Tenebrous Towers
(Hammer Of Hate Records)
46:23min
Julián "Tenebrous" Núñez
Tenebrous Towers
(Hellthrasher Productions)
46:23min
Yes! Finally and about damn time. I have been searching high and low to get a copy of this CD for the past 9 months. Hammer Of Hate Records folded with no luck in finding it for under $50 bucks on ebay. The band told me they didn’t have any copies and didn’t know if they were going to reissue it. I guess someone at Hellthrasher Productions realized this album was a hot commodity and recently reissued it. The reissue of the album does not come with any bonus tracks, it is not remastered, it is basically the same version that came out on Hammer Of Hate. Hey at least it got reissued and is now available for us diehards. My first chance to check out this band was either on Death.FM or another webradio channel that plays Death Metal / Black Metal (I can’t really recall) and it was for the song ‘Demon Heart: The Desolate One’ off the highly acclaimed second effort "The Sanctum Of Human Darkness". This Finnish band plays a more doomy atmospheric style of Death Metal reminiscent of the mid 90s era and adds a few hints of Black Metal. On this debut album we get the good chugging guitars and pounding drums, but there are times when the music drags a bit. The vocals here run from a deep growl to high-screeches that you would find in Black Metal. Overall ‘Mouths Of Baal’ and ‘The Brightest Night’ were the stand outs for me. The band changes this up a bit getting some Thrash moments in with the track ‘Chaos And Wrath’ and does a great job of making a setlist for a gig. This is a solid debut for DESOLATE SHRINE and if you haven’t heard their next 2 albums then you will be in for a good surprise. I am looking forward to what this band does in the future and what releases Hellthrasher Productions will issue out. For more info: www.facebook.com/desolateshrine, www.hellthrasher.com
Jaime Pérez
• DESOLATE SHRINE - Deliverance From The Godless Void (Jurij Pajk)
• DESOLATE SHRINE - The Sanctum Of Human Darkness (Michael Tak)