NABAT is a Black Metal band from Berlin, Germany,
fucking glorifying death and excites pure resentment against human scum. The
band was active for a time period of three years and successfully managed to
record a single demo in 2011 entitled "Opus Mortis".
Their execution is rather straight-forward, extremely
riff-centric, with enchantments of thrash-laden riffs and hateful drums that
pound forth with intensity in speed and precision. The atmosphere that is
evoked has an apocalyptic feel to it, and is somewhat akin to Marduk's Panzer
Division Marduk. The vocalist, Theostuges, sounds a lot like a man possessed,
and implements a harsh scream that is rather reminiscent of Drakh Wrath from Enochain Crescent.
Funnily enough, I read somewhere that Theostuges had somewhat of a fever when
he recorded his vocals, perhaps lending to the unbelievably raw screams he
produced.
Opus Mortis is a killer demo, compiled of five
murderous tracks of Black Metal that entrances one when worshipping at your
local altar of death. The propaganda revolves mostly around their contempt for
modern society and social denouncement of religious belief, especially the
Abrahamic religions.
It's a true pity that they split up, as NABAT has managed
to impress me with this material. By no means is it perfect, yet certainly held
a lot of potential. If you like your Black Metal simple, raw and brutal as fuck
- or basically enjoy the likes of bands such as Enthroned, Marduk or Darkthrone
- then this will surely appeal to you. Don't expect endless epic moments though
(this is a pure hellish assault on the senses from beginning to end) perhaps
with the exception of the fourth track "Feast of Fornication", which
has a slight melancholic feel seeping from the guitar, entwined with the spoken
passages, but other than that, this is as brutal as it gets. Opus Mortis was
re-released last year by Hammerbund.
Review by James Goatfukk: mdisintegrator@gmail.com
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