Armando Exekutor, our Brazilian friend who walks around during the day wearing a Sodom-style Executioner mask, delivers his fifth full-length in about 25 years, filled with Blackened Speed, Thrash and Heavy Metal.
Where on one side you hear Venom and Bathory, on the other side you can easily pick up on early Helloween like ‘Walls of Jericho’ or Raven. I think as a listener you will feel the balance tilts more towards traditional Metal on ‘Culto aos Decibéis’, with the vocals being the deal-breaker or not.
This is stuff that will do great in small sweaty venues where fists go in the air, but on audio format it comes across as just above average.
