DeathSlaughter – Through the Valley of the Sodomites Review: A Brazilian Solo Artist playing Black/Thrash/Speed Metal with Doom influences. On August 3rd, 2022, DeathSlaüghter released his second studio album, Passing Through the Valley of the Sodomites, which would gratify fans of Deathcharge (Brazil) and Whipstriker (Brazil). The album was released through Cianeto Discos.
DeathSlaughter – Through the Valley of the Sodomites Review opens and discusses the FIRST SIN: THE STRINGS/KEYS, which comprise various riffage/shredding and tremolo pickings possessed by warm melodies, raw bass riffs and additional keyboard sections.
Let’s talk about the SECOND SIN: THE VOCALS, which involves the possession of grim, guttural growls to ghoulish snarls/screams.
Moving on to the THIRD SIN: THE PERCUSSIONS, which delves into the vast world of keeping at mid-paced, maintaining marches & gallops of rhythm over sustained blast beats
In our following discussion about the band’s musical work, we will focus on the FOURTH SIN, the overall DISCUSSION of the album. So as the listener presses that play button, where one is welcome to the opening self-title piece, PASSING THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SODOMITES, where one is welcome to a spoken audio clip and a welcome to raw-heavy-doom riffage -following suit with a pick-up of the speed of the guitars, heavy drum strikes, and blast-beats and blackened vocals.
As one continues their journey with the second track, KARTERIA, and the last five remaining pieces – where the listener is taken on this occultism and mysticism journey.
As one passes through the valley, the listener will find that the seven pieces differ in atmosphere/sound, instrumentation, tone/mood. At the same time, the rest of the music is arranged/composed of using Regional elements, such as authentic-old-school/90s frigid Norwegian atmosphere and the forests of the north black metal, the warm-melodic/sun-dappled mystical atmosphere and the epic/folkish and magical/occultism of Hellenic/Greek black metal (where the bands lyrics focus on war, occultism and mysticism), or long Epicus of doom/heavy metal, and the raw and unpleasant evil-atmosphere feel blackened thrash and some speed metal of South American.
PDEATHSLAÜGHTER creates this compelling, magical, energetic, powerful, epic, and unique formula of extreme music—all brewed in a mystical cauldron—that will make one come back again and again.
DEATHSLAÜGHTER is a dark and epic-entertaining (full of creativity and compelling) release. One will find different moments within the songs/music (mentioned before) – provide and deliver something unique to the extreme metal table while combining the regional elements/influences discussed above.
Yes — DEATHSLAÜGHTER‘s music is grim and dark -but also magical, epic and enchanting at the same time — one will also find various compositions/characteristics are convenient to place at the right moment, which consists of the fruit of art devilmanship utilises various magical instrumentation consisting of moments where the guitar is switched between heavy/doom like passages, raw-punkish, short barb-ware thrashy solos and blackened tremolo pickings/soaring speed-ridding fret-board shredding/virtuoso possessed by warm melodies and raw bass riffage. DEATHSLAÜGHTER‘s drum work comprises various tempos/moods, rhythms and blast beats.
Keyboards are added to give that epic feel and atmosphere -giving that extra heaviness, or sometimes one will find the keys can possess the sensation vibe of -Esque EPICUS DOOMICUS METALLICUS atmosphere of CANDLEMASS keys or jumping back to this epic 70’s DEEP PURPLE/late-JOHN LORD/ELP” epic-keyboard solos. COUNT DEMÖNLUST vocals consist of dark and grim screams with additional spoken words/incantation and narration passages, all topped with further elements and influences of Occult.
DEATHSLAÜGHTER‘s music will hit you on the head with surprising and unexpected moments within each song. I found that headphones capture that extra depth in each narration passage. While the music is raw and rich and possessed by production and sound, which sounds like it was recording an abandoned occultist temple -it gives it that genuine feeling of a raw/old-school atmosphere.
This is a must for any black, doom, thrash, speed metal fan -who also likes epic and deep purple keyboard work in their music – not to be missed!
I wanted to share our thoughts and MEMORABILIA on the FIFTH SIN. DEATHSLAÜGHTER‘s music is different and not what I expected; I was expecting a regular blackened thrash metal act and music, but this magical and entertaining extreme music possessed me from the moment of the play. The artist’s devilmanship, from the guitar virtuosos playing, the drum/keyboard/bass and vocals work –but the capturing of various religious elements/influences in the music.
Let’s discuss the ARTWORK of the SIXTH SIN. The artwork captures the warm atmosphere of Hellenic/Greek black metal and the album’s lyrical concept.
Finally, the review will close with the last sin, the SEVENTH SIN, the DISRELISH. Since there is nothing to disrelish within the musical world of DEATHSLAÜGHTER. This concludes the DeathSlaughter – Through the Valley of the Sodomites Review.
Passing Through The Valley Of The Sodomites Song-listing:
- Passing Through the Valley of the Sodomites
- Karteria
- Bestiality
- Serpent That Becomes the Dragon
- For the Glory of Roma and Sparta
- Receptacle
- My Descendants Will Kill Yours
DeathSlaüghter Members:
- Count Demönlust (guitar, bass, vocals)
- Truesodomizer (leads & keyboard)
- Rudimentary Light (drumming evocations)
