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A new review section: Buried by Time And Dust

We added a new review section, coincidentally another Mayhem reference following 'The Past is Alive', with the title 'Buried by Time and Dust'. Over the years, a lot of promos have been gathering dust simply because a fresh wave of promos arrived the following month and they were consigned to oblivion. We will review them here to make a clear distinction with our other reviews. We will also use it to complete a discography in terms of reviews. Feel free to contact us if you would like to submit your music or would like to join the staff.

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Having been quite impressed by the ‘Crescendos Of Ululation’ demo-tape from earlier this year, I now throw myself at this 1-track promo, simply christened ‘Promo MMXXII’. This promo was released in an undisclosed number of copies and can be obtained via the contact form on Daemoniac Ecstasy’s Bandcamp-page.

This sole track on the tape, ‘Blasphemous Abnormality’, is a lot rougher and rawer in nature compared to the material on ‘Crescendos Of Ululation’, leaning more towards somewhat Raw Lo-Fi Black Metal. What made the first demo so special was the eclectic use of keyboards/piano pieces, which formed a mesmerizing contrast against the raw Black Metal riffs. That well-crafted contrast is again put into play by C.H. (Coryn H. Wood), the musician behind this act. However, the much rougher sound of the guitar and also the somewhat more primitive riffs now provide an even clearer and bigger contrast. The result is an excellently exciting and fantasy-driven song that ends in a one-and-a-half-minute Dungeon Synth-like soundscape. Again: highly recommended.