Horresque – Chasms Pt. I – Avarice and Retribution

Label: The Crawling Chaos Records
Releasedate: 07-02-2020

Intro

Horresque is a blackened death metal band, hailing from Germany. They are not a new name in the scene as the members have been active in other bands. Guitarist S.D. is a member of the infamous German black metal band Nocte Obducta as well as working as a live musician for bands like Schammasch or Melechesh. In addition, singer M.R. has been active in the German death metal act Discreation in recent years. The band has released a demo back in 2016

Chasms Pt. I – Avarice and Retribution is the band’s first debut full-length and was released this year via The Crawling Chaos Records. The lyrical concept of this release deals with the two of the seven deadly sins – wrath and greed.

Review

This is a classic blackened death metal album with those growls depicting the full aggression and the guitar riffs bringing us some fine dark melodies. Even though there are moments where the album’s rhythm is faster with those blastbeasts, Chasms Pt. I – Avarice and Retribution has a rather slow tempo most of the time, giving it that doom-y approach even. There is no atmosphere and no diversity in the sound. The focus is generally on the guitars and the solos. Just check out Gary Heidnik for instance and you will know what I mean.

One highlight I liked with this debut is the direct approach and the rawness of it. I would have expected rather short songs with this direct approach but I gotta admit that the songs were a bit too long for my taste. So maybe the band can focus on the arrangements and overall composition for future releases to keep their sound raw and even more powerful!

All in all, Chasms Pt. I – Avarice and Retribution is a good release. It is maybe not every BM / death metal fan’s cup of tea but to each their own. If you like that classic, raw and direct BM sound, Horresque is a band you need to check out and keep in mind.

Line up:

• S.D. – guitars
• R.P. – guitars
• M.R. – vocals
• T.S. – bass

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