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1 - Intro 2 - Inhuman Abhorrence 3 - Penis Inn 4 - Maggod 5 -Destined to Fester (AUTOPSY)

A step further from their previous demo, this brand new HUMAN WASTE self-produced

CD have decided to land in my mailbox thanks to the maniacs (thanks

a lot by the way!) in the band. A 4 songs (including an AUTOPSY

cover, “Destined to Fester” from the album Mental Funeral?fucking

wonderful song in particular from an AUTOPSY fanatic like me)

with colour home-made sleeve. Musically the band is still playing

grunting Death Metal with lot of cadenced and slamming tempos,

performed with good playing skills, sometimes sounding close to

olde CANNIBAL CORPSE especially in the second song “Penis

Inn” (counting skipping the intro, which is in German but

I suppose it’s cool) which has those weird guitar tricks which

were abundant in “The Bleeding”. The CD is recorded

in an OK way although not so perfectly as for a full length official

release. There are lots of twists in the songs, continuous tempo

changes, short solos, twists and sudden changes but sadly no shocking

accelerations and well, they need a little bit more of tightness

to come up to the style of relentless Death metal they seem to

be directed at. Dexterity they have to hande their instruments

but I think they still lack a sparkle of life to let the music move up. Just my 2 coins.

1 - Praise of the Almighty 2 - Dogma Condemned 3 - Catacombs 4 - 
                Nailed to Obscurity 5 - By His Own Decree 6 - The Creed of Chaotic 
                Divinity 7 - Dethroned 8 - Sacrilege of Hate 9 - Spiritual Holocaust 
                10 - Darkness by Oath 11 - Saturated in Dejection

There is definitely something to say about a release like

this. Boasted and praised even before the Cd was released, the

band was something almost everybody was waiting for holding the

breath and crossing fingers. Featuring Erik of MORBID ANGEL/RIPPING

COPRSE and the almighty Doug of SUFFOCATION fame, you couldn’t

expect but the best. Then at a gig I got a wondrous compilation

Cd by Erik itself and when I supun it on my car-system I smiled

with 87 theet. Fuck, dozens of vocals crossing in a fucking inferno

of ultra brutal fucking death metal, supreme! At the time KRISIUN,

ANGELCORPSE, DIABOLIC, CENTURIAN, were only the first names of

a probable new wave of refreshed Death Metal. But when I actually

bought the Cd something didnt exactly fit my expectations. Technically,

everything is top notch, guitarwork is impressive, even on a purely

scholastical level it’s really neat and doubtlessly intericate

and “Brutal”, the drumming is frightening and the artwork

very, very interesting… although still, the sheer fercoity of

Brazilian bands such as the aforementioned KRISIUN or ABHORRENCE

gave me the idea of being submerged by too much skill, I had the

impression of an album that had a road paved with gold ahead even

before being judged. Unlimited hours in studio, unlimited hours

of rehearsing and sound engineering, monster skills all in all

just tamed the brute force that this band could have been capable

of, just like this super-perfect production ruined the last KRISIUN

album. Now I will be submerged as well by critics becouse “I

only like demo shit sound” and stuff (Dave Rotten’s words)

but that’s my opinion on HATE ETERNAL. It’s tragically demential

that so many bands complain for ANGELCORPSE being carbon copies

of MORBID ANGEL (obviously, some ignorant faggot rant), while

it is so obvious Erik’s influence in both this band and that.

A guitarist of that skill has a clear cut, definite personality

and that’s it, HATE ETERNAL mostly remind me of a 1000 times faster

morbid angel (I bet if “Chambers of Dis” from the F

album were included in this Cd, nobody would notice). But that’s

not really a big problem at all, HATE ETRNAL really shred ass

on stage, and have in my world conquered the throne in the new

wave of Brutal Death Metal. Musically, if you don’t know them

yet, HATE ETERNAL is fast, fastest Death Metal with ultra-brilliant

production, a drumwork that could daze any MALEVOLENT CREATION

release, vocals that sound like ripped out of the throat of a

maniac, and a guitarwork so intricate mo make your hands ache

if you even think about replying it yourself. The Death Metal

included here is definitely supreme, perfect, adamantine, yet,

I’d add, “even too much” if you know what I mean…

I also tried to give a bunch of thoughts about the lyrics, some

are definitely SUFFOCATION-like in imprint, the kind of you have

to think and reason about, made up of suggestions and cryptic

hidden meanings, while the most are evolving around the topics

of blasphemy (not towards a single religion though… interesting

aspects), and the ascension of some deeper gods from the bowels

of Earth. Visions of skies turning dark, obscene demonic creatures,

spells formulated to pierce the curtain of reality perfectly fit

the ferocious music, and the name HATE ETERNAL becomes clear and

definitely chosen with care to symbolize the band’s tight imagery.

The cover artwork is also splendid, an old Flemish painting of

demons, tortured souls and flames that roar with holy rage, a

curious choice as many Flesmish artist of the past centuries were

actually heretics and used to hide their heresy in their artworks.

The only thing that doesn’t convince me fully is the choice of

the title. “Conquering the Throne”, reading a bit superficially

to the lyrics and having figured a personal perspective of this

Cd as a work of “self accomplishment” by Erik’s part,

of having succeded in forming the ultimate Death metal abnd of

his careere, I associated the things and thought the lyrics meant

something like a concept about “achieving and succeding”

against world’s strongly tied decrees, especially the catholic

ones… but then when I had a chat last year with Erik itself

much of my suppositions revealed to be unfounded… I guess I’ll

either have to re-read completely the work of either discuss a

bit more about it with him, on an interview … (hint hint)…

the one I got last year was rather confused due to my unsufficient

preparation and probably due to my horrible spelled English (

I was rather incredule when he told me he was reading lot of philosophy

and I asked him if he was into Nietzche while writing the lyrics

and he answered “never heard”.. sorry friend, I’ll try

to improve my spelling it next time AH!), so I probably will write

a long, interesting one before the release of the new album. Let’s see, one step from perfection (or one beyond… ).

Ultra crisp, ultra Brutal, now improved by the human session battery

machine Dave Culross (SUFFOCATION, MALEVOLENT CREATION… nuff

said?) GORGASM are back in full shape with their intense, crushing

Death Metal with almost grinding blasts and chunking churning

skin peeling riffs. Porn Grind I have seen they call it in the

reviews, well… could fit, although this is neither Grind nor

Gore as we European mean it (not like DEAD INFECTION at least).

Sure the vocals are damned down tuned and the lyrics deliciously

pervert, yet they’re far from the likes of DEAD, LIBIDO AIRBAG

or COCK & BALL TORTURE, ultimate purveyors of filthy sickness.

First here, is the music, the big guitar riffs are complex but

flowing, and the recording absolutely impeccable, the sound so

saturated they schunk your eardrums to cubes of bacon. Blessed

as well by a wonderful layout (both cover and booklet) this is

more of very high quality Brual Porn Death Metal, ‘mind me a good

cross between the lyrical perversion of LIVIDITY and something

more obscure, more frightening, more Death Metal. Soundwise closer

to the likes of DEPRECATED and DISGORGE (USA), I can’t really

see the reason I have been told this album was “melodic”.

Thanks god, it’s nothing like (spit) “melodic”, the

riffs are crushing, the blasts devastating, spreading like explosions

of fury in the vein of uhmm CEPHALIC CARNAGE (?)…. yet when

they maintain these supposed melodies it’s only the solos, modern

in structure yet classic to the ear… this is an album on par

with our time and age, modern and so perfectly performed it splits

the second with each beat, they’re really human chronometers.

Big, big Death Metal with some variations and definite personality.