Thanatomass are a band from Russia that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays a very aggressive form of occult black metal and this is a review of their 2018 demo "MMXV-MMXVI" which will b e re-issued in August, 2022 by Nomad Snakepit Productions and also consists of a bonus live track that was not on the original version.
A very fast, raw and brutal war metal sound starts off the demo along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while the riffs also show some influence of thrash metal and dark sounding melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very chaotic style as well as going into more of a dark yet melodic direction on later songs, a lot of the music also shows some influences from the 90's to early 2000's era and all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them, synths can also be heard briefly.
On this recording Thanatomass played a style of occult black metal that also showed some touches of war and thrash metal as well as being more melodic than later releases. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Luciferian, Occultism adn Gnosis themes.
In my opinion this is a very great sounding recording from Thanatomass and if you are a fan of aggressive occult black metal, you should check out this demo. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "House Of The Rising Lucifer" and "Morning Of the Magicians". 8 out of 10.
https://nomadsnakepit.bandcamp.com/album/mmxv-mmxvi
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