Band: Eternal Armageddon
Album: In Light In Dark In Hate
Label: Unsigned
Genre: Blackened Thrash
While some debuts may be less than spectacular, Eternal Armageddon are letting the world know right from the start that they're not playing around. Their upcoming record titled In Light In Dark In Hate is half an hour of uncompromising thrash metal with more than a little black metal influence thrown in, namely in lead singer Abrar's vocal styling.
The album was originally released and sold during shows mainly in their home country of Bangladesh, but the songs have been remastered by James McBain (Hellripper) at Coronach Studios for a more honed in quality and released to the wider world on April, 10th. I also particularly dig that album artwork by Rebecca Magar (Wailing Wizard Art), fucking bang up job.
The record is excellent, with each of the 7 tracks sounding good enough to warrant being a single. Usually when I get my hands on an album that sounds this good, I don't want it to end. That can bring about other problems with filler songs, and Eternal Armageddon certainly aren't wasting time with fluff.
Track one, "Black Thrash Bastards," gets shit rolling immediately with a sleek rolling groove. The song reeks with a Venom like stench, with palm muting and lots of one string riffs everywhere. Track two, "Hate Reincarnated," is just as furious as the opening track and refuses to let up. "Hazam the Black Reaper" is where Eternal Armageddon finally let up on their onslaught a bit for some heavy chords to wash over your eardrums, just for a moment though. Not ones for wasting too much time, they delve quickly back into the breakneck speed they've been driving at for the previous songs. The chorus is fun and has the vocalist play a little back and forth with guitarist Turag.
I have to say though, choosing "In Light In Dark In Hate" as their title track was an excellent choice. It's by far the best track on the record. It reminds me of something I may have heard off of To Mega Therion once upon a time. It's a six minute long blackened thrash opus, and not a second of it feels wasted upon the ears. I only wish I could play it for you all now!
The rest of the record is just as fantastic as the first tracks, and I've been listening to it on repeat at full volume, vexing my neighbors quite a bit I'm certain.
In Light In Dark In Hate is receiving Wicked Metal Review's first 10/10 for 2020
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