Revenge - Scum.Collapse.Eradication

Revenge are a war metal band, hailing from Edmonton, AB, Canada. If you're familiar with war metal, you'll know that it's extremely "love-it-or-hate-it" kinda stuff. If you're not, it's a small sub-genre of black metal that's characterized by even noiser/rawer guitars, blastbeats, and inhuman gurgling/screaming. Take a wild fucking guess as to what the lyrical themes are.

Anyways, if you're not a fan of Revenge, this album certainly isn't going to change your opinion on them. However, if you are -- or if you're on the fence about them -- S.C.E is worth checking out. One thing I really admire about this band is that every time they release a new album, they manage to retain their core sound while still bringing something new to the mix. It definitely retains the take-no-prisoners Revenge approach to the music, but there's a lot more song structure and musicianship on display here than previous releases. There's copies of this still available at HHR and NWN! on digital and analog formats, so grab one while you can!

ARTIST: REVENGE

ALBUM: SCUM.COLLAPSE.ERADICATION

GENRE: WAR METAL 

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Genocide Shrines - Devanation Monumentemples MCD

Genocide Shrines are a bestial black/death metal band from Sri Lanka. Although these guys have been making unholy music for a while in various other bands, Devanation is their first release, and it's cult as hell. Their music ends up sounding like a cross between Black Witchery and Coffins. It's also pretty cool to hear sacrilegious music that isn't exclusively directed at Judeo-Christian religions. You're best off buying the CD straight from Vault of Dried Bones (where it's going for a mere $9 CAD), or heading over to Iron Bonehead Productions to get the analog version. Enjoy!

ARTIST: GENOCIDE SHRINES
ALBUM: DEVANATION MONUMENTEMPLES MCD
GENRE: BLACK/DEATH METAL

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Gorgoroth - Pentagram

Although Gorgoroth's music (and band politics, for that matter) these days are...questionable, to say the least, back in the early 90s, they produced some damn good music. It's easy for a lot of people (particularly newcomers to the scene) to overlook a lot of the relatively 'famous' black metal bands, and forget that they too once produced quality black metal. Pentagram is Gorgoroth's first full-length. It's got a pretty standard Norwegian black metal sound to it, but the song writing is really well done and it never feels generic. It's a short album at only a mere thirty minutes, but when you've got music that's as repetitive sounding (as, admittedly, a lot of Norway's black metal from that time period was), it works in the band's favor. 

ARTIST: GORGOROTH
ALBUM: PENTAGRAM
GENRE: BLACK METAL

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