Review by JD on March 27, 2010.

Canadians, cold beers and in your face Thrash metal. Sounds like a recipe for one hell of a good time to me. That is what you get with Toronto based Ale-soaked thrashers Fatality and their debut album "Beers From The Grave".

Playing some good old school Thrash while really upping the level that it was being delivered a few notches. Fatality proves that the old styled metal is definitely not even close to being dead - but now is back out there and trying to rule the world once again. With pounding rhythms and slashing guitar lines, everything is delivered with such precision yet holds that massive brutality factor that the good bands seem to have.

The lyrics on the album may not be world changing, but just having fun - and that is what this band is all about here, pure fun while sticking to what they do best. I laughed with ever word, and loved every harsh and abrasive note they played as well... it was truly a blast from the past for me. Every song was just a hell of a lot of fun, but made me want to ‘spread their disease’ (cheap Anthrax joke there)... the band really has captured the essence of Thrash, and made it all of their own.

If your looking for some really good thrash band you can drink a truck load of beer with and forget about the cold weather outside... Get Canada’s newest drinking heros: Fatality. Motley Crue style fun meets total Thrash excellence. Anyone need a cold one?

Categorical Rating Breakdown　

Musicianship:8
Atmosphere: 8.5
Production: 8
Originality: 7
Overall: 8.5

Rating: 8.0 out of 10

Review by Alain on March 3, 2020.

Huszar is a one-man band created in Argentina in 2015 by Marcos Agüero, who has been pretty active in the scene since that year. In fact, he has created another three projects, which are related to the atmospheric black metal genre with the exception of Desprecio. Going back to Huszar, we can say that this has been the most active project, as it has already released tree albums, alongside with some singles and splits. The album I am reviewing today is its last offering but not strictly a new one. The original recording was released two years ago and now it has been remastered and re-released by Morrowless Music, a new label founded by the well-known leader of the Swedish atmospheric black metal project Lustre, Nachtzeit. Thanks to this, Huszar’s Providencia has a renewed production and a truly beautiful new artwork, which surely will catch the attention of more fans, especially those in the European scene, as this release was originally more restricted to the South American scene only.

This remastered version of Providencia is a quite fine example of what Huszar does. The project is a quite interesting mixture of atmospheric black metal, some progressive influences and a good dose of post-metal. This means that the album's tracks flow in a very natural way from the quite straightforward aggression, heir from its black metal influences, to a quieter and more instrumental- esque sections, which are strongly influenced by post black and blackgaze. The instrumental post metal influenced sections cannot only be found as a part of the sung tracks, but also as full instrumental compositions, like for example the third track 'Providencia III: La Flora que Crece Alrededor de Nuestras Catedrales'. The most aggressive and blackish song like 'Providencia IV - De los Cometas en Llamas Hicimos Vuestro Culto' balances the album with a welcoming forthright strength. Marcos delivers a quite competent vocal performance, with the expected shrieks which sound powerful, alongside with a quite well composed guitars with an unmistakable black metal style. Drums sound well executed, with a healthy combination of blast-beats and a more diverse patterns. The purest mixture between the already mentioned influences have a greater room in the second and fifth songs, thanks to their generous length, clocking both over 15 minutes of time. Though the post, progressive and ambient influx can be found in almost every track, these longer compositions make possible to mix sections of every style in a quite natural way, flowing the track between seas of calm and moments of stormy fury. Those tracks are very tastefully composed and one of the best aspects is that you can't complain about their length, which is always a good aspect. The remastered production makes the album sound more clear and balanced, especially on the guitars, which help the compositions to shine as a more solid set.

Providencia is definitively a very good piece of atmospheric black metal, enriched with interesting and varied influences, where the compositions have been matured to sound elaborated yet reasonable easy to listen. An album which lasts more than one hour can always be a demanding listen, but Huszar makes possible to enjoy it without complaining too much about its length. I recommend keeping an eye on this project on its future releases.

Rating: 8.2 out of 10

Review by Adam M on April 30, 2019.

Aephanemer perform a type of melodic death metal that has a very strong folk presence.  The music here has almost as much in common with a band like Manegarm as it does a band like Insomnium.  The result is a lively and full of life recording.  The songs here bleed energy and substance.  Still, despite the very lively nature of the band they fail to surpass the best of modern death metal because there is simply not enough original music to be found here.  It does a good job bringing along a head banging presence, but you won’t be enjoying this as much as even middle tier albums from Omnium Gatherum, Dark Tranquillity and Insomnium. 

The band does bring some symphonic elements in the mix as can be seen from tracks like The Sovereign, but these are still not enough to elevate them above other melodic death metal.  Instead, we should just enjoy the music for the well crafted nature it brings forth.  The songs here are certainly catchy and accessible enough, whilst have a hint of complexity to add to their overall aura.  The result is a strong album and one that is a lot of fun to listen to.  One just can’t help overcoming the feeling that this has been done before and better at that.  The addition of small elments of a classical nature does add an extra dimension to the disc. 

It’s somewhat compelling, but just not interesting enough to challenge the greats from the melodic death metal genre.  So fans of melodic death metal should find a lot to like here, especially if they come in with expectations that aren’t the highest.  Prokopton is a fun, yet derivative recording that does add a small symphonic flair to be slighlty more interesting, but still gets bogged down when compared to the best of melodic death metal.

Rating: 7.3 out of 10

Review by Adam M on April 30, 2019.

Aephanemer perform a type of melodic death metal that has a very strong folk presence.  The music here has almost as much in common with a band like Manegarm as it does a band like Insomnium.  The result is a lively and full of life recording.  The songs here bleed energy and substance.  Still, despite the very lively nature of the band they fail to surpass the best of modern death metal because there is simply not enough original music to be found here.  It does a good job bringing along a head banging presence, but you won’t be enjoying this as much as even middle tier albums from Omnium Gatherum, Dark Tranquillity and Insomnium. 

The band does bring some symphonic elements in the mix as can be seen from tracks like The Sovereign, but these are still not enough to elevate them above other melodic death metal.  Instead, we should just enjoy the music for the well crafted nature it brings forth.  The songs here are certainly catchy and accessible enough, whilst have a hint of complexity to add to their overall aura.  The result is a strong album and one that is a lot of fun to listen to.  One just can’t help overcoming the feeling that this has been done before and better at that.  The addition of small elments of a classical nature does add an extra dimension to the disc. 

It’s somewhat compelling, but just not interesting enough to challenge the greats from the melodic death metal genre.  So fans of melodic death metal should find a lot to like here, especially if they come in with expectations that aren’t the highest.  Prokopton is a fun, yet derivative recording that does add a small symphonic flair to be slighlty more interesting, but still gets bogged down when compared to the best of melodic death metal.

Rating: 7.3 out of 10

Review by Adam M on April 30, 2019.

Aephanemer perform a type of melodic death metal that has a very strong folk presence.  The music here has almost as much in common with a band like Manegarm as it does a band like Insomnium.  The result is a lively and full of life recording.  The songs here bleed energy and substance.  Still, despite the very lively nature of the band they fail to surpass the best of modern death metal because there is simply not enough original music to be found here.  It does a good job bringing along a head banging presence, but you won’t be enjoying this as much as even middle tier albums from Omnium Gatherum, Dark Tranquillity and Insomnium. 

The band does bring some symphonic elements in the mix as can be seen from tracks like The Sovereign, but these are still not enough to elevate them above other melodic death metal.  Instead, we should just enjoy the music for the well crafted nature it brings forth.  The songs here are certainly catchy and accessible enough, whilst have a hint of complexity to add to their overall aura.  The result is a strong album and one that is a lot of fun to listen to.  One just can’t help overcoming the feeling that this has been done before and better at that.  The addition of small elments of a classical nature does add an extra dimension to the disc. 

It’s somewhat compelling, but just not interesting enough to challenge the greats from the melodic death metal genre.  So fans of melodic death metal should find a lot to like here, especially if they come in with expectations that aren’t the highest.  Prokopton is a fun, yet derivative recording that does add a small symphonic flair to be slighlty more interesting, but still gets bogged down when compared to the best of melodic death metal.

Rating: 7.3 out of 10