Sammath

Sammath – Grebbeberg Review

Sammath – Grebbeberg Review

By Maddog on June 27, 2023 in Reviews, Black Metal, Death Metal, 8 comments

“Sammath’s style isn’t my usual cup of tea, but Godless Arrogance still wowed me nearly a decade ago. Avoiding any pretense of variety, the Netherlands’ Sammath played war metal in the truest sense. Monotony can be hit-or-miss, but Sammath made it work through the emotive power of their music. Godless Arrogance both sounded and felt like being in the trenches during a losing battle. Its successor Across the Rhine Is Only Death shattered the underpaid Score Safety Counter in 2019, leaving me with high expectations for 2023’s follow-up Grebbeberg.” Back to the front!

Sicarius – God of Dead Roots Review

Sicarius – God of Dead Roots Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on March 10, 2020 in 2020, American Metal, Black Metal, M-Theory Audio, Reviews, Black Metal, 5 comments

“When we last saw Californian black metal band Sicarius, they were receiving high praise from yours truly for their outstanding debut Serenade of Slitting Throats. I returned to Serenade so its follow-up God of Dead Roots can be put in proper context for this review. This was beneficial, as the differences were in little things – at face value, God of Dead Roots certainly sounds like Sicarius, and Mick Kenney finds himself back behind the boards.” Roots and replanting.

Sammath – Across the Rhine Is Only Death Review

Sammath – Across the Rhine Is Only Death Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on October 16, 2019 in 2019, Black Metal, Dutch Metal, Hammerheart Records, Reviews, Black Metal, Death Metal, 44 comments

“We see a lot expressed in a painting of shoes. Another artist could paint the shoes and using the same subject express a wholly different outlook. Metal has this habit with war⁠—myriad bands contemplate it and find wildly different elements to paint their sonic portrait, their own vision of the peasant shoes. Sammath sees war in an unforgiving light. Their death-tinged black metal sees war⁠—specifically World War II⁠—as human folly writ large, a senseless mess of faceless killing, death, and destruction with no real resolution.” The true face of war.

Slaughtbbath – Alchemical Warfare Review

Slaughtbbath – Alchemical Warfare Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on September 17, 2019 in 2019, Black Metal, Chilean Metal, Hells Headbangers Records, Reviews, Black Metal, 20 comments

“Time to draw ourselves a Slaughtbbath, folks. What bathing in slaughtb feels like is known to those who heard 2013’s Hail to Fire, the predecessor of Alchemical Warfare and Slaughtbbath’s debut. I took a Slaughtbbath many times via Hail to Fire, which is the least important qualification I possess to review that record’s successor. My most important qualification? Look at my pen name, and then look at the title of this record; Slaughtbbath and I share an enjoyment of gratuitous Slayer puns.” Rub-a-drub-drub.