FUNEST
Demo
2013
Unholy
Domain Records / Eternal Tombs Records
Let
me assure you there's no shortage of bands and labels firing digital
promos my way, and often I'm in shudders when the time comes for the
weekly ritual of downloading files and unzipping folders. In
shudders, because some of those promos are total duds I don't have
much / any use of – and for some reason big percentage of those
come either from bands with strange monikers, or from Italy, or both.
Well,
Funest fall in the latter category, but for once it was worth the
trouble. Solidly played and produced, crunchy, no ifs and buts,
fast-paced death metal, which, as the press sheet confirms, owes much
to the glory days of Swedish bands such as Nihilist, Grave and
Dismember / Carnage for its sheer straightforwardness and catchiness.
Right, this is a stroll into a familiar territory for most of us, but
a pleasant one for sure, with ripping guitars, Estby-esque drumming
and low, barking vocals, so I'm all for it. Spain's own Memento Mori
had already signed the band for a full-length to be released sometime
in 2014, meanwhile this demo is available in limited quantities and
different formats from the labels above (and the band themselves, I
presume) and if you are getting a hard-on when the words “death”,
“metal” and “Sweden” are used together in a sentence, I'd say
this is a safe buy. 7.5 / 10
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