Myatifier are a band from Brazil that has been around for more than 20 years and are one of the first bands to play what is known today as bestial black/death metal and this is a review of their 1992 album "Wicca" which will be re-issued by Greyhaze Records in the year of 2014.
"Our Glout" which is the intro for the album opens up with synths, clean guitars and grim black metal screams along with spoken words and a a small amount of heavy guitars and drums to start off the album.
"Osculum Obscenum" the first official song on the album begins with heavy and dark sounding gutiar riffs that utilize some melody along with some drums, bass guitars and deep demonic growls which also leads up to guitar solos and leads coming in and out of the music as well as black metal vocals kicking in before the song goes into a faster direction along with some blast beats and then the music starts to alternate between slow and fast parts.
"Tormentum Aeturnu" opens up with evil sounding synths before adding in heavy guitar and bass riffs along with some drums and then the music goes into a fast and raw direction a long with some early bestial black metal growls and screams and after awhile the music goes back to a slower direction as well as adding in guitar leads and solos before returning to a faster direction.
"Cursed Excruciation" begins with slow, dark and heavy guitar riffs along with some black/death metal vocals as well as some bass guitars and drums and after a few seconds synths become a part of the music along with some guitar leads that come in and out of the music and towards the end the music speeds up a bit along with some blast beats.
"Defloration (The Antichrist Lives)" starts up with fast, raw and primitive guitar riffs and blast beats from the drums as well as some bestial black/death metal growls and you can also hear bass guitars in the background.
(Invocacione) The Almighty Satanas" kicks in with thunder sound effects and a few seconds lter demonic voices and spoken word parts are added into the music and a couple of minutes later fast, raw and primitive guitar riffs kick in along with some drums, bass and bestial black metal vocals and after a minute the music starts to alternate between slow and fast parts along with some guitar solos and leads.
"The Dark kingdom (T.E.A.R)" comes in with thunder and rain sounds and a minute alter fast, raw and primitive guitar and bass riffs kick in along as song blast beats from the drums and bestial black metal growls and towards the end there is a brief use of guitar solos and leads being utilized.
"An Elizabethan Devil-Worshiper's Prayer Book" breaks in with drums and heavy guitar and bass riffs which also leads up to some grim black metal vocals as well as some guitar leads that come in and out of the music and you can also hear some melody in the guitar riffing and after a few minutes the music speeds up for a few seconds along with some blast beats before returning to a slower direction.
"Hyoscyamus Niger" hits it off with blast beats from the drums, bestial vocals and fast and heavy guitar and bass riffs and a few seconds alter ritualistic chanting is added into the music as well as some guitar leads and solos being utilized towards the end of the song.
"Mystifier (Satan's Messengers)" is introduced with fast and dark sounding guitar and bass riffs along with some blast beats from the drums and bestial growls and a couple of minutes guitar solos and leads are added into the music and towards the end the music goes into a slower direction along with some synths.
"Ancient Prediction (My Eternal Nightmare)" is brought in with demonic spoken word parts and a minute alter heavy guitar and bass riffs come in along with some drums and black metal screams and a couple of minutes alter the music goes into a faster direction along with some blast beats as well as some guitar solos and leads towards the end.
"The Sign Of The Unholy Cross" which is also the last song on the album starts off with ritualistic spoken word parts before adding in dark and heavy guitar and bass riffs along with some growls as well as some drums before going into a faster direction along with some blast beats and guitar leads that come in and out of the music and after a couple of minutes the music alternates between slow and fast parts as well as adding melody into the guitar riffing.
Song lyrics cover Satanism, Occultism, Left Hand Path and Anti Christian themes, while the production has a very raw and heavy sound for the era it was recorded and you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this album.
In my opinion this was a great recording from Mystifier and if you are a fan of early 90's era bestial black/death metal, you should check out this album and for the older fans the re-issue is worthy to buy since it comes with a dvd that contains 2 live concerts. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Osculum Obscenum" "Defloration (The Antichrist Lives)" "An Elizabethan Devil-Worshiper's Prayer Book" and "The Sign Of The Unholy Cross". RECOMMENDED BUY.
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