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BLACK CURSE “Burning In Celestial Poison”
BLACK CURSE “Burning In Celestial Poison”
By Dr. Abner Mality
This is some of the most extreme shit I have heard in 2024...a band that will test endurance and push boundaries. I have little information about them...no member names, no point of origin. Well, if we don’t know where they come from, there’s not much mystery about where they want to go: the scorched wastelands of hell itself!
A miasmic concoction of cavernous death metal, raging black metal and no mercy war metal, what is most challenging about BLACK CURSE is the length of their songs. Only 5 hymns presented here, with three exceeding the 10 minute mark and only one under 5 minutes. That means buckle up for an exhausting and soul-draining ride, which we initiate with the onslaught of “Spleen Girt With Serpent”. This is the most cyclonic and relentless of the tracks, pure black war metal without let up. It really tired me out, but the level of energy is impressive. Imagine BLASPHEMY and ANGELCORPSE playing for 11 minutes without let up.
Thankfully, the other tracks show a bit more structure and thought. “Trodden Flesh” leans much more towards cryptic death metal with its subterranean roar, slowing down for some grinding, subtly majestic riffs. Beneath the cacophony, there is a plan and once you find it, the key to BLACK CURSE is revealed. “Ruinous Paths/...to Babylon” should really be listened to as one track instead of two, and there’s more strong riffology. Things wrap up with the decimating epic “Flowers Of Gethsemane”, where everything comes together in one package of mayhem. Yes, it is very draining, but if you are a damned soul driven to enjoy sulfurous violent music , you might just enjoy the process of destruction…
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