01.In the Name of the
Whisper 02. Torture Slave 03. Raped in the Casket 04. Contagious upon Us 05. Embrace the Insanity 06. Cumgoodesscum 07. Revenge over the Cross 08. Human Vulture
RECORDING LINEUP: Vítor Lopes - Vocals and Guitars Luis Barroso - Drums Nuno Ribeiro - Bass
SKINNING* -
Slaves of Insanity - 2016 -
Raising Legends Genre:
Death Black Metal
*Skinning ( the act of skin removal )
"(...) I choose you, to be my Slave,
You will realize, all my wishes
I will chain you.
In my Torture Chamber" Torture Slave - Slaves of Insanity
Are you ready for total mayhem, chaos and destruction? This is what the new SKINNING
album is all about! "Slaves of Insanity" is the new demolishing death
metal piece by this band that was forged in December 2011 in Guimarães
(Portugal). The band was formed originally by Luís
Barroso (Skinning, Daemogorgon, ex-Hacksaw, etc.) and Vítor Lopes (Skinning
and PosMortiis).
"Slaves of Insanity" is the second full length of this death metal
torturing demons, a natural step forwards from their debut "Cerebral Mutilation"
showing an improved merciless death metal machine influenced by bands such as Vader,
Krisiun, Decapitated, Morbid Angel, Deicide, etc.
The new slashing work which cover art was illustrated by Portuguese impressive
artist
Pedro - Lordigan, was produced by André Matos (Heavenwood,
Web, etc.) and mixed by Bruno Silva (Secrecy,
Sonneillon, etc.) and it is one of the
Raising Legends
label best offers for the past year of 2016!
"In the Name of the
Whisper" track which originated the twisted/sick music video by
Guilherme Henriques (Belphegor, Hideous Divinity, etc.) ignites a bloody
killing spree and there is no escape from it! Expect nothing but chainsaws
tearing flesh from bone, heavy artillery raids in a merciless death metal
massacre!
One after the other, the fast vicious tracks keep on coming, SKINNING
slaughtering sound will keep you captive to this piece of torturing art! Versatile
brutal drums, heart-slashing bass, strongly aggressive vocals and virulent
guitar-work are already a trademark sound for this young Portuguese band, making
them one of the best in their genre in their homeland!
With "Contagious upon Us",
the albums longest track with 5 minutes :) , the band slows down the killing
rate and enters an epidemic groove that contrasts with the short track frenetic
rhythm of the whole album.
"Slaves of Insanity" is in all its length a death metal torturing piece
of flesh hacking art!
SKINNING are becoming one of the best Iberian death metal expressions
this days, their sound, so brutally fast is an authentic meat-grinder of
demonical proportions! Expect no softness here, this is death metal right
in-your-face!
"Slaves of Insanity" deviant extreme music will make you hunger for the
bands future endeavours! Bestial Brutality and Aggression awaits you, I am
sure... and that is
always
something worth waiting for if you are a death metal fanatic!
Here we are to present and review the debut
album from the Portuguese death black metal hellions Skinning.
Cerebral Mutilation is a damn
brutal piece to come out from Lusitanian soils, a ferocious "in your face" piece
of extreme metal, expelling non compromised and straight forwards deviant music. A band that will
please fans of death black metal legends such as Vader, Krisium, Deicide, Morbid
Angel, HATE, Zyklon among many others! Eleven powerful tracks will pierce
your ears and make you to hunger for future endeavours of this boiling-blooded
new band that has just been unleashed upon the demanding Metal world! Skinning sure have unleashed a musical Beast that shall crush your brain with their violent death black metal demolishing art!
NeKronos Promotion HELL
Here is the Tracklist for the album:
SKINNING - "Cerebral Mutilation" - CD 2014
01. Without Glory 02. Mass Execution 03. Punishing For Spreading Lies 04. Acclaimed Blood 05. I'm Still Victorious 06. Infested Land Of Mutilated Corpses 07. Blow Me 08. Slumber Of Madness 09. Tortutred And Mutilated 10. ...In Your Face 11. Bloody Awake (Feeding The Bloodthirst) Total playing time = 40m46s
Recording Line-up:
Vítor Lopes - Vocals and Guitars Luis Barroso - Drums Baal Roi - Bass
SKINNING* -
Cerebral Mutilation - 2014 -
Raising Legends Genre:
Death Black Metal
*Skinning ( the act of skin removal )
"Another body was found, the smell of raw flesh
decomposed corpses, eaten by the worms
the blood runs through the skin, by the open cut
the approach of your misery, it's now complete(...)" Tortured
and Mutilated - Cerebral Mutilation
Skinning
is a blood-hungering band formed in December 2011 in Guimarães (Portugal)
by Luis Barroso (drums) and Vitor Lopes (vocals/guitars), with the
addition of Baal Roi on bass duties the band has formed their solid structure
and have became stronger each day, taking part of several concerts and metal fests
like SWR Barroselas. They are a strong spirited and brutal band to be followed by
fans of bands such as Vader, Krisium, Deicide, Morbid
Angel, HATE, Zyklon among many others.
Cerebral Mutilation is a demolishing as well as torturing piece of death
black metal art. Skinning sure have put "all meat in the grinder" on this
debut, in fact it's hard these days to have such coherent good quality on a
bands first album, yet, and on this case Skinning sure managed to unleash
a true musical Beast that hungers to devour your entrails without mercy!
Musically this album is a mirror image of the bands Apocalyptic Trio formed by Luis
Barroso an already well known drummer in the Portuguese underground extreme
metal scene, know for his work with bands such as Daemogorgon, Hacksaw, Koltum,
Infernal Kingdom among others, Vitor Lopes (also on PosMortiis)and Baal Roi (also on Daemogorgon). I must say that Cerebral
Mutilation is in fact a work of excellence ...from the versatile brutal
drums, towards the heart slashing bass, crossing the ever-present virulent guitar-work,
yet if that wasn't enough, the
strong aggressive vocals in a Deicide/Hate vein sure improve the
magnitude of their death black metal impact!
The album production at Studio 213 by Bruno Silva proves that the
Portuguese extreme metal production is getting better each day and capable of
producing high quality products such as Skinning debut!
Skinning are one of the best examples of Lusitanian/Iberian death black
metal and Cerebral Mutilation is a proof of that. Tracks like Without
Glory, Mass Execution, Punishing For Spreading Lies, Blow me, ...In Your Face
reveal the band at their be(a)st, with all their own blood and g(l)ory, in fact a truly delightful torture for
the listeners ears, all with the most aggressive death black metal formula!
In all, lyrically and musically, Cerebral Mutilation is a "in your face" brutal piece of death
black metal forged in the lands of Lusitania, a work not to be missed by
metal-heads with a particular taste for "Poland meets U.S." extreme metal! A
great debut for Skinning that will make you hunger for their future
endeavours, no doubt that these guys know how to make aggressive metal in it's most
extreme format, yet with the incursion of some further musical developments the
bands can probably reach some elite status... something to wait for!
MALEVOLENCE -
PORTUGAL - EXTREME PROGRESSIVE METAL
Here we are to present and review "Antithetical" the new
CD from Portuguese Extreme Metal masters Malevolence! The third and yet
the best
album of the bands career, without a doubt one of the best metal albums to come
out from Portuguese lands. A great technical and progressive piece of extreme
metal no doubt! Carlos Cariano and its team have surely achieved a
colossal piece on this musical genre! An album for adepts of bands such as
Samael, Rotting Christ, Meshuggah, Decapitated, Psycroptic, Morbid Angel, Emperor
(latest stage) among many others!
"Antithetical" sure puts Portugal back in the map of Extreme Metal
references, a great work from Malevolence, a work that shall ensure
everyone that there are allot more
quality metal bands in Portugal beside the well known Moonspell, a band
that back in time has recruited the services of Malevolence bassist
Aires! A must in every
technical/progressive death metal fan collection, a venomous work that puts the band
where it belongs!
As Mankind falls into ambiguous values, slowly slithers into the darkest pits of empty and hollow existence, a life without a true meaning.
Living without true values of worth will make you no better than a common beast!
Make your stand against human banal behaviour and make your life your own! NeKronos Promotion HELL
Here is the Tracklist for
the new CD: MALEVOLENCE - "Antithetical" - CD 2013
1. Slithering 2. Cult of the Everlasting 3. Devoured Unlimited 4.Antithetical 5. Equilibrium In Extremis 6. Exocortex Momentum 7. Mechanisms of Destructive Behavior
MALEVOLENCE - CD
- “Antithetical(*)” - 2013 -
Carbon Medien Genre:
Extreme Progressive Metal
(*)Antithethical :"Ancient Greek Etymology (1580s, from Gk.
ANTITHETIKOS) that reflects the diametrical opposition to a number of
propositions consisting in the revelation of a divergent thought. Pertaining to
ANTITHETICAL, the Anti (against) + Thesis (position), as a figure of
speech (mainly used by the authors of the Baroque period; style of the epoch
known as the art of conflict) acknowledge opposition towards the relative thesis
expressed. "
The band:
MALEVOLENCE Portuguese extreme progressive masters have unleashed their
third and best album on their careers by the title of "Antithetical". For those who don't know the band yet, here goes some short description:
The band has been created way back in 1994 by the creative individual mind of
Carlos Cariano and are currently in their nineteenth year of existence whilst
propelling ahead as a fiercely independent extreme metal act. Since their birth and
release, after release, the band has received loads of great critics from the
media and fans, the highlight was the 2nd release "Martyrialized" [1999],
an album recorded on Fredman Studios (Sweden - Dimmu Borgir, In Flames, Arch
Enemy, etc.) that allowed the band to establish themselves as one of the
best Portuguese metal acts, receiving great critics and sharing stages in and
outside Portugal with bands such as Cradle of Filth, Behemoth, Marduk,
Moonspeel, Avulsed, etc. After several years of absence and with this new
release, they will surely be brought back to their rightful place in the Extreme Metal
scene!
The new album musically: With "Antithetical" Malevolence present us a totally new and updated
formula, allot more venomous and brutal than on previous works, in all with a total "chainsaw guts-fucked" demented aura.
"Antithetical" is a great development from their previous
"full-length" album, pushing the band forwards in extreme metal. Malevolence
became a band deeply into an allot more demanding form of
metal, extreme and fast but yet progressive and technical, with it, pushing the
band-members skills and talent to their limits. The finished work sets a mark on
Portuguese metal scene as one of the best pieces of the genre to come out from
Portuguese lands, proving that there are allot more quality extreme metal bands
from Lusitanian lands beside the well known Moonspell! "Antithetical" is an album that shall please the fans of bands like
Samael, Rotting Christ, Meshuggah,
Decapitated, Psycroptic, Morbid Angel, Emperor (latest stage) among many others!
The new work is a sophisticated, complex, psycho corrosive and technically
progressive metal experience. An
ambitious third release, aiming to make a stand and set a mark into today's days Metal music.
It's hard to label the new sound of Malevolence so better enjoy it's
technical, modern, avant-garde, rebel structures, all of this in a truly demanding
piece of metal art!
The band members and album production: On "Antithetical" every band-member is pushed to it's limits,
Carlos Cariano, the bands mentor long been architecting this outstanding as
well as complex metal piece, his guitar and vocal work are at top of what has
been done on the field, the pounding bass lines by Aires Pereira (also on
Moonspell) prove that he is among the best Portuguese bass players, the Keyboard
/ Programming by Paulo Pereira as well as the additional guitar work by
Fred Noel are a perfect fit into "Antithetical" demands. Last but
not least, no one better than
Dirk Verbeuren (Soilwork, The Devin Townsend
Project, Warrel Dane,...) to fullfill the
dynamicly demanding drum work, without a doubt this album adds another tight and
brilliant performance to his outstanding
drumers career!
The production, mix and mastering of this work are another highlight, another
great work done by V. Santura (Tryptykon, Obscura, Dark Fortress,
Pestilence,...) in Landshut, Germany at Woodhouse Studio between the
14th and 23rd of March 2012. Honestly the sound couldn't get much better than it
is, a perfect match to the demanding sound that the album sure requires, elite
extreme metal sound!
The album
highlights:
"Antithetical" is a pretty organic and dynamic album where it's hard to pick
up tracks that will detach allot from each other, yet I must say that the tracks
that sure reveal Malevolence in their best shape are tracks like the
first one by the title of "Slithering", a brutally powerful track to best
introduce you to this album wicked experience, quickly followed by the "Cult of the Everlasting"
an epic nonconformist yet melodic track that keeps the intoxicating brutal
identity of the band at it's best.
Another track that will work out
your entrails with a chainsaw is "Devoured Unlimited", a damn strong
track that shall pierce your ears with such decadent malevolence. The title
track "Antithetical" is probably the best tracks of the album, an
apocalyptic hybrid track, with a very own identity, a damn epic progressive and
technical song, taking the album concept to it's limits! "Exocortex Momentum"
is another great ear-catching track, within it a great classic guitar solo is
unveiled, a pure moment of clarity in this mind corrosive album so full of
contrasts and mind-blowing musical structures!
The Epilog: In all "Antithetical" as yet the name inspires, presents itself as an
album that makes a stand against the common/usual musical banality! This rebel
dynamism as well as brutal demanding sound sure prove that Malevolence
have set a mark and stand tall on extreme metal grounds, proving that
elite extreme metal is also being played over Portuguese lands, all of this,
with the best quality venomous sound and top-skilled musicians!
A must-have album for adepts of extreme and progressive metal! One of the most
ambitious releases to come out from Lusitanian lands as well as one of the
hardest to categorize! A huge step forwards that may put Malevolence on
their rightful belonging place as a cult band in extreme metal universe!
The album artwork by KKStructures sure adds a perfect match identity and
design to all "Antithetical" conceptual ideals!
Mankind sinks into human ambiguous values, slowly we all crawl into the abyss
of a hollow existence, life becomes nothing more than a slithering passage,
fake, monochromatic.... slave or Master it's your choice! Make your stand, mark
your position and raise your values to reach out for your own life's meaning!
MALEVOLENCE COUNTRY: PORTUGAL GENRE:
EXTREME PROGRESSIVE METAL
MALEVOLENCE
ANTITHETICAL NEW ALBUM OUT NOW! [2013.11.22]
Finally the wait is over and Antithetical has been released everywhere
today!
“The path leading to this point has been long, it wasn’t easy to pass some of
life's adversities in the process, and through it 14 years flashed before our
eyes. The burden of carrying such a colossal work on our shoulders for so many
years is now gone but thinking in retrospective every single day we spent on the
process to achieve the musical work depicted on Antithetical was
extremely challenging and rewarding. Albums like this are tremendously
demanding, life consuming and sometimes extremely painful to create. On the
other hand the music is incredibly invigorating and inspiring. Love Us Or Hate
Us – Malevolence sounds like no other except for the similarities to the
minds from where it has arisen”, said Carlos Cariano.
Malevolence consists of Paulo Pereira (Keyboards & Programming),
Aires Pereira (Bass), Fred Noel (Guitars), Carlos Cariano (Vox
& Guitars) and Dirk Verbeuren (Drums).
THIRD
SINGLE FROM ANTITHETICAL PLAYING NOW! [2013.11.08]
As previously advanced the third and final single from Antithetical is
now streaming exclusively throughout the 7 media accessible down below:
Antithetical is the title track and the fourth audio movement from the new
full length album from MALEVOLENCE to be
released in November 22, 2013.
“The path leading to this point has been long, it wasn’t easy to transcend
some of life's adversities in the process, and through it 14 years flashed
before our eyes. The burden of conveying such a colossal work on our shoulders
for so many years is now gone but thinking in retrospective every single day we
spent on the process to achieve the musical work depicted on Antithetical
was extremely challenging and rewarding. Albums like this are enormously
demanding, life consuming and sometimes extremely painful to produce. On the
other hand the music is incredibly invigorating and inspiring. Love Us Or Hate
Us – Malevolence sounds like no other except for the similarities to the
minds from where everything has arisen”, said Carlos Cariano.
MALEVOLENCE
consists of Paulo Pereira (Keyboards & Programming), Aires Pereira
(Bass), Fred Noel (Guitars), Carlos Cariano (Vox & Guitars) and
Dirk Verbeuren (Drums - session).
MALEVOLENCE
BLENDS WITH CARBON MEDIEN [2013.10.11]
The wait is finally over and MALEVOLENCE fans
can rejoice onward as the band have decided to sign with the American label CARBON MEDIEN
after a very hefty period of dialogue and negotiation. CARBON MEDIEN
feels extremely proud of this achievement and the third release for the band,
will mark the very first for the label. Says CEO Derek Silver, “I have been a
fan of MALEVOLENCE since
day one and back in 2003 I even had the opportunity to meet Carlos personally in
the USA and since then we have been in touch. From the very first time I heard
their promotional work CELEBRATION OF DYSFUNCTIONAL BECOMING that I knew
in advance that they were going to publish the best material since their
inception. ANTITHETICAL took a while, but for the better, as this album
will be reckoned as one of the greatest metal albums of all time coming out of
the Portuguese territory! We, at CARBON MEDIEN are
looking for a strong cooperation on all levels and we hope our love and
dedication to the band will garner them even more recognition than the one they
already posses out here. ANTITHETICAL is a great opportunity for people
to discover great music”.ANTITHETICAL marks the third album by the
Portuguese act and it will be available globally from November, 22nd 2013
throughout the alliance of CARBON MEDIEN to
one of the largest distributors in the world associated with INTERSCOPE
RECORDS/UMG. ANTITHETICAL will be available in hundreds of online stores,
mobile services and streaming companies all over the globe. To mark the occasion
a third single from ANTITHETICAL will be released during the next weeks.
TREPANATION
of the SKULL
Portuguese extreme progressive metallers MALEVOLENCE
recently teamed up with
IDIOTEQ.COM to further talk about the imminent release of their upcoming
3rd album ANTITHETICAL. The exclusive interview discloses additional
background connected with the band since the release of their 2nd album
MARTYRIALIZED in 1999.
Karol Kaminski, editor of IDIOTEQ.COM had this to
say about the recent cooperation:
“I’m extremely proud to present my collaboration with Portugal’s legendary
extreme metal band
MALEVOLENCE! The new emotionally driven chapter of MALEVOLENCE
brings back a double dose of metal massiveness. The new charge is overwhelming,
yet astonishing with its progressiveness! This is highly recommended metal
for all the extreme worshippers out there!”
IDIOTEQ.COM is one
of the leading independent Polish web magazines and this collaboration marks the
very first interview given by MALEVOLENCE for
the Polish soil in more than a decade.
DEVOURED UNLIMITED, the brand new single from ANTITHETICAL is
playing here.
