{"id":93819,"date":"2022-06-01T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T23:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=93819"},"modified":"2022-06-10T14:31:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T13:31:07","slug":"ep-review-crucifier-say-your-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/ep-review-crucifier-say-your-prayers\/","title":{"rendered":"CRUCIFIER – Say Your Prayers EP (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

CRUCIFIER
Say Your Prayers EP<\/strong><\/span>
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\nIron Bonehead Productions (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s hard to believe that a band which first formed in 1990 wouldn\u2019t release its debut full-length album until 13 years later, but that\u2019s exactly what happened with cult Pennsylvanian black \/ death metal act Crucifier.<\/p>\n

Vocalist \/ drummer Cazz Grant remains the sole original member of Crucifier, a formidable quartet which four years ago issued its second full-length opus, Thy Sulfur Throne On High<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Now we have a new EP boasting five tracks, culminating in a cover rendition of Carnivore\u2019s \u2018Jesus Hitler\u2019. Opening composition \u2018My Soul To Take\u2019 comes complete with creepy intro before launching into a blitzkrieg of speed, which then in turn triggers a cavernous vocal approach from the depths of the chest cavity. Immediately the leads of Spencer Murphy crazily pave their way through the blazing wall of evil. Crucifier remains a fearsome, formidable and at times unorthodox expression bathed in primitive aura.<\/p>\n

\u2018Foul Deeds Will Rise\u2019 is as equally mind-shattering in its vitriolic battering, especially in the blackened ramming of Grant\u2019s drums and Chris Kerns\u2019 leering bass lines.<\/p>\n

Everything about this EP exists as a sonic blast of satanic tumult that pillages the senses. Deep, gouging, grisly death metal laced with a spiteful blackened poison is the order of the day here as Crucifier rages with fury, injected sporadically by those grim leads that work in tandem with Rob Spisak\u2019s dense rhythm.<\/p>\n

\u2018Chime Of The Goat\u2019s Head Bell\u2019 echoes eerily, brimming with archaic resonance. The EP belches up consistent tones of terror with rich in doomy, dank oozing that clashes with ferocious chimes of pace.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s difficult not to tremble in fear at such a slightly unhinged and uncontrollably bestial workout that exists to remind us of the phantasmal prowess of this longstanding cult act.<\/p>\n

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

CRUCIFIERSay Your Prayers EP Iron Bonehead Productions (2022)Rating: 8.5\/10 It\u2019s hard to believe that a band which first formed in 1990 wouldn\u2019t release its debut full-length album until 13 years later, but that\u2019s exactly what happened with cult Pennsylvanian black \/ death metal act Crucifier. Vocalist \/ drummer Cazz Grant remains the sole original member […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,4828],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-crucifier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93820,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93819\/revisions\/93820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}