2024 Independent / Digital
skelm425.bandcamp.com
BADASS SONG TITLES: Red Mist, Piss Nazarene
When I saw on Metal Archives that this band was classified
as “Death Metal/Hardcore” I was shocked, since I didn’t hear any of that in
their actual sound. To my ears this is just straight up death metal that pays respect
to the originators of the genre. I heard a mix of grooved-up Incantation,
Cianide, and perhaps Embalmer in the faster parts. Some of the simpler riffs
give this a barbaric feel, just like Cianide has, and each song gradually
builds texture, even adding evil-ass melody here and there.
The drum sound is especially nice, not overly digital-sounding,
with live-sounding kicks and snare. The vocals are strong and deep, almost in
the style of (old) Grave or, once again, Cianide. The heavy-ass first verse
riff of Absymal Descent almost reminds me of “Vulgar Necrolatry” era Amorphis.
I definitely want to hear more than the 4 songs on offer here, and I would like them to
get a physical version of this out – I cannot stress enough to bands that
physical copies matter, especially for generating cash at your shows and through sales on Bandcamp. Most real
metalists still buy music. Fuck streaming. Buy or die.
This is simple yet very effective death metal that reminds
me of the old guard, from a young band that may not have come to this music in
the same way that us old fucks did. But I’m glad they’re here. I just have one
question for the band, though, and that is: “What the fuck is a Skelm?”
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