ALTARS / HEAVING EARTH
‘Split Tape’
(Nihilistic Holocaust)
Yes, this is a tape only
release, fuckin deal with it. All formats have their pros and cons, and there’s
just something about cassettes that makes them commendably underground. What
really matters is the music, right? And, musically both bands are here to burn
their mark on the listener’s mind.
Out of the two, Altars are
certainly the harder nut to be cracked, consumed and digested. In fact, there’s
this ghastly, uneasy feel creeping out from these two dismal songs that the
more sensitive listener might be tempted to skip listening to them altogether,
in order to keep one’s sanity intact. Good luck. The horrific atmosphere, the
seamless combination of tempos, the subterranean vocals – Altars is a band that
you better keep an eye on. Praise the horror. [8,5 / 10]
Heaving Earth is seriously
awesome as well, just in a totally different way than Altars. Complex, stellar
guitar riffs and quirky solos, monstrous vocals, punishing rhythms - I’d say
bands such as Immolation and Morbid Angel are some of the obvious influences
here. And that’s meant as a compliment to Heaving Earth, in case you’ve been
wondering. If a band could replicate the unearthly vibe of those two bands I
say more power to them! [8 / 10]
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