{"id":102398,"date":"2024-02-02T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T00:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=102398"},"modified":"2024-02-16T12:29:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T12:29:37","slug":"album-review-morghuul-domination-of-the-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-morghuul-domination-of-the-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00d6RGHUUL – Domination Of The Beast (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

M\u00d6RGHUUL
Domination Of The Beast<\/strong><\/span>
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\nDoomentia (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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With its sloppy 80s styled artwork, Domination Of The Beast<\/em> is the work of Czechian extreme metallers M\u00f6rghuul. These guys play a black, leathery brand of speed metal that wouldn\u2019t have been amiss on the underground South American scene decades ago.<\/p>\n

With snaking guitar work that cracks like a whip, this album should be given credit for its slickness even with its attempts to sound raw and blasphemous. The record comes in at under 30 minutes so it\u2019s all delivered in a quite tight and precise manner and is far from being the cheesy platter I was expecting, even with track titles like \u2018Crushing The Holy Scum\u2019, \u2018Sl\u00fct Queen\u2019 and, worst of all, \u2018Mefismoshfeles\u2019.<\/p>\n

After a rather doomy intro the band launches into \u2018Crypts Of Thrashing Torment\u2019 which is a fizzing black n\u2019 roll composition of total speed and some rather high n\u2019 harsh vocal snaps courtesy of Mat\u011bj Kunc. The yelps are an acquired taste but suit the mayhemic vim that ensues. Think of early Slayer<\/a>, vintage Kreator, old Sodom and Destruction<\/a>; the sort of sleek and pinching dynamics that squeak like Kerry King\u2019s leather trousers circa 1983.<\/p>\n

\u2018Crypts Of Thrashing Torment\u2019 is a big favourite due to its catchy introductory melody, and Kunc seems to add an extra ark to his tone, but for me the real star of the show is axe man Victor He\u017ea who truly sizzles with blackened majesty throughout. His style is certainly based on old school mechanics, but there\u2019s such a sinister squirming to his playing, particularly on \u2018Priesthunt\u2019 and another favourite of mine \u2018Omen\u2019 with its brilliant mid-tempo glint.<\/p>\n

What could easily have been a generic satanic romp turns out to be one of my favourite releases of the year so far; an unholy whirligig of an outing that\u2019s the musical equivalent to having Lucifer himself let off a firework in your face while the flames of Hades scorch your arse. Play this alongside any Hellcrash record and be double teamed into submission.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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