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/:: Artist :: Satanic Assault Division ::\
:: Album :: Kill the Cross ::
:: Year :: 2015 ::
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:: . Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Satanath Records R.date :: 12.01.2016 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: SAT106 Size :: 112,4 MB __::_
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. Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo .
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:: 01. Destroying the Temple of God 02:38 ::
:: 02. Beast 04:16 ::
:: 03. Defiled by Abalam 03:23 ::
:: 04. Kill the Cross 03:46 ::
:: 05. Atomic Holocaust 04:36 ::
:: 06. Pleasures of the Flesh 05:02 ::
:: 07. Bar Kokhba 04:26 ::
:: 08. Evangelical Epidemic 04:49 ::
:: 09. Satanic Purification 02:27 ::
:: 10. Religious Cunts 03:26 ::
:: 11. Proselytized 03:46 ::
:: 12. Deus Vult 03:46 ::
:: 13. Rays of Poison 05:45 ::
:: 14. Once A Whore (the Murder Junkies Cover) 03:37 ::
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:: Catchy black metal is very much the order of the night ::
:: here, and what a killer record Danish combo Satanic Assault ::
:: Division has puked up. Kill The Cross comes two years after ::
:: the bandÆs 2013 debut March To Victory and itÆs an opus ::
:: which should please anyone who likes their black metal ::
:: evil, gnarly and above all accessible. ::
:: ::
:: Considering these guys have only been in existence for ::
:: three years IÆve been extremely impressed by their ::
:: releases, and Kill The Cross is the sort of opus that ::
:: should get tongues wagging and heads turning û as well as ::
:: banging û within the extreme metal field. ::
:: ::
:: What I love about this record is the thick sound; the riffs ::
:: are weighty and nasty and complement the hideous vocal ::
:: burps and yaps of coven leader Thomas Haxen. This isnÆt bog ::
:: standard infectious black metal however; you only have to ::
:: slap on the title track to appreciate the punky as well as ::
:: black ÆnÆ roll quality this bunch has to offer. ::
:: ::
:: The riffs are so meaty that their talons dig in so deep ::
:: immediately that youÆll find no escape from this stuffy ::
:: mini-masterpiece. Somehow, Satanic Assault Division ::
:: successfully fuses an almost traditional metal sludge ::
:: hinting at old Hellhammer and the likes, with that early ::
:: 90s Scandinavian blackness. The band lurches into faster, ::
:: more despicable passages where the vocals are black metal ::
:: rasps in the truest form, but when the band slows to a ::
:: brooding, thunderous pace, the voice becomes harsher and ::
:: deeper, and yet thereÆs just so much going on here that I ::
:: would never have placed the bandÆs origins in Denmark, and ::
:: thatÆs no disrespect to that country. ::
:: ::
:: Satanic Assault Division sounds like such a well-oiled ::
:: machine that any suggestion of the guys being new to the ::
:: scene would be absurd as they crash through such hideous ::
:: anthems as the hurtling æDefiled By AbalamÆ with its hectic ::
:: drum rushes and hasty guitar seething, while æPleasures Of ::
:: The FleshÆ and the superb æRays Of PoisonÆ toy with those ::
:: gloomier, sombre slower parts while again injecting pace ::
:: where necessary. æAtomic HolocaustÆ, æEvangelical EpidemicÆ ::
:: and æReligious CuntsÆ are all viciously wicked and ::
:: blasphemous and remain separated from the mediocre by way ::
:: of steering from the expected black metal nuances, and ::
:: instead punctuating those vile clouds of evil with doomier ::
:: trudges. ::
:: ::
:: In a sense, the vocals are at times reminiscent of Deicide ::
:: at their most muffled and ungodly when dealing with the ::
:: deathlier antics, but when the combo speeds up we are truly ::
:: nailed by some high quality black metal cacophony and yet ::
:: always dense within its riffage, bass and percussion. ::
:: ::
:: At times there are hints of Impaled Nazarene, but because ::
:: Satanic Assault Division rarely sticks to one path thereÆs ::
:: no real feeling of predictability; the band more than happy ::
:: to one moment scrape the ears with a deadly dose of ::
:: seething black metal speed, but the next dragging you into ::
:: its infernal depths with a more traditional trudge of ::
:: blackness. ::
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