Catacomb Ventures – May Onslaught Edition

After a lengthy absence, Sepulcrustacean returns with 10 obscurities old and new. Crazer (Russia) Oderint Dum Metuant 2001 | Fatal Forum I’ll be the first to criticize the melodic death subgenre and other attempts at making “extreme” takes on classic metal practices. Most of these reheat their ’80s inspirations into a tepid mush devoid of their passion and idiosyncrasy. Usually this is solved by hewing closer to genuine extremity but in a few select cases the divide can become the strength. Crazer are even more overt about their semi-power metal elements than the Gothenslop of the ’90s, hook-heavy songs and … Continue reading Catacomb Ventures – May Onslaught Edition