Deception / Demonic Slaughter – Split (2012)

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Perfectly packed in a glossy digipack, today we have Deception and Demonic Slaughter’s split release out on Hellthrasher Productions. With both bands hailing from Poland, this 20 minute split has the feeling of a 7” release, but on an upgraded presentation. With Deception delivering three tracks of foul Death Metal, and Demonic Slaughter providing some raw Black Metal into the mix, this split release has a little for everybody.

With apparently everything being recorded in 2011, Deception does a great job at re-creating that lo-fi sound of the past and delivers some very crushing tracks that sound raw and old-school. Opening with “Zatracenie”, the band vibe similar to early Sepultura and such, this evolves a bit for the second track “Narodziny początkiem umierania” with a more ‘melodic’ sound and less aggressive vocals. The cover of Bathory’s “Rites of Darkness” is pretty standard and well executed, but also sounds very different from the first two songs, indicating that the band didn’t really make it their own.

Raw BM riffs and intense drumming are the foundations of Demonic Slaughter as they immediately announce their arrival to this release. The best part about “Hooded Reaper” is the super creepy chant-like vocals that contrast the harsh screams. The dense wall of distortion keeps flowing with the crushing “Continuous Self-Destruction” a very linear BM track with intense guitar work, and demonic vocals. The drumming is mixed a bit high, and gives the impression that it is exactly the same as for the band’s previous track, but clearly this is just a weird sound effect.

Having a very cool raw vibe around this, this split album feels like an old-school 7” release that we didn’t had to dust off or record player. Showcasing these two underground Polish bands is the best function of this CD, and with the five songs presented on this release we think they do a good job. If you like old-school sounding Death and Black Metal bands, this split release will be of your interest.

Band: Deception / Demonic Slaughter Album: Split
Label: Hellthrasher Productions

Release: August 1st, 2012

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Genre: Death Metal / Black Metal

Country: Poland

Rating: 85/100
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