Morbid Slaghter-Wicca 7"

Boris Records
2014

Following a series of self-released demos and one cassette tape compilation in "...Rancid Death Awaits 2014" we have Morbid Slaughter's first 7" release, "Wicca". Formed back in 2009, this Lima, Peru-based (raw and twisted) thrash band features blackened vocals courtesy of guitarist AER and on their new 7" EP, which is limited to just 500 copies and comes with free digital download (http://borisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/wicca-7), Morbid Slaughter delivers a severe beating to one's eardrums thanks to these two (vile and disgusting!) new tracks, "Wicca" and "The Nightly Breath of God". This eight minute+ EP finds Morbid Slaughter focused on ghouls and goblins, witchcraft, zombies and all other matters of death, despair and vile, filth-filled darkness (or if you will just horror in general!) making "Wicca" the kind of release that should find a welcoming audience amongst those who just can't get enough of underground black thrash! Especially the ugly kind! There isn't much more to it then that. Still, if you want to know more about Lima, Peru's masters of the macabre then be sure to head over to their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/MorbidSlaughterOfficial. This one is due to drop at the end of this month so be sure to keep one twisted eye out for this 7"!

Nocturnal Graves "...From the Bloodline of Cain"

Hells Headbangers Records
2013

Australia's Nocturnal Graves features two guys with ties to Deströyer 666, vocalist/bassist Jarro Raphael (aka. Nuclear Exterminator) and lead guitarist Ian Gray ( aka. Shrapnel), as well as two guys with ties to Denouncement Pyre in guitarist Decaylust (?) and drummer L. Wilson. The group, which is all about blackened thrash,  was first formed back in 2004 before breaking up in 2010. In 2012 the group got back together with both Shrapnel and Wilson joining up at that point. This release is already out on CD (link below) with a vinyl version due out sometime in December. The group's last recording was released back in 2010 and that was a split. With regards to "...From the Bloodline of Cain" there was actually a six year gap between this and the group's last full-length album, "Satan's Cross". Surely I do not need to spell out the lyrical direction of this album right? The music though is raw, a bit cheesy and (can you use this as a description for blood-covered thrash like this?) even groovy! Well, groovy in a way where gruesome death metal, underground thrash and bleak black metal all get in a head on collision with blood, guts and mangled bones flying everywhere!  It's all played pretty dang fast and the group does cut things a little close for comfort as far as (near) self-parody is concerned, but at the end of the day metal like this is simply made in order for metal maniacs to thrash out to! And in that regard it does it job and it does it well! Nothing brilliant but fun nonetheless..

http://shop-hellsheadbangers.com/nocturnal-graves-from-the-bloodline-of-cain.asp