{"id":19160,"date":"2014-06-18T00:01:11","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T00:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=19160"},"modified":"2014-06-18T21:05:57","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T21:05:57","slug":"album-review-stigmhate-zodacare-od-zodameranu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-stigmhate-zodacare-od-zodameranu\/","title":{"rendered":"STIGMHATE – Zodacare Od Zodameranu (2014) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

STIGMHATE
Zodacare Od Zodameranu<\/strong><\/span>
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\nBakerteam (2014)<\/span>
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Whoa! The scary album introduction evokes images of a clan of tatty witches sat round a boiling cauldron in some dank cave, and I\u2019m already under the spell of Stigmhate\u2019s latest black metal s\u00e9ance.<\/p>\n

This poisonous quartet has been loitering around Italy\u2019s darkest corners since 1998, and Zodacare Od Zodameranu<\/em> is their fourth chapter of black magic verse. Those responsible for this grim utterance are vocalist \/ guitarist Marco, guitarist Mike, drummer Matia “Ahrin” and bassist Xerberus, who is the only chap with a name that sounds more suited to this style of unholy noise.<\/p>\n

As I said, the album kicks off with that murky, scratchy introduction which calls itself \u2018Aetherion\u2019 before we are drenched in the black blood of the rushing \u2018The Third Obsidian\u2019, which is fast, spiky black metal from beginning to end. Hidden within its black chambers is a whiff of oily melody, but above all it\u2019s an impure rattle that is extremely effective as gnarly, nasty black metal goes. Full of hate, it rambles incoherently before the mincing interlude and slower passages of brooding, all adding to the effect of this primeval black metal experience.<\/p>\n

Nothing beats a slice of vicious, seething straightforward black metal, and thank goodness it\u2019s one that goes for the throat and exudes menace and vile attitude. Vocally, it\u2019s nasty stuff as Marco strips paint with that sadistic sneer, which is accompanied at times by a deathlier growl of demonic stature. The riffs are cold but often dense and scratchy as they hurl themselves through the catacombs of morbidity and play havoc with those ominous drums and that ravenous bass, which picks the flesh from the bones like a hungry scavenger.<\/p>\n

\u2018Ave Averno In Genesi Nema\u2019 is another cesspit of extremity; the vocals are a tad more decipherable, but it\u2019s all delivered with so much malice that even the melodic guitar strains become strangled amidst the encroaching thorns and tearing tentacles of horror.<\/p>\n

This album just races and rages with such satanic aplomb that one cannot help but worship such a formidable beast and take each and every punch and jab with joy. The commanding \u2018Mistress Of Bone\u2019s Mounds\u2019 has an oozing quality, mixing a scary vocal assault with slower segments of mystery and demonic insanity before once again the black winds of torment rush through the valleys at speed. It\u2019s all so convincing that I want to bestow deathlier names to Marco, Mike and Matia, such is their hostility towards the gleams of light that threaten them from heaven.<\/p>\n

\u2018Pleroma Apocrifa Mistica\u2019 is absolutely crushing as it crawls from its dungeon; combing death metal potency with that typical black metal nastiness, it\u2019s a track of epic proportions, but then again there are 12 monsters of darkness to contend with on this leather-clad platter.<\/p>\n

The bitterness of \u2018Adamas Ater\u2019 makes the track a hard one to swallow, while \u2018Radiant Darkness\u2019 is a gargantuan slab of deathly black metal boasting a killer drum clank and those guttural coughs. \u2018Feralis Exercitus\u2019 is just a straight up slice of aggressive, black metal melody wrapped up in chilly, dissonant guitars and an avalanche of drums, and all light is finally snuffed out via the icy gusts of \u2018Abraxas\u2019.<\/p>\n

And then we are done… on our knees, scraping through the darkness and kneeling at this stained altar we call Stigmhate. We are at one with the vicious and proud to be such disciples.<\/p>\n

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

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