REVIEW: CRUSHING BELIAL - MMII - DEMO 2002

 

CRUSHING BELIAL - MMII - DEMO 2002 (Independent, 2002)

Produced by Crushing Belial

Recorded at 158 Studios

Artwork by James and Simon

Tracks: 1- Burning The Shroud of Azrael; 2- Cleanse the Ears With the Blood of Martyrs; 3- Vengeance Ordained in Grace

How brutal can a band be? Well, Crushing Belial is extremely bestial, in fact they are brutal as hell. Their music is sometimes brutal death metal, sometimes doom (like on the beginning of "Cleanse..." and sometimes pure grind!! The drummer must be an octopus to play the blast beats that can be listened in "Burning The Shroud of Azrael" and also some of the other druum patterns. The guitar riffs are powerful and I prefer the heavier ones like the one at 2:02 of "Burning...". There are three tracks here that show what this band is capable of doing and how extreme they are. I liked a lot the contrast between some parts of all the tracks . I would like this band to have a better sound, which is a little bit muddy here, but that can be solved with more time in the studio. A crushing release !!!!

Favorite tracks: The whole CD. It is so bestial that it hurts.

Contact: www.crushingbelial.co.uk