitar parts mostly work out long passages of tremolo picking with occasional forays into melodic passages and sometimes a little bit of a riff. They sound OK, but should definitely mix things up even more than they do. The tremolo picking occasionally drones a bit too much. The strongest feature of this band, though, is the vocal performance. The growling is strong, dark, and menacing. As I listen to this band, I definitely want to know much more about the black metal scene in Mexico. This is a limited edition release. Fans of underground black metal should enjoy it.
3/5
Svbterranean Tenebris - by Infranoir {Printed zine from Hungary}
Ianzel ‘The Hermit’ (vocalist/composer) started this band that done everything is 100% independent work and the band's compositions date from an old silent period so it was preconceived more time before it came active with the appearance of Opposus Discordia (drums) and the consecutive addition of live members (Necrum Caprio - rhythm guitar and J. Stolkin - bass) to perform the proper live rituals.
It is a band that not only sounds chaotic but has faced a chaotic background and history. So there was the cause, that their demo (Demo 2004) released only in 2011 limited to 25 copies.
The six songs on this album have been written between 2009 and 2010 by Ianzel, but delayed the appearance of many factors, such as the creation of the final line-up, or buying back the stolen instruments.
The long songs (the shortest is the first song with 7’08” minutes) performed by spanish language deliberately chosen for this album's obscure purpose and are characterized by churning riffs, constantly pounding drums and almost continuous vocals. The whole is a bit chaotic: the main role is the cymbals at the drums and the vocals suppressing the whole music – it is too much in the foreground. At first, it is difficult to accept, but then (if you can) find pleasure in it’s depth.
Whirlwind fast, devastating melodies, dark atmosphere, damnation, chaos. This is an apocalyptic, anti-christian campaign filled by sinister, spiritual atmosphere. The themes are based on the orthodox black metal, but it's more than the average black metal materials. This is a nightmare for the lambs and the glory of the immortal ones!
In addition to the more than 52-minutes material merch materials are also available from the band of the form of T-shirts. The exhibition of the cover is gorgeous, red / black colors, with death-worshiping graphics. Recommend the purchase!
Venustas Diabolicus - by Somber
Precaria- if you have heard of their name or not, but let me make some facts clear, these Mexicans are serious in dealing with their business. Black metal in these days has assumed many forms considering either ideological or musical approach, Precaria happens to be in the second group- playing the faster and violent kind of black metal while choosing to be more delicate in lyrical concepts; dealing with social and psychological issues, Nihilism and hatred. Their debut full length ‘Precaria Ex Humanitas’ which was recorded in between 2011 – 2013 AD and released in the last year, on Desavenencia.
Precaria‘s music can be distinguished with its fast tempo accompanied by the massive wall of sound behind. Straightforward, merciless and relentless surge of violent black metal – the primary characteristics to be mentioned about this release. The album starts off instantly and blows the listener away with in-your-face riffing but the ending moments soften the mood with a long acoustic outro. The music is well in league with typical US black metal, although the album was recorded in Mexico. The riffs are thick and the rhythm sections are meticulously written. You will hardly hear any breaks within the songs. The frequent shift in tempos and scales attribute to the war anthems- the war against the pseudo sounding craps. The melodies are heard once in a while, although the acoustic breakdowns in songs like ‘Traficando Los Órganos De La Iglesia’ and ‘Evangeliza Con Veneno Nihilista’ provide hints on the capability of the band members. The drumming is reckless throughout the 50 minutes of playing length. The constant blasts supported by the buried bass guitar distortions helps providing that wall of sound aforementioned. There are not much of the things going in background, but the simple yet well written songs make up for the craving for something different. The singing parts are spit out with ravaging shrieks, the lyrics are spitefully sung and mixed up with growling voices and rasps. The vocal patterns are more in a narrating way but a bit lowered in the mix. The lyrics on this album are written on Spanish and worked out on social disgraces and hatred for mankind. The production quality on this album is affluent in terms of black metal. The sound is muddy enough to satisfy the black metal fans of Marduk or Kult of Azazel school. But if you are looking for thin sounding black metal with grim atmospheric background then you might be disappointed.
Precaria might have their origin in Mexico but their sound is deeply rooted in traditional USBM bands like Kult of Azazel, Abazagorath, Averse Sefira and likes. Now you have the idea on what to expect from this release. So if you are digging for fast paced black metal and black/death metal then go with this album. It might not please the fans from all schools of black metal, but obviously a venerable addition to your library. Highly recommended.
Highlights: Evangeliza Con Veneno Nihilista, Violencia Como Pan De Cada Día, Traficando Los Órganos De La Iglesia.
Score: 80/100
Voices From the Dark Side - by Ricardo Campos
(www.voicesfromthedarkside.de)
This is the debut album of PRECARIA, a Black Metal band from Mexico. I heard the album a number of times trying to make up my mind about it, and ok, these are my impressions: the production is rather bad, with very thin guitars lacking punch, played in the later Black Metal way, with fast unmuted string picking reminding us of our seminal Norwegian friends, yet with far longer songs and far more intricate and varied structures. Said songs are accompanied by very fast drums, sometimes totally chaotic (and, I suspect, with some production-stage meddling). An electronic drumkit must have been used, judging from the digital sound. Once in a while you get a few slower moments to catch your breath. But usually the songs are a machine-gun massacre. And the shortest is over seven minutes long. It all often sounds like a mess, and yet, there is something to this. I enjoy the crazed chaos, the general ambiance and the composition that is so totally frantic it keeps your attention. I like the extreme vocals sung in Spanish and to my surprise and good impression the lyrics are actually quite good, even literary, focusing on themes such as the despair of human existence, social corruption and the folly of religion. I am not any expert on recent Black Metal, so the only comparison that I can offer musicwise is SARCÓFAGO's final breath, the "Crust" EP. It's pretty much that crazy. At times I was listening to a song (say, a bit into 'Evangeliza Con Veneno Nihilista') and thinking to myself, "what the fuck are they doing!" and not being able to really decide whether it was good or bad. But they're doing their thing, and personality is good. If you think you will like it, give it a go. It certainly caught my attention and as far as musical aggression goes, you can't be much more extreme than this. For all additional information on PRECARIA or sound samples check out the following sites: www.facebook.com/PrecariaBlackMetal, http://desavenencia.bandcamp.com
Voices From the Dark Side - by Ricardo Campos
(www.voicesfromthedarkside.de)
This is the debut album of PRECARIA, a Black Metal band from Mexico. I heard the album a number of times trying to make up my mind about it, and ok, these are my impressions: the production is rather bad, with very thin guitars lacking punch, played in the later Black Metal way, with fast unmuted string picking reminding us of our seminal Norwegian friends, yet with far longer songs and far more intricate and varied structures. Said songs are accompanied by very fast drums, sometimes totally chaotic (and, I suspect, with some production-stage meddling). An electronic drumkit must have been used, judging from the digital sound. Once in a while you get a few slower moments to catch your breath. But usually the songs are a machine-gun massacre. And the shortest is over seven minutes long. It all often sounds like a mess, and yet, there is something to this. I enjoy the crazed chaos, the general ambiance and the composition that is so totally frantic it keeps your attention. I like the extreme vocals sung in Spanish and to my surprise and good impression the lyrics are actually quite good, even literary, focusing on themes such as the despair of human existence, social corruption and the folly of religion. I am not any expert on recent Black Metal, so the only comparison that I can offer musicwise is SARCÓFAGO's final breath, the "Crust" EP. It's pretty much that crazy. At times I was listening to a song (say, a bit into 'Evangeliza Con Veneno Nihilista') and thinking to myself, "what the fuck are they doing!" and not being able to really decide whether it was good or bad. But they're doing their thing, and personality is good. If you think you will like it, give it a go. It certainly caught my attention and as far as musical aggression goes, you can't be much more extreme than this. For all additional information on PRECARIA or sound samples check out the following sites: www.facebook.com/PrecariaBlackMetal, http://desavenencia.bandcamp.com
You People Are Poison - by Röpke
A mexikói Precariának a tagság elmondása szerint már tíz éves múltja van, de eddig én nem sűrűn találkoztam a zenekar nevével. A formáció első demója csak 2013-ban jelent meg, ezt követte tavaly a fenti debütlemez, korábbi hanganyagok pedig nem léteznek. Emiatt egyesek kétségbe is vonják az állítás hitelességét; amitől szerintem mégis igaz lehet az az, hogy a Precaria Ex Humanitas saját hangon szólal meg és egy gondosan kiérlelt zenei koncepció alapján készült, ennek megtalálása és tökéletesítése jóllehet, tényleg évekbe telhet. Az album hangzása borzasztó szélsőséges; hallgatva a felvételt azt hiszem, manapság a black metallal kapcsolatban már a nyers, a kaotikus, a disszonáns és a hasonló fordulatok is elhasználódottá váltak, mert hiába, hogy ezek a jelzők illenének a Precariára is, ebben az esetben nem érzem elég pontosnak a zene leírására, sőt, inkább félrevezetőek. A lemez kb. úgy szól, mintha a De Mysteriist valami lelakott, körbehugyozott fürdőszobában veretnénk, ahol minden hang eltorzul és összevissza verődik a falakról. A mix képlékenynek hat és olyan érzetet kelt, mintha folyton ide-oda tolódnának a hangsúlyok, addig míg el nem kezdjük produkálni a tengeribetegség minden tünetét. A hangszeres játék tekintetében is elég egyértelmű a Deathcrush és a De Mysteriis hatása; a dobos igaz, hogy nem annyira szélsebesen, de olyan stílusban szögel lábbal és cinnel mint Hellhammer, a blastbeatjei viszont eléggé le vannak fojtva, így szerencsére nem ölik meg a zenét, de azért megadják a kellő hipnotizáló lüktetést és monotonitást. A dobokra játszott kicsavart tremolo-riffeknek is nagyjából ez a szerepük; igaz, hogy tételenként 3-4 téma is felbukkan, de az átlagosan nyolc perces dalokban bőven jut idő mindegyiket agyonjátszani. A lemez egyetlen szépséghibája a fapados kiadás, pedig amúgy az artwork elég minőségi. Mindegy, majd legközelebb.
zenekar nevével. A formáció első demója csak 2013-ban jelent meg, ezt követte tavaly a fenti debütlemez, korábbi hanganyagok pedig nem léteznek. Emiatt egyesek kétségbe is vonják az állítás hitelességét; amitől szerintem mégis igaz lehet az az, hogy a Precaria Ex Humanitas saját hangon szólal meg és egy gondosan kiérlelt zenei koncepció alapján készült, ennek megtalálása és tökéletesítése jóllehet, tényleg évekbe telhet. Az album hangzása borzasztó szélsőséges; hallgatva a felvételt azt hiszem, manapság a black metallal kapcsolatban már a nyers, a kaotikus, a disszonáns és a hasonló fordulatok is elhasználódottá váltak, mert hiába, hogy ezek a jelzők illenének a Precariára is, ebben az esetben nem érzem elég pontosnak a zene leírására, sőt, inkább félrevezetőek. A lemez kb. úgy szól, mintha a De Mysteriist valami lelakott, körbehugyozott fürdőszobában veretnénk, ahol minden hang eltorzul és összevissza verődik a falakról. A mix képlékenynek hat és olyan érzetet kelt, mintha folyton ide-oda tolódnának a hangsúlyok, addig míg el nem kezdjük produkálni a tengeribetegség minden tünetét. A hangszeres játék tekintetében is elég egyértelmű a Deathcrush és a De Mysteriis hatása; a dobos igaz, hogy nem annyira szélsebesen, de olyan stílusban szögel lábbal és cinnel mint Hellhammer, a blastbeatjei viszont eléggé le vannak fojtva, így szerencsére nem ölik meg a zenét, de azért megadják a kellő hipnotizáló lüktetést és monotonitást. A dobokra játszott kicsavart tremolo-riffeknek is nagyjából ez a szerepük; igaz, hogy tételenként 3-4 téma is felbukkan, de az átlagosan nyolc perces dalokban bőven jut idő mindegyiket agyonjátszani. A lemez egyetlen szépséghibája a fapados kiadás, pedig amúgy az artwork elég minőségi. Mindegy, majd legközelebb.
g és egy gondosan kiérlelt zenei koncepció alapján készült, ennek megtalálása és tökéletesítése jóllehet, tényleg évekbe telhet. Az album hangzása borzasztó szélsőséges; hallgatva a felvételt azt hiszem, manapság a black metallal kapcsolatban már a nyers, a kaotikus, a disszonáns és a hasonló fordulatok is elhasználódottá váltak, mert hiába, hogy ezek a jelzők illenének a Precariára is, ebben az esetben nem érzem elég pontosnak a zene leírására, sőt, inkább félrevezetőek. A lemez kb. úgy szól, mintha a De Mysteriist valami lelakott, körbehugyozott fürdőszobában veretnénk, ahol minden hang eltorzul és összevissza verődik a falakról. A mix képlékenynek hat és olyan érzetet kelt, mintha folyton ide-oda tolódnának a hangsúlyok, addig míg el nem kezdjük produkálni a tengeribetegség minden tünetét. A hangszeres játék tekintetében is elég egyértelmű a Deathcrush és a De Mysteriis hatása; a dobos igaz, hogy nem annyira szélsebesen, de olyan stílusban szögel lábbal és cinnel mint Hellhammer, a blastbeatjei viszont eléggé le vannak fojtva, így szerencsére nem ölik meg a zenét, de azért megadják a kellő hipnotizáló lüktetést és monotonitást. A dobokra játszott kicsavart tremolo-riffeknek is nagyjából ez a szerepük; igaz, hogy tételenként 3-4 téma is felbukkan, de az átlagosan nyolc perces dalokban bőven jut idő mindegyiket agyonjátszani. A lemez egyetlen szépséghibája a fapados kiadás, pedig amúgy az artwork elég minőségi. Mindegy, majd legközelebb.
*Last update on June, 2015.
