Genocidal Rites are a band from the Midwest region of the United States that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays a bestial mixture of war, black and death metal with elements of d beat and grindcore and this is a review of their 2025 album "Genocidal Upheaval Of Subservient Abrahamic Law" which will be released in March by Hells Headbangers Records.
A very apocalyptic sounding intro starts off the album before going into a very fast, raw and brutal war metal direction which also utilizes a great amount of blast beats and tremolo picking. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while spoken words can also be heard on a couple of tracks. A lot of the faster riffing and drumming also adds in the brutality of grindcore along with some of the mid tempo sections also adding in elements of d beat, bestial growls can also be heard at times as well as one song also introducing synths onto the album and when guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very chaotic style.
On this recording Genocidal Rites bring in elements of d beat and grindcore into their mixture of war and bestial black/death metal to create a very heavy and brutal recording. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover balancing void, chaos magick, total annihilation, death to Abrahamic religion, true evil and forgotten deities.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Genocidal Rites and if you are a fan of war and bestial black/death metal with elements of d beat and grindcore, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Genocidal Upheaval Of Subservient Abrahamic Law" "Death Howls From Abysmal Sepulchures" "Order Of Most Profane" and "Necrotic Hellhounds Of An Atomic Fire". 8 out of 10.
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