Funeral Rain Press Corps

Genres: Black Metal, Punk
Label: Suffering Jesus Productions

Feeling more like a parody of black metal rather than an incarnation of it, Aanal Beheemoth play a blackened version of punk that’s bound to get the blood moving, if not flowing. This Finnish two piece outfit offer up The Forest Paranoid which is crammed full of nekro noise nuances, a shit ton of heavily fucking distorted vocals and guitars and enough shit, piss and menstrual blood references to satisfy the craziest of Mentors fans! While the vocals are pretty unintelligible, the catchy riffs seem to make up for it. Seriously, listen to “From Aanal with Love” and see if you won’t be humming the melody for the rest of the day! The Forest Paranoid is a thoroughly enjoyable album and is recommended for everyone who’s a fan of everyone from Burzum to Black Sabbath to The Casualties. There’s something in here for just about everyone.

8.5/10

Aanal Beehemoth On MySpace

Originally posted at E-MetalSpace

Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: Century Media

With a monumental label switcheroo from Roadrunner to Century Media, I thought things were looking up for the power thrashers from up north. But then came Here Waits Thy Doom to prove me wrong… Cam Pipes is still here to rock your socks off with his power vocals… that for the first time, actually became grating to me. With the departure of metalcore screamer Jamie Hooper, 3 Inches Of Blood seems to be lacking a bit in the vocal department this time around. Sure, guitarist Justin Hagberg does what he can to fill in the harsh vocal void, but he falters more than he delivers. As for the overall sound, Here Waits Thy Doom comes up short. And not just because of their -1 vocalist either. The production values have suffered as well. On the plus side, Shane Clark still shreds shit silly, unfortunately, he’s the only one who brings out the overall awesome feel of 3IoB masterpiece, Advance And Vanquish. Now, I’m not sure if the lack of polish or epic sounding songs were calculated or not (possibly to give it a more true heavy metal sound, I dunno) but I can tell you I don’t care for the departure from Advance And Vanquish and Fire Up The Blades feel of grandeur or shine.

5/10

3 Inches Of Blood On MySpace

Originally posted at E-MetalSpace