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Faster Than the Devil 4 – REVIEW

Another year, another Faster Than the Devil album from our sick friends at Wise Blood Records. The killer split series has birthed its 4th incarnation of the best underground thrash, black, speed and other creepy crawlers to their already impressive arsenal.

This time around we have Demon Sacrifice, Nattmaran and Ventor. Each band contributed 3 new nasty thrashy and trashy speed fueled lunacy this time around. On top of that Demon Sacrifice offers a live track of “Haunting Night,” while Nattmaran and Ventor offer covers from Motorhead and NME.

Demon Sacrifice starts the party off with killer riffs, raw energy and fury. Each of their tracks start hauntingly slow before taking off. Gotta love that bass on “The Shining of Bloody Rites.” An absolute jam of a track.

Nattmaran, a Faster Than the Devil alum, once again offers up punk as fuck/black Metal attack that has become their signature style over the years. The unique screeching vocals here remind me slightly of the legendary Chicago Death Metal band Macabre and that’s never a band thing.

Ventor closes out the album with punk as fuck attitude. The riffs on “Invoked Rapidity,” make want to gleefully tear shit up. This is the type of soundtrack you want when it’s time to fuck some shit up. It’s aggressive and yet playful at the time.

The Faster Than the Devil series continue to do a tremendous job of putting the spotlight on underground bands that you didn’t realize  were about to become your new favorites.

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RISE OF THE NIGHTMARE TERROR – Nattmaran X Terror Cross – REVIEW

 

When Wise Blood Records first mentioned this split’s upcoming release, I was pretty pumped as I’ve been on a Nattmaran kick lately. I haven’t heard Terror Cross prior to this release but I figure if they are cool enough to team up with Nattmaran, they’re cool enough for me.

Each band contributed 5 tracks to this EP, 4 original and one cover. Hellripper’s James McBain lends his shrieks on the opening track, “Savage Urges,” that is an assault of early thrash and black metal. They continue their thrashing assault with each blistering track. The riffs and solos still have plenty of grooves that still match the band’s fury.   Their cover of Bathory’s “Conspiracy with Satan,” is a perfect choice as it lends itself perfectly Nattmaran’s sound and style.

Terror Cross takes things in a slightly different direction. Their sound is a little darker and murkier. Their is still plenty of thrash to be found here, it’s just covered in a thick layer of blackened ooze. “Metal Bloody Metal” is a hard hitting march that feels like it pounds through your chest with its haunting chorus.

The biggest highlight of this split is Terror Cross’s interesting choice to cover Manowar’s “Gloves of Metal.”