Run or get overrun by this "7-tonne Polish"! Black metallers Infidel charge with their third release, a 26-minute EP 'Eviscerate Yourself'. Five pieces of explosive material won't give any mercy for those who are devastated by this sonic lightning war.

Fast, or even blasting tempos are the main treat. Together with blasphemous, malevolent guitar work Infidel sound pretty heavily influenced by legendary devilish Swedes, Marduk. The guitar tone is cold, high, and riffs are repeated a lot. Open strings and heavy-handed sawing is what are to be found in the riffing department. The drums, when blasting, do not sound very heavy. That is totally understandable, as the pace is what it is. On slower tempos, the drums gain heaviness and punch, as well as during double kick drumming. Gladly, a rumbling bass guitar strengthens the lower frequencies. And what is even better, it's not 1/1 playing to guitar.

At times, death metal influences rear their rotten heads, also bringing more vim and vigour into the music. The vocals are dry lower growling and grunting, more typical in death metal than black metal style. They are powerful and suit nicely into the music. There are also doomy touches; most noticeably the last +1 minute of the EP. In all, everything sums into both vicious and droning arrangements, that are hypnotic, but also barbaric. It sounds very Scandinavian for the most of it, but there are elements that kind of show where from Infidel originate. There are surprisingly lot to be found here, unlike the first listening sessions brought forward.

Sound-wise this is organic. There also is audible lower end, as mentioned. I still wanted more of it, though, but there's so much blast beating. I like how the drums sound whenever the drummer can inject more force than speed into his playing. Talking about the drumming, there are some mistakes here, and the blasting can get a bit too hypnotic in a long run. Lyrically, this mainly attacks Christianity, as one would expect.

'Eviscerate Yourself' manages to be robust and destructive. It is nothing new, but still spellbinding at its best. Another cool release from Poland, but that either is nothing new.

Rating: 7- (out of 10) ratings explained

Reviewed by Lane
12/04/2012 13:01