Ad Hominem are a solo project originally from France But now resides in Italy that h as had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording goes for a very raw and destructive form of black metal and this is a review of his 2025 album "Totalitarian Black Metal" which will be released on February 28th by Goatfucker Records.
A very dark yet heavy sound starts off the album while melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing. Elements of black'nroll are also mixed in with the mid tempo sections of the songs while the faster sections of the songs also add in a lot of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling.
Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams while the music is also very heavily rooted in the old school era. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very chaotic style along with some angry shouts also being utilized at times as well as one song also adding in a brief use spoken word samples.
All of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them and some of the tracks also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as one track also adding in a brief use of World War II era music samples. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover War, Hate Anti Abrahamic Religions and Anti Woke themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Ad Hominem and if you are a fan of raw and destructive black metal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Gas Mask Destruction" "Choke The Woke" and "Stairway To Oven". 8/5 out of 10.
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