Sanguinary Misanthropia is a black/death metal band from
Melbourne, who have so far put out a few EPs and a demo. “Loathe over Will” is
their debut full length, which will be out soon on Supremacy through Intolerance.
Previously, I had only heard two of their EPs, but that was enough for me to
happily oblige when one of their members asked if I would like to do a
pre-release review for their album. Since the album is not out yet, please
excuse the lack of album art in this post.
Sanguinary Misanthropia tends to blend a few different
influences together, I’m thinking a touch of Norwegian black metal here, a bit
of Dissection and Watain style so-called “Orthodox” black metal there and a
healthy dose of bestial war metal to keep things interesting. Within the songs
present, you will find; straightforward tremolo passages reminiscent of early
90s black metal, blasting and forceful breaks that remind me of earlier
Impiety, Angelcorpse and the like and more melodic sections that remind me of
the aforementioned Swedish “Orthodox” black metal bands. All this combined
makes for some very interesting and pretty original music.
The songs are all well written and interesting examples of
occult black/death metal, although, some of them may seem to drag on a bit due
to being rather long, but that’s small potatoes and I doubt many people into
this type of music would get bored since the band does a good enough job at
changing things up. That being said, if you are going to listen to this album;
make sure you set aside a good amount of time, because it is a long one, with
most songs ranging from five to ten minutes in length and the whole thing
stretching out for over an hour. Sanguinary Misanthropia is not the type of
band to do things half-arsed.
I’m not going to list my favourite tracks, as I feel “Loathe
over Will” needs to be appreciated as a whole piece of music in order for you
to understand what it’s all about, not split up into individual songs. However,
I will mention that so far, this is the best black metal release that I have
heard this year. Grab this when it comes out, you will not be disappointed.
5/5
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