REVIEW: KERASPHORUS ''Cloven Hoofs at the Holocaust Dawn''

TRACKLIST:

1.The Abyssal Sanhedrin
2.Aosoth Paradigm
3.Disturb the Forethest Stars
4.Swarm Intelligentsia

TRACK BY TRACK ANALYSIS

1. '' The Abyssal Sanhedrin''

A mid-tempo and strongly immersive Satyricon-type of intro embraces us and takes us into much of a delicious chaos of purely dark and hypnotizing black metal complexity.I rarely come across modern black metal bands that excel in the art of crafting lenghty songs that keep your attention from beginning to end,and what we have here is a prime example of an incredibly spot-on delivery that will pummel your brain into dust from the very first second to the last.Amazing start to quite a promising journey.

2. ''Aosoth Paradigm''

I am quite highly impressed with the technicality and the creativity of the songwriting on display here.This is organized chaos,which not every musician can pretend they know something about.This is a wall-to-wall,mind-blowing,and may I add addictively dizzying descent into the dephts of positively deranged and delectable evil.This song has many hooks and phases,while retaining a very clear pattern which emphasizes the band's talent at writing a solid main riff.The rythmic section is yet again very hypnotic and pleasantly sadistic,while retaining a very obvious sense of melody,never losing aim of the direction it's clearly going in (as opposed to some guitar work I have heard on other black metal works that were quite blatantly directionless,fill-in-the-blanks type-riffage).I must give my kudos the the infatiguable drummer who holds his end of the deal with inhuman ferocity.

3. ''Disturb the Forethest Stars''

What we have here is the peak of Kerasphorus' knife-sharp flair for the most malevolent,vicious and memorable guitar melodies you'll ever want to hear within such a violent cut.The ensemble of this band's craft being primarily defined by technicality and wisely calculated brutality,it is absolutely thrilling to find out that the emphasis on the importance of the melodies is still one of the key elements of the charisma of tracks such as this one.The rythmic section on-display within the chorus is one that will remain etched upon your brain and will keep you throwing this track on Repeat mode for hours,making you feel revitalized.What we have in between these choruses is yet again a perfect slab of technical black metal that will totally take you into a new dimension of your mind.

4. ''Swarm Intelligentsia''

The clever alternance between blindingly intense moments of apeshit violence and the catchy mid-tempo passages automatically makes this one track quite accessible,while remaining absolutely spot-on to the purists.To get more visual,I would call this Anaal Nathrakh meets Satyricon,both influences being blended together into song phases colliding quicker than the speed of light to form a sonic ensemble that repeatedly stabs you in the chest,leaving you begging for more as it comes to an end.

RATING: 9/10 It's been quite a while I haven't heard a novice black metal band come up with an EP that makes such a lasting impression.Each and every track is a no-frills,no-bullshit business that puts on display a stunning talent at technical songwriting.Everything a respectable black metal fan wants to hear is present in very rich doses within every cut.I'm going to come back to this EP a few times a week,since my body now needs its daily fix.

-Noch