Guerra Total
War Is The Pursuit Of Death: A Hymnal For The Misanthrope
Satanath Records/Iron, Blood & Death Corp.
Guerra Total –meaning Total War, is a Colombian band that has released nearly ten studio albums since 2008, and I even do not count compilations, splits and Ep`s that they already have. Seems that they keep recording every music ideas that are there, in their mind, to not get waste any of the music...
This 2020 album - War Is the Pursuit of Death: A Hymnal for the Misanthrope has few metal faces. First and foremost it`s blackened death metal album (example of such very style is a song Holomodor (La Muerte Roja). Tracks are usually played fast (Black Horror Kommando II (Sinfonía Del Odio)), very fast (Ancient Hymns To The Goddess Of War (Inanna) - guitar solo here is in the vein of Bathory.., or they play a bit slower than that (Tapias De Pilatos) . Songs have spots where the band`s music is furious black metal, and Guerra Total throws a few guitar harmonies into the songs here and there - Uranium-235 (Trinity). There are also fragments where they sound a bit more death metal, but not like classical death metal. Drumming is very tight – you can hear many blasting beats, massive kick drums, and a drummer who often “rolls” on drums hellishly. General construction of songs is based on melodic but aggressive black metal shreds or solos (lead guitar) - not really catchy, and on sinister death metal riffs (rhythm guitar), like in song Ethnocide (World Cenotaph). Vocals usually sound rough, brutal and just ordinary - very black/death metal style of singing (with small exception when it`s not...). They play songs on the album very spontaneously, wild and fierce. I like the idea of Spanish and English vocals in music as well. My first impression, or a guess, after the album has stopped to play, was that the band comes from Central America, which I know now is false...
This album has two other songs that Guerra Total plays very differently from other tracks. Song called Himnos Rituales De Guerra Y Total Devastación is in style of speed/thrash metal, very energetic and aggressive riffs sound like early Destruction mixed with harsh blackened death metal. Last song, which is Whisky Bitch is an archaic, old school thrash that involves some famous jazzy/bluessy tunes (not originating from metal) that sound very familiar to my ears, I just can`t recall right now where I heard it before... It`s pretty cool, rock`n`roll song anyway, with thrashier vocals and melodic chorus.
This 2020 album - War Is the Pursuit of Death: A Hymnal for the Misanthrope has few metal faces. First and foremost it`s blackened death metal album (example of such very style is a song Holomodor (La Muerte Roja). Tracks are usually played fast (Black Horror Kommando II (Sinfonía Del Odio)), very fast (Ancient Hymns To The Goddess Of War (Inanna) - guitar solo here is in the vein of Bathory.., or they play a bit slower than that (Tapias De Pilatos) . Songs have spots where the band`s music is furious black metal, and Guerra Total throws a few guitar harmonies into the songs here and there - Uranium-235 (Trinity). There are also fragments where they sound a bit more death metal, but not like classical death metal. Drumming is very tight – you can hear many blasting beats, massive kick drums, and a drummer who often “rolls” on drums hellishly. General construction of songs is based on melodic but aggressive black metal shreds or solos (lead guitar) - not really catchy, and on sinister death metal riffs (rhythm guitar), like in song Ethnocide (World Cenotaph). Vocals usually sound rough, brutal and just ordinary - very black/death metal style of singing (with small exception when it`s not...). They play songs on the album very spontaneously, wild and fierce. I like the idea of Spanish and English vocals in music as well. My first impression, or a guess, after the album has stopped to play, was that the band comes from Central America, which I know now is false...
This album has two other songs that Guerra Total plays very differently from other tracks. Song called Himnos Rituales De Guerra Y Total Devastación is in style of speed/thrash metal, very energetic and aggressive riffs sound like early Destruction mixed with harsh blackened death metal. Last song, which is Whisky Bitch is an archaic, old school thrash that involves some famous jazzy/bluessy tunes (not originating from metal) that sound very familiar to my ears, I just can`t recall right now where I heard it before... It`s pretty cool, rock`n`roll song anyway, with thrashier vocals and melodic chorus.
Tracklist:
1 Ancient Hymns To The Goddess Of War (Inanna)
2 Battle Of Ypres (Song For My Funeral)
3 Black Horror Kommando II (Sinfonía Del Odio)
4 Ethnocide (World Cenotaph)
5 Himnos Rituales De Guerra Y Total Devastación
6 Holomodor (La Muerte Roja)
7 Tapias De Pilatos
8 Uranium-235 (Trinity)
9 Whisky Bitch
1 Ancient Hymns To The Goddess Of War (Inanna)
2 Battle Of Ypres (Song For My Funeral)
3 Black Horror Kommando II (Sinfonía Del Odio)
4 Ethnocide (World Cenotaph)
5 Himnos Rituales De Guerra Y Total Devastación
6 Holomodor (La Muerte Roja)
7 Tapias De Pilatos
8 Uranium-235 (Trinity)
9 Whisky Bitch
Review by Slawek Migacz
Added: 08.10.2020
Added: 08.10.2020