Long a paragon of that particular brand of gnarly black/death for which Australia first made its name in extreme metal circles, DESTRUKTOR released their debut EP, Brutal Desecration, some five years after forming. Nevertheless, its release in 2002 - as a 7" on the late/great Decius label - signified and solidified a sea change in the underground: while so many were still fixated on running-on-fumes Scandinavian tropes, there were a handful of ruffians & outlaws Down Under doing the Devil's work, drawing equal inspiration from Blasphemy, old Teutonic thrash, and early South American madness - and, of course, homeland hooligans Bestial Warlust. Thus is Brutal Desecration a perfect, poignant snapshot of a moment in time both for band and subgenre - ripping, roiling, muscular, malevolent, neither strictly black nor death nor thrash - featuring bestial session drums from ABOMINATOR / CEMETERY URN's Chris Volcano. And while DESTRUKTOR would start to streamline with 2004's Nuclear Storm EP for a then-young HELLS HEADBANGERS, Brutal Desecration accomplished its title and then some, serving as a rough & raw foundation for Glenn Destruktor and crew to later perfect their barbaric onslaught.
Out of print for over 20 years, Brutal Desecration at LONG last sees a timely reissue, featuring an exclusive era-relevant bonus track and now pressed on a one-side 12" with a silkscreened B-side. DESTRUKTOR will be soon releasing their equally-long-overdue comeback album, Indomitable, so take a trip back to unsafe spaces with this reissue of Brutal Desecration!
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I came accross Black Curse, and their first demo, on Greg Biehl / No Gleaming Light YT channel in late 2019 and a bit later, in 2020, as it was covid, a whole lot of time was spent at home listening to music.
In April 2020, I took a slap in my face. The songs that were already on the demo, with the new production here were so insane, it dragged me to hell. Black Curse is definitely one of the most violent band I listened in the last years. Next-level Black-Death metal for sure ! drs_dramm
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