DOOMBRINGER - Sevenfold Pestilence (AMOR FATI - 7"EP 2012)
Doombringer belongs to those bands, which I
guess I would never check if someone didn’t bother to recommend it to me and
insist how great they are. And because I don’t like to feel the gun touching my
forehead, I quickly send some money and purchased a copy of Dombringer’s EP,
hoping that the recommendation was honest and everything will turn out well. I
didn’t even know much about the band before “Sevenfold Pestilence” ended up in
my hands, but now my knowledge of the band is bigger and I know that this is a
project of guys, who plays also for Bestial Raids and Cultes des Ghoules – some
of the most respected Polish underground black metal acts. For Doombringer
those who hide behind names: Sepulchral Ghoul, Pestiferous Preacher and Old
Coffin Spirit opted for equally primitive and morbid music, but one which is
more death than black metal, although the influences of it (read: black) can be
traced on “Sevenfold Pestilence” as well.
“Sevenfold Pestilence” is just two tracks EP,
but with 12 minutes of music it’s quite long 7”EP. The layout is very
minimalistic, but I like the colouring, which is sort of faded yellow / grey,
so that looks cool. “Seven Evil Spirits” is the track from side A and it’s
truly mournful, slow, doomy based anthem, very ghoulish and depressing. Then
“Summoning Undead Mysteries” from side B is much faster, more relentless, but
equally obscure and eerie. For the influences I guess you would need to look among
the bands like Acheron, Incantation, Winter, Grave Miasma, Necros Christos and
such, so we’re talking here about some of the most evil sounding hordes.
“Sevenfold Pestilence” does not maybe show the most innovative and definitely
not entertaining music, but surely Doombringer has some powerful riffs and very
possessed, lunatic vocals. This is the most gruesome and macabre death metal as
it only can get and for the black metal influences – along with some traces of
the Blasphemy / Beherit style – I think you can find here also some Greek old
school black metal influences, which only underlines the dark character of the
music of Doombringer. I’m only afraid that I cannot compare “Sevenfold
Pestilence” to the two demos, which those Poles have released earlier. I haven’t
heard them, but man, if they’re close to this EP, then you can expect a real
death metal feast. I’m definitely waiting for more recordings from this band!
Final rate: 80/100
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