{"id":94163,"date":"2022-07-03T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T23:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=94163"},"modified":"2022-07-04T13:31:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T12:31:19","slug":"album-review-icxitonttli-terra-existence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-icxitonttli-terra-existence\/","title":{"rendered":"ICXITONTTLI – Terra Existence (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ICXITONTTLI
Terra Existence<\/strong><\/span>
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\nPrimitive (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Now there\u2019s a band name you don\u2019t want to try saying when you\u2019re drunk! This corpse-painted act originates from Toluca in Mexico and they play obscure-sounding lo-fi black metal. I was surprised to find that this new album is the third by the band and they\u2019ve been around for over a decade.<\/p>\n

Basically, what you get here is the usual scratchy vocal outbursts that become one with the clanking garage cacophony otherwise known as bass, guitar and drums. These guys revel in that dissonant atmosphere where the drums merely rattle like wind-chimes hammered by a tundra blizzard. The bass is somewhere in there too, while the drums are at the foremost as a tumbling energy.<\/p>\n

This really is about as raw as black metal gets, and I\u2019ve heard some truly basement recordings. The vocals are just snappy, ratty snaps of evil, there are shades of atmospherics and some decent and ominous slower passages \u2013 all exemplified on opening cut \u2018Return Of The Golden Age\u2019, where there are the predictable faster blasts too.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s standard black metal but it appeals to me, more so when I\u2019ve taken a break from the scene for a while. And so the likes of the despicable \u2018Satan, Lord And Master\u2019 become quite catchy little numbers, whereas the speed metal hell of tracks such as \u2018Astral Dimensions\u2019 also provide enough vim and vigour. All in all, Terra Existence<\/em> follows recognisable formulas but is raw and nasty enough to work.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the likes of \u2018Collective Shit\u2019 give the album a strong demo quality, \u2018Sealing Our Pact\u2019 lumbers in doomy fashion with its predominant bass, and the hilariously titled \u2018Unconditional Worship To The Eternal Cult To Satan\u2019 is a grim, yet mid-paced foray which suggests these guys are probably a miserable bunch to be around. However, it is a track which exhibits the diversity of the band and displays some nice melody and meatier chugging.<\/p>\n

Terra Existence<\/em> sets out to be a primeval and underground release from a band that has mastered the art of low-budget extremity.<\/p>\n

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

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