“Perpetual
Blasphemies” is a compilation featuring the first two demos by
Spanish Death Metal band, NECROVEN, single-handedly steered by
Jonathan Reina. The style is fairly straight-forward Death Metal –
no bells and whistles, only pure fucking Death! There are only six
tracks featured here, but the result is twenty-six minutes of
absolute face-shredding brutality, which could be considered as a
full-length by some bands.
NECROVEN
is able to conjure up an atmsophere that reeks of old cemetery slough
and gives some notable nods to the likes of old INCANTATION, and some
Finnish Death Metal acts like CONVULSE and RIPPIKOULU
– especially in the riffing where ‘Abandoned by Gods’ has quite
a strong resemblance.
Anyone
who is somewhat initiated with the current new wave of old school
Death Metal should be well informed about the recent quality bands
emerging from Spain, with
the likes of ATARAXY,
BANISHED FROM
INFERNO, GRAVEYARD, MORBID FLESH, etc. – and so
NECROVEN proves to be no
exception, seeming to have found themselves a firm position among
its ranks.
“Perpetual
Blasphemies” comes in digi-pack format with artwork designed by
none other than Mark Riddick (responsible for the front cover
and layout). I wouldn’t
necessarily
rate this
particular release as a 'must have',
but would
definitely qualify as more-than-worthy for those on the look out for
some good ol' ghoulish Death Metal.
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