Blasphemous Fire - Beneath the Darkness

BLASPHEMOUS FIRE - Beneath the Darkness (GODZ OV WAR - CD 2023)

If you felt like some of the recent Godz ov War releases were not metal enough for you, then Blasphemous Fire will please you much, much more. This shit is 666% metal to the bone, so stop complaining. Blasphemous Fire is from Portugal and arose from the ashes of Summon. You may remember this band from their “Parazv Il Zilittv”, which was a pretty good album. I'm not really sure whether we should treat Blasphemous Fire as a completely new band or more like a continuation of Summon, but with a different name. Whatever. What matters is that here is “Beneath the Darkness”, a debut album from that kommando. 

Technically, there’s not so much to write about “Beneath the Darkness”. It's just a faakking death / black metal – nothing more, nothing less. I like that from start to finish you’re punched by that bestial death metal riffage and Blasphemous Fire doesn’t waste time for intros or whatever else. There are nine proper songs, with no bullshit, no fucking around. “Beneath the Darkness” is brutal and intense, vicious and savage, and has that dark, obscure feel, which may give you an idea that Blasphemous Fire comes into that same category of bands as Grave Miasma, Lvcifyre or Cruciamentum. Fine, they are all killer bands, right? Expect also that the music is mostly mid paced, speaking of the tempos, but fast and even slow parts are there also, so the music has plenty of dynamics and variations. Blasphemous Fire obviously doesn’t reinvent the wheel, there’s nothing exceptional about “Beneath the Darkness”, but I think that the devastation it brings is enough for recommendation. This is just great quality shit, so light this blasphemous fire and let it burn. 

Verdict: 75/100