I've recently moved places and thus this little review here starts with a problem: somewhere in these boxes there is the original version of this 2006 released album which after a 2009 vinyl release on Blood Harvest now comes out again on CD incl. some bonus tracks taken from the “Unchaining The Fevers And Plagues” Demo ’03 which also had been issued on wax. Thus, I first thought: why? After consulting the secret tome of metal-archives.com the veil of confusion lifted: after its original release, Chilean Death Metal warriors MAGNANIMUS decided to re-record parts of the album as well as skilfully rearrange, edit, remaster and overall improve the whole platter to - and I like this detail from the info sheet a lot - make it sound more like the aforementioned demo, haha, brilliant, isn't it? This “new” version came out in '09 on Blood Harvest (that vinyl is in another of my boxes) and has now been expanded with three tracks taken by Mushantufe resulting in the ultimate CD version of this opus. But back to "sound more like the demo", well, the big surprise is - this album here does not sound like a demo at all but like an underground blockbuster from hell! A heavily pounding drum sound - the midpaced doublebass driven sections crushes you like a thunderstorm - ripping, incredibly evil sounding guitars and raw, deep growls that are far more devastating and brutal than today's pig squeal fun "Death" Metal crap. Reminding me of a bestial bastard son of INCANTATION, early IMMOLATION, MORBID ANGEL, SINISTER, in terms of brutality even some early CRYPTOPSY, this trio understands how real Death Metal should be executed: merciless, barbaric and violent to the max. No big surprise as members of this band used to be active in ATOMIC AGGRESSOR and other Chilean cults. Despite being a truly unholy massacre of blasting ferocity, the sheer quality of riffs, some slower passages as well as great leads that wander in best Trey Azagthoth style from gloomy melodies to total chaos "Storms Of Chaotic Revelations" never gets boring but keeps your attention nailed down to the speakers like Christ's hands to the cross. Due to the fact that the additional tracks offer the same level of quality in terms of song writing and production as the rest of the album, this is surely the ultimate version of "Storms..." and a mandatory buy for all Death Metal lovers, along with the MELEKTAUS album the best Death Metal record ever released in Chile! But damn…in which box is that one? www.myspace.com/magnanimvs, www.mushantufe.com

Stefan Franke

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