Füneral Rain Press Cörps

Genres: Doom, Stoner
Label: Black Market Activities, Metal Blade

This is a strange CD. I bought it just because of the name of the band and the cover art. I was kind of expecting some shitty deathcore, but it didn’t matter because of the bitchkickin’ art.
So I open it up to find the booklet opens up into a poster of the cover art. This made me happy.
Then I put the CD into the CD player and… was happy. It’s a fucked up blend of doom and stoner with some elements of black metal in it, mostly in the vocals, which are screamed rather than sung. The songs have a punk rock immediacy to them, they’re fast and short, but somehow still have a doomy atmosphere.
Like I said, it’s a strange CD. Awesome shit, too. If you’re a fan of Rwake, Trident, and experimentation with music, check out The Abominable Iron Sloth.
7 out of 10.

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Genre: Blackened Death Metal
Label: Regain Records

So Johan Norman of Soul Reaper and Dissection fame runs into Alexander Friburg from Juggernaut and Karneywar and they decide to start up a band. Call up Necrophobic’s throatworker Tobias, a drummer named Jonas, and eventually an unknown guitarist named Ewo, and they’ve got a full lineup. And with that lineup they create an album that is some seriously creepy sounding blackened death metal.
Riffs are fast and furious, with leads that sometimes go a bit slower, to lead you along. The drums are blasting like motherfuckers, and Tobias is a wonderful vocalist for this band. It’s like all the great things about Belphegor, Dissection, and Ackercocke mixed with some Behemoth and Morbid Angel, and retaining that sense of melodicism and brutality that only the Swedish have mastered.
My favorite tracks are “Jaws of Satan”, “Black Velvet Wings”, “Slaves to Anguish”, and the gorgeous super Swedish sounding instrumental track “Blackened Souls”. But of course, what band has a title track that doesn’t kick ass? Because “World Destruction” as a song is unfuckingreal.
This is one band that is not fucking around, and I don’t think that they’re going anywhere but up in the metal world. Taking us to hell every step of the way. And I know i’m going to love the journey.
8.5 out of 10.