Likblek
S/T
Daemon Worship Productions 2010
Raw,
uncompromising, relentless, demonic are all words that describe the ferocious
debut album from Swedish black metal hellbeast, Likblek. A sonic explosion
of harsh, hypnotic and repetitive riffing caught somewhere between VON and
Transilvanian Hunger era Darkthrone is what confronts us on album opener, It
Emerges. Slowing the pace down a bit for a more Burzum-ish feel is Cold
Dead Hands. The track is driven by a simplistic yet evocative bass line.
The track a drips dank and dirty atmosphere. However Organs of Doom is
slightly thrashier in texture and definitely more energetic. Primitive
sawing riffs that compel a force of rage upon the listener's countenance.
Leperkiss is a stripped-down, straight-ahead assault of no-frills black metal
that is relentless in its monotony. The song does a 180 degree turn as it
drops into some clean guitar musings imbuing the track with a musty mood.
The case is not the same with Deathgod Serpent whose brutal visage brings to
mind early Mayhem before taking on a Burzum-ish melody. This Hell is Ours
is frothing with blasting drums but its middles section throbs with a black n'
roll thickness in the riffs. Likblek has delivered a violent stabbing
frenzy of primitive black metal, soaked with subterranean decay. Aside
from Cold Dead Hands and the crawling funeral march of Graveyard Blasphemers,
this album is played at an exhausting pace that batters your ears but mesmerizes
your soul before sacrificing it to abyssic gods.