{"id":17685,"date":"2014-01-21T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T00:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=17685"},"modified":"2014-02-27T19:47:41","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T19:47:41","slug":"album-review-lvcifyre-svn-eater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-lvcifyre-svn-eater\/","title":{"rendered":"LVCIFYRE – Svn Eater (2014) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

LVCIFYRE
\nSvn Eater<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dark Descent (2014)<\/span>
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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When I first heard the foetid rumblings of Lvcifyre, I assumed that their unholy brand of blackened death metal had been carved from the same unholy slab of molten metal as Marduk and the likes.<\/p>\n

Imagine my shock, only to discover that this quartet is based in London, England! This really is evil-sounding and fiery extreme metal taking its influences from all manner of genres, such as the Swedish death metal scene, the Norwegian black metal tribe and of course the vast, deep tracts of hell!<\/p>\n

To say that Svn Eater<\/em> is a frightening record is an understatement. It\u2019s the second platter of pain and anguish, following on from 2011\u2019s The Calling Depths<\/em> which, to be honest, I\u2019ve never heard. However, I\u2019m so glad I stumbled upon this macabre nine-track composition because these guys really are a force. From start to finish Svn Eater<\/em> is a punishing listen that sounds as if it\u2019s been recorded in a cavern full of flames and demons, such is its anguish and horror.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t really know where to start, except to say that this is very heavy, bludgeoning metal with a strong satanic lean projected forth from Satan\u2019s mouth by the waterfalls of T. Kaos\u2019 horrendous drools of death. For some nine minutes the album opener \u2018Night Sea Sorcery\u2019 maintains an ungodly stranglehold akin to the despair experienced by Gandalf as Balrog lassoed the wizard with its hellish whip.<\/p>\n

Images of burning, lapping flames are conjured as the guitars rage at pace throughout; walls are charred and flesh is scorched as the tumult echoes through the brain, hinting at the most despicable hymns of Morbid Angel before the technicality of \u2018Calicem Obscurum\u2019 reverberates through the soul like some demon desperate to come up for air through every orifice.<\/p>\n

\u2018Liber Lilith\u2019 begins with stormy ghoulish gales and then a chorus of undead anguish as the percussion slams into the skull and T. Kaos belches \u201cHag of night, Descend, descend into that vessel of cold flesh, Your sacred oil flows down the corpse\u2019s throat, Where the seal with menstrual ink remains\u201d<\/em>. This is a guttural golem of a tune that barks orders across the appalling pits of Hades; it batters with its cavernous vocals and seethes with Dictator\u2019s arrogant guitar sound. Suddenly, fellow British goblins Grave Miasma don\u2019t seem so alone in their arrogance.<\/p>\n

The title track is the soundtrack to accompany a million strong army of orcs through the fires of Mordor, such is its hostile temperature. Bones are cast out from the pit as Menthor\u2019s vicious drums collide with the bass of Cvltvs, the result being that the fires of Svn Eater<\/em> can surely get no hotter, but as the likes of \u2018Nekuomanteion\u2019, \u2018Fyre Made Flesh\u2019 and \u2018The Sinister Calling\u2019 lumber into view like serpents from the sea, I\u2019m reminded as to why us Brits can be so unpredictably brilliant when it comes to music.<\/p>\n

Lvcifyre are a truly deathly experience who take the most potent ingredients of black and death metal and mould them into a sound that is never kind on the ears, let alone the soul. I warn you not to ignore this vile piece of demonic metal, because a life without such extremity is surely one not fulfilled. Svn Eater<\/em> is gloriously evil and over-baked, but what do you expect from a band who has spent their entire career holed up in a hellish cave beneath the city of London?<\/p>\n

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

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