Anyone up for some tasty black/death metal?
Impious Baptism, the band formed from the ashes of Nocturnal
Graves by Jarro, based apparently around the Macedon Ranges in Victoria. This
project released a demo back in 2010 and was silent for all of last year. In
the first two months of 2012 two eps were released by this project. V.A.N.V.D.A
(Vocatus Atque Non Vocatus Deus Aderit, or Invoked or Not, the God is Present)
ep is one of them.
Side A (V.A.N.V.D.A) started off with a noise intro that made me
check whether the record was playing at the right speed before kicking full speed
into the actual track. A killer multitude of riffs, excellent drumming and
reverberated vocals are the order here. Top notch. A short but enjoyable solo occurs midway
through.
Side B is entitled Quinon Proficit Deficit (He Who Does Not
Advance, Goes Backwards) which kicks off with a killer riff, brief guttural
roar before the song begins. The reverberated vocals are deep, roars. Within 40
seconds there is another brief solo followed by another verse. I must restate
how killer the riffs and drumming are.
Lyrics are fantastic too. The lyric sheet is in a slightly
illegible script but with lyrics such as “The
dragon’s blood flows through me. I have the waves of a cosmic tide embrace...” and “The
age of fire smashing the shores of lust for knowledge on iron clad storm crush
the insipid fools of the age”
This release is great but far too short, however it achieves its goal of introducing Impious Baptism to a wider audience.
7.5/10
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