Invocation Of Death
Into The Labyrinth Of Chaos
GrimmDistribution/Morbid Skull Records
Invocation Of Death includes ex or current members of the band Conceived by Hate, whose album I reviewed here once. They come from El Salvador in Central America which is quite exotic place from my point of view.
This band, in this recording has prepared a good studio sound for their songs. The vocals sound death metal-barbaric, surely rough but not chaotic. A lyrical material is sung in English and Spanish. Even if I do not know that second language, from time to time, I like to hear vocalists who sing in Spanish and I think that Iosif Najarro (also on drums) nailed it pretty good and I enjoy the hell out of it.
As a person from Europe, I have more easily sensed some European musical influences that Invocation Of Death has in their music. And so, Solar Crisis has very familiar sounding riffs that you can hear on early Dismember albums. The other track - The Art Of The Deformed in the beginning sounds almost like Entombed. So, Into The Labyrinth Of Chaos has a few Swedish moments like that, but I wouldn't say that it is a Scandinavian-sounding album, most of the time it`s not. The band plays heavier in Crawling In The Dark, which is their slower track but in general, pacing of the album is faster than that song. Invocation Of Death play a death metal here that is a bit aggressive, a bit brutal, and has some melodies and a groove in the style of Brujerja. I do not think they always maintain their songs to desirable level - music not always ticks so I would know it`s perfect album for me, but surely...In each of their songs there is something from that South and Central American metal spirit that is hard to dislike if enchanted in music well, this one is, and it`s a solid death metal album with uncomplicated songs.
This band, in this recording has prepared a good studio sound for their songs. The vocals sound death metal-barbaric, surely rough but not chaotic. A lyrical material is sung in English and Spanish. Even if I do not know that second language, from time to time, I like to hear vocalists who sing in Spanish and I think that Iosif Najarro (also on drums) nailed it pretty good and I enjoy the hell out of it.
As a person from Europe, I have more easily sensed some European musical influences that Invocation Of Death has in their music. And so, Solar Crisis has very familiar sounding riffs that you can hear on early Dismember albums. The other track - The Art Of The Deformed in the beginning sounds almost like Entombed. So, Into The Labyrinth Of Chaos has a few Swedish moments like that, but I wouldn't say that it is a Scandinavian-sounding album, most of the time it`s not. The band plays heavier in Crawling In The Dark, which is their slower track but in general, pacing of the album is faster than that song. Invocation Of Death play a death metal here that is a bit aggressive, a bit brutal, and has some melodies and a groove in the style of Brujerja. I do not think they always maintain their songs to desirable level - music not always ticks so I would know it`s perfect album for me, but surely...In each of their songs there is something from that South and Central American metal spirit that is hard to dislike if enchanted in music well, this one is, and it`s a solid death metal album with uncomplicated songs.
Tracklist:
1 Embrace Of Hate
2 Letanias Del Caos
3 Solar Crisis
4 En El Altar De La Misantropia
5 Crawling In The Dark
6 The Convent
7 The Art Of The Deformed
1 Embrace Of Hate
2 Letanias Del Caos
3 Solar Crisis
4 En El Altar De La Misantropia
5 Crawling In The Dark
6 The Convent
7 The Art Of The Deformed
Review by Slawek Migacz
Added: 14.02.2020
Added: 14.02.2020