Thursday, April 19, 2012

Messiah/Extreme Hymns And Ballads Of A Rotten Psycho Underground Cult/Massacre Records 2012 Digital Compilation Review


  Messiah  where  a  band  from  Switzerland  that  has  a  history  that  goes  back  to the  1980's  that  played  a  musical style  that  mixed  death  and  thrash  metal  together  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  digital 2012  compilation  album  "Extreme Hymns And Ballads Of A Rotten  Psycho  Underground  Cult"  which  was  released  by  Massacre  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  some  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  guitar  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  tone  with  riffing  that  dominates  throughout the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  are  very  raw  and  primitive  sounding  with  riffing  combing  death  and  thrash  metal  together  which  utilize  alot  more  talent  and  skill  when  the  newer  songs  are  played  along  with  a  brief  use  of  clean  playing  as  well  as  some  influences  from  traditional  metal,  while  the  lead  guitars are  very  raw,  primitive  and  chaotic  sounding  death/thrash  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  when  they  are  utilized  they  use  finger  picking  to  add  another  dimension  of  darkness  to  the  music.

  Vocals  are  mostly  high pitched  death/thrash  metal  screams  along  with  some  deep  death  metal  growls  in  addition  there  is  a  brief  use  of  clean  singing  Gregorian  chants  being  utilized  on  one  song  as  well as  some  clean singing  being  utilized  on  another  song,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark,  hateful,  anti  christian  and  occult  themes,  as  for  the  production  it has  a  very  dark,  raw  and  primitive  sound  to  it  with  some  songs  being  recorded  live.

  In  my  opinion  Messiah  where  a  very  great  sounding  death/thrash  metal hybrid  and  if  you  are  a  fan of  this  style,  you  should  check out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Messiah"  "Extreme  Cold  Weather"  "Dark  Lust"  and  "Total  Maniac".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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