PATRIA - Nihil Est Monastica Digi-CD

This being a Brazilian band, one would have a certain idea about what he's going to find. When we talk about Brazilian extreme metal, the first that comes to mind is the rawer version of the style, because we're talking about the country that gave birth to groups like Sarcófago, Mystifier, Goatpenis and Vulcano, among other bands that challenge the limits this kind of sound can reach. That's why Patria ended up surprising me so much, because they manage to break out from the mold. Even if their image, with full blown corpsepaint and lyrics where the themes of darkness and death are the primary subjects, are close to the black metal tradition, in their music Patria is a band that doesn't fear going against the black metal standard.