REVIEW: ALASTOR SANGUINARY EMBRYO

 

ALASTOR SANGUINARY EMBRIO - THE HOWLING CREATURE OF NIGHT (Independent, 1997):

Track List: 1- Odio, 2- Poetry For Thy Glory, 3- My Fields Are unholy, 4- Through a Valley of Night Souls, 5- Where No Light Can Reach, 6- Sanguinary Embryo, 7- Ridin Thy Darklands, 8- The Infinity of Luciferian Wings, 9- Beyond my Unconscious Deep, 10- Quimera

An acoustic guyitar intro called "Odio" opens this demo from year 1997 from this band of Costa Rica called Alastor Sanguinary Embrio and lets us into their world of black arts. Inmediately after that, the band gets into the darkest black metal in a style similar to bands like Marduk or Gorogoroth. The most interesting thing here are certain riffs like the ones at 1:30 in "Poetry For Thy Glory" that are more rocking and are not commonly used in black metal and give more variations to the tracks, The sound of the whole recording is crude and primitive but allows the appreciation of the guitar riffs that are fundamental for the band´s music, specially those that are more elaborated. Favorite tracks: "My Fields are Unholy" and "Ridin thy Darklands". Contact: www.zonaunderground.com