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VASSAGO: KNIGHTS FROM HELL
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"Like
True Metal should be, Raw and Brutal" without "any romantic
bullshit!" VASSAGO
declares on the sleeve of their KNIGHTS FROM HELL album. This is
the product of LORD BELIAL members Sin and Pepa. While LORD BELIAL knows
how to use the accelerator, you won’t be prepared for the shocking
extremity that VASSAGO
pulls off. Any critics who fail to point out the supreme show
of force on KNIGHTS FROM HELL are lost,
agents of false metal. The guy from TERRORIZER wouldn’t understand
brutality if his mother was sodomized with a jackhammer. This slab of
raging speed is what I live for, over-the-top savagery not for trendy
ears or soft minds. "Sign of Vassago" opens, with a surprising
little nod to BLASPHEMY-styled riff (these show
up now and again).
The first
blast of the album is standard, and you’re thinking, "Well.
Not bad." This leads to a more interesting thrashing moment with
near-blast tempo (more bands must use this, your
DEATHWITCHES and HEMLOCKS are too few and far between), and then
comes the segue to the true heart of VASSAGO
- insane, inhuman, incinerating blasting somewhat reminiscent of the death/grind
Holland acts CONSOLATION and NEMBRIONIC, but faster, like a fully automated
AK-47. The message of destruction continues with "Total War Brings
Total Death," "Thou Shall Kill!!!," "Destroyer,"
and "Abysmic Downfall to the Kingdom Where I Will Rule Eternally."
Never believe you’ve heard the fastest moment of the album, as somehow
they find a way to increase the stakes as it progresses. The most mild
track is "Anal Fistfuck," which should tell you that "mild"
here doesn’t exactly compare to "mild" on an EVERCLEAR
album.
Not without
a sense of humor, "Agent 666" opens with a little Dragnet type
sample before the holocaust comes down. The addition of double bass to
the fury here just makes you want to stockpile an arsenal and go hunting
humans. The guitars borrow from the best of death and black metal styles
at their fastest. You get 15 tracks, 32 minutes of pure fucking Armageddon.
To question this is to pledge allegiance to weakness. To not have it if
it may sound like you need it is a crime against your well being. To own
it is a reflection of a true metal warrior.
5 SKULLS
This
review copyright 2000 E.C.McMullen Jr.
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