Devil's
Clause Records 2013
I. Omnicide 00 00 2. Doctrine of Malevolence 3. Circle of Contempt 4. Enraptured
5. Baptized in Blood 6. Hateful Abomination 7. Process of Eradication 8. World Desolation 9. Imminent Death 10. Dystopic Visions 11. Existence Denied
It has been quite an impressive last eighteen months for UK death/thrashers
Merciless Terror, touring japan, playing shows with the likes of Warlord UK and
playing Bloodstock Open Air last year. It got even better when the bands debut
album "Vile Extinction" was finally unleashed upon us and the only
downside was that following all of this Merciless Terror was put on ice, I
sincerely hope not permanently! Something that instantly caught my attention about this is album is the
track “Doctrine of Malevolence” which on top of the bands more trademark
death/thrash sound has a really spiteful streak of black metal running through
its core. Oddly enough it only appears on this one track for the most part and
soon enough Merciless Terror are slamming through tracks like “Circle of
Contempt” and “Enraptured” whilst displaying all the grace of a car wreck! When Merciless Terror are not pummelling you with savage drumming then they
are berating you with speed freak like riffs and a vocal style that will make
lesser music fans cower in fear!
“Vile Extinction” is an album that just
refuses to slow down and soon enough in no time at all the band have hammered
out four tracks and “Baptized in Blood” is soon rampaging onward until the
unthinkable happens, the pace slows, the intensity increases and the slight
black metal tinge creeps into proceeds to give the track a deeply malevolent
feel. couple that with the early Sepultura influence to the bands sound and
especially the guitar solos and I think you’ll all be pleasantly surprised. Whilst it lacks somewhat for variety, we all know that bands like Merciless
Terror don’t play to be varied and whimsical, they play to destroy and tracks
like “Hateful Abomination” and the crushingly heavy “Process of Eradication” do
just that. From start to finish this album is dominant, plain and simple!
9/10 (Luke Hayhurst)
Band Page: Here
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