
NECRODEATH - The Age Of Dead Christ LP (Black Vinyl)
Gatefold laminated sleeve. Comes with an insert.
Crossing the seven deadly sins with the previous instalment, the band now concentrate on the polemics regarding godly resurrections, and how viable they are in our uncertain virus-ridden reality. Well, when the album reviewed here came out, the corona plague wasn’t even on conspiratory papers yet, but it was really great to hear the Italian veteranos kicking on all fours with vitality to spare.
Yep, no kidding, this is their most vehement exposition since the 2006 outing “100% Hell”, a classic thrash effort full to the brim with fervor and malice, despite the hefty doomy/gothic aspirations of the closing title-track. No, those simply can’t ma(t)ter here, what with some of the most brutal material the guys have put their signatures under provided earlier in the form of “The Return of the Undead” and “The Crypt of Nyarlathotep”, two no-bars-held necro... sorry, proto-death lashers capable of shattering walls of crypts and tombs with ease. Diversification insertions are, needless to add, provided, ever since “Draculea” (2007) the band seem to find more space for those, but their presence only enhances the fervent proceedings, with both the spacey progressiver “The Kings of Rome” and the minimalistic quasi-doomster “The Triumph of Pain” nicely fitting into the hyper-active melee, the expansion process also adding the excellent technical psychedelic shredder “The Order of Baphomet” to the foray, which tussles with the more ambitious complex, also more melodic, musings on “The Revenge of the Witches” for the highlight. More witches’ tales spread around with “The Witches of Salem” as well, a nice varied proposition which manages to combine the dominant all-out thrash assault with alluring atmospheric antitheses.