I
was trying to hunt a copy of this split 12”MLP for few months, but finally I
got one! Hell yeah, here’s yet another really fuckin awesome piece of old
styled, filthy and creepy death metal! And on this black wax we have joined
forces of two bands: Pyre from Russia and Entrapment from The Netherlands! I’m
a fan of both for some time, so I just had to put my hands on this vinyl. And I
am damn happy to have it, as both bands did not disappoint and delivered
exactly what I expected to find.
First
comes Pyre. This band is a phenomenon to me. Russia – despite being such a huge
country – is a shit, speaking of their metal scene and really there’s not even
one single band from there, which I would like. Come one, all this pagan shit
like Arkona or Alkonost is completely useless. There are also no death metal bands,
which would be good… except of Pyre. This band is the first Russian band, which
I truly liked and I will definitely keep to support them and have my eyes and
ears open for all their future offerings. The debut MLP “Ravenous Decease” was
incredibly good and now I can listen to their two new songs… And damn, they do
not disappoint and I can only speak about them in superlatives. I love the
production, which Pyre managed to get… A sound, which fits this kind of rough,
aggressive and obscure death metal perfectly. It instantly awakes the feeling
of something dark and utterly horrendous. Like some indescribable creature was
hiding in the dark, lurking at you and freezing your blood, devouring your
fear… Anyway… Hehe…Two excellent songs, stylistically between some Swedish acts
like Repugnant, Maim, Degial, Bastard Priest and the always influential
Autopsy. I love “Into the Chains” especially, oh, just listen to this opening
riff in it… what a killer tune! But really, absolutely everything here sounds
just right for me; it kicks ass, it is vicious and dark, it is violent but has
a great feeling and is sort of memorable. Pyre rules, that’s it!
And
now Entrapment. I am afraid that I still didn’t manage to put my hands on the
band’s first album “The Obscurity Within...”, because I am stubborn and want
to get this album only on vinyl… and the first press LP was criminally limited
to barely 300 copies and not even one was left for me. Fuck, so year and a half
after its release I still have not heard it. But I will, Michael promised me
that “The Obscurity Within...” shall get a vinyl repress soon. I am fuckin
ready for it! What is all this fuzz about? Well, Entrapment is awesome. I first
got their “Crawling Morbidity” 7”EP, which was just killer and later I also
bought “Irreligeous Abominations”, which turned out to be one of the best Dutch
death metal releases in years. And I love many Dutch bands. So, it’s finally
time to listen to some new slabs of putrid death metal. And damn, this word
putrid fits this music perfectly. The sound is even more rough and filthy that
on Pyre side and the same can be said about the music. It feels more messy and almost
primitive, even though it probably is a bad word to be used here. But that’s
mainly due to this harsh production, which gives Entrapment music almost kind
of the demo / rehearsal feeling. I am not totally sure whether I like this
sound in 100%, maybe the whole material feels slightly too much underdeveloped,
if you know what I mean. Which doesn’t mean it is bad. The music of Entrapment
has a strong Swedish death metal touch, like the melodic theme, which opens
“Graves Disease” – damn, I just know this melody for years, maybe it sounds so
much like old Tiamat? I like when these harmonious parts mix with more
aggressive and severe riffs. Yeah, this is almost like a classic Swedish death
metal demo!
So,
two great bands are here. I personally liked Pyre songs this time more, they
really do fuckin shred here and I give them 90/100, while Entrapment would get
70/100. The average for the whole is 80/100 then.
Final
rate: 80/100
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