#30-Inside the darkness

Luciferian Rites - Oath of
Midnight Ashes.
Some Black Metal from Mexico. As
someone who follows the Mexican
scene, I admit I have never
heard
of this band -
sorry guys.
Beautiful intro
on this on, but
when it begins
properly, it’s
not an easy
listen. It’s very
over the top
and wild. If
you follow the
Mexican Black
Metal scene,
you will know,
this is kind of
what they
all sound like.
Definitely NOT
for beginners.
Even the clean
vocals
are not
an easy listen.
If you’re not
familiar with
Mexican
bands, they don’t sound like
Norwegian bands. Definitely
much faster. Ambience doesn’t
really play a part here (or not very
well). To be honest, I quite like it.
Good energy and VERY raw. If you hate
Black Metal, this will make you
hate it even more. But it is good though.
Just by with caution.
If you want to introduce yourself to some
Mexican Black Metal, and I do recommend
it, maybe try Luciferian Rites. Maybe
‘fun’ isn’t the right word, but it’s never
dull. The energy stays full on. Just press
‘play’ and brace yourself… Enjoy guys.
Hysteria - Heretic, Sadistic And
Sexual Ecstasy.
Hysteria is a band from France
founded in 1996, and January
31, 2024 was the day when they
presented their
fresh full-length
album which is
intitled "Heretic,
Sadistic And
Sexual Ecstasy".
The members
label their own
music as
Brutal Death
Metal. But
in practice,
there's actually
something way
larger. The music
of these dudes
is far from
being limited of
one particular
genre. That's
a killer mix of
brutality and
melodism where
the best aspects
of Death Metal
and Black Metal
are taken and
mixed together.
The beginning of the album is
quite dramatic and I'd even say
melancholic in some way, but with
each track it gets harsher and colder,
some tracks content brief torture
samples that create an
extremely authentic atmosphere in
combination with vocals which are a mix
of Death Metal growls and Black Metal
screams. The lyrics dive deep into the
topics of blasphemy, occultism and
Armageddon.
The pace of the parts is constantly
changing, and that's one of the main
factors that are keeping the listener in
constant tension and even sending us to
some other dimension for a while.
So Hysteria is one of those bands who truly
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Band’s links: https://www.facebook.com/LuciferianMex https://luciferianrites.bandcamp.com https://www.instagram.com/luciferianrites Band’s link: http://www.hiraes.com https://www.facebook.com/hiraes.official https://hiraes.bandcamp.com/album/dormant
managed to create another killer
mix of the two old good genres and
made it sound in their own unique
way, so the only thing we can do is
simply wishing them to develop this
tencency
further!