DEVIL LEE ROT - Metalizer LP (Black Vinyl)

Black Vinyl - Limited to 500 copies , comes with LP sized Inlay.

This is the fourth full-length release from Devil Lee Rot, a Swedish band that plays blackened Heavy Metal with NWOBHM influences. This is a side band of Thomas Karlsson, the frontman from Autopsy Torment and Pagan Rites.

Devil Lee Rot may be the ultimate example of what-you-see-is-what-you-get metal. This band exists only to invoke the first wave of Satanic heavy metal bands, from the denim and leather lyrics to the solos that you won't be able to get out of your head. Comparison points are many and obvious (Venom, early Bathory, Angel Witch), but Devil Lee Rot puts them together with more than enough originality.

Most of this is due to the songwriting, which is truly top-notch. I'm not exaggerating when I say that these songs are unforgettable. Listen to "Pirates of Hell" or "In Hell Where Sinners Burn" just once, and you'll be muttering the chorus and humming the solos for weeks afterwards. Some of the songs on DLR's older albums are a bit self-indulgent, but the new and re-recorded songs here are lean and tight, making this an endlessly replayable album.