Demonic Slaughter isn’t a band that I expected to hear
anything new from in a while considering their latest full length “Revelations
of Death” only came out late last year, but nonetheless, their very active and
prolific label Hellthrasher Productions has now unleashed their next EP “Dark
Essence” upon humanity.
When I first heard “Revelations of Death”, I had no clue
what to expect, as it was the first time I’d even heard of Demonic Slaughter,
but, I was rather impressed with their personal take on the traditional black
metal formula. As on their last release, there is a lot more variety than your
average 90’s style black metal band; you can expect the standard tremolo riffs,
of course, but also doomy passages, extremely varied (for this style) vocals,
weird noisy almost ambient tracks and a hell of a lot of catchiness to boot.
The production is very clean for black metal, which may drive the kvlt kiddies away, but I think it suits the band fine and doesn’t serve to hinder the dark
atmosphere.
Check out the tracks “Into the Unknown”, “Descending towards
Oblivion” and “Blades of Decay” to get a good idea of whether or not Demonic
Slaughter is your thing. Personally, I rather enjoy them and can’t really fault
them for anything. They’ll never be my favourite black metal band, but they do
make for a refreshing listen every now and then. I would also consider them a
good band to introduce to black metal newcomers.
4/5
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