DEGIAL - Death and Darkness Buries All.... (BLOOD HARVEST - 7"EP 2010)
Degial!!!!!! This is a killer horde from
Uppsala and man, if you’re not aware of them yet then just MUST GET their LP
“Death’s Striking Wings” now or you’ll die in agony and your body will rot
unburied, left to be eaten by crows, vultures and dogs. Ever since I had been
tormented by Degial’s full length album I promised myself to get their previous
recordings also. Maybe “Awakening from Darkness” demo from 2006 will be
impossible to find, but at least I finally managed to put my hands on “Death
and Darkness Buries All....” 7”EP from 2010. Three tracks, but so much energy
and power are coming from the speakers that my head will explode soon… but who
cares, this is just what happens when you listen to killer death metal.
When listening to Degial I have three bands in
my mind: the ancient days of Possessed, Morbid Angel and Repugnant. Those
Swedes do sound a lot like the three bands I mentioned combined together and
more so, they are also close image wise to Repugnant, which is also a great
thing, as I love that kind of vision and sort of evil aura around the band
members on these photos. Anyway, with “Death and Darkness Buries All....” you
can forget about melodies or some nice, catchy tunes… this is utterly obscure,
morbid and filthy death metal; very archaic, also very fast, chaotic and
relentless (here another name pops in: Merciless and their “The Awakening”
LP!!!!!). No bullshit, just straight forward, merciless attack. And I don’t
know if it’s due to their Uppsala origin or do Degial really also have
something in common with the black metal of (early) Watain? Anyway, three
lethal anthems, with “Death in Heaven” being probably my favourite, 12 minutes
of killer death metal… This is what this EP offers and damn, I love it. Degial
is awesome band, no doubt!
Final rate: 85/100
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