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Although this is
the bands seventh album, 'Spiritual Warfare' marks not only the return of
the Danish dark gods of metal Bewitched, but heralds their debut album on
their new label Regain Records.
Once again
Bewitched hail themselves as the most heaviest and most hated band in
metal. A title which they are proud to uphold, as this album will
surely see the band living up that title.
This album is
pure hate bred metal. I’ve not heard anything this severe since
Venoms ‘Black Metal’ album. The similarities between that album and
this are overwhelming.
From the vocal
styles to the speed driven guitar solos, to the pounding rhythm section,
all the traits that made Cronos, Abbadon and Mantas such figure infamous
figures in the metal world are now bestowed upon Bewitched.
I would normally
say that an album opens up with such an such a track, but this album is
not so much opened up as it is more unchained and released upon an
unsuspecting listener with ‘Fucked By Fire’, a track that’s like a metal
freight train running over your very soul and from here on in the dark
just gets blacker.
With tracks as
forceful as ‘Let Darkness Come’ and ‘Heisinme’ paving the way for the
equally dark ‘Glorious Are The Ways Of Death’ and the speed fests that are
‘Malevolent Force Of Destruction’ and ‘My Skin Loves The Steel’, that
black feel of the album is in no doubt.
This album may
not win the band many new fans but their diehard dark horde of faithful
servants will simply love it. |
