Limited to 1000 copies. Originally released by Dark Hidden Productions.
Issued in a standard jewel case with a dark gray tray. Includes a 4-page booklet. Black Metal from Argentina.
Two-way split CD from 2 one-man bands from the BM NS scene from the southern part of the country. Fun fact is, the two guys...........are the same guy ! Evigne is a talented multi-instrumentalist with an extreme rightist idiosyncrasy, who revindicates our dark years of military dictatorship. Does this bother me ? Not in the least; if you care to read my other reviews, you will notice I reviewed a RABM (red anarchist BM) right before this, and loved it to bits, just as much as this one, because I don't share either ideology, but value the manner and conviction with which they are delivered, and the music these people make.
Campo de Mayo's aptly-titled ¨A Blindfold Stained With Blood¨ starts out with a short but nice keyboard intro, in a neoclassical synthesized manner, that soon gives way to a lacerating, ear-splitting guitar, chaotic drumming, and piercing, yelled vocals, much in Ulver's ¨Nattens Madrigal¨ vein , with better production. Sure, you can't hear any cymbals, and you need to crank the bass knob on your amp to hear the drumming, but otherwise, very enjoyable, yet not groundbreaking stuff. Not a ripoff, mind you; the guy certainly can play and has always had neoclassical leanings. This part of the split is really a 4-track ep, rounded up with two songs written for compilations, clocking in at some 24'.
Another 24' ep ensues, more violent, rawer , and less musical, a LOT in the vein of Darkthrone's ¨Transilvanian Hunger¨ , with a guest vocalist mixed way too low in the mix. Bass cranked all the way up and reinforced by some equalization allows to hear a bass guitar, rumbling in the background, but the drums are AWOL, except for a great, audible cymbal work. Nothing ground breaking here either; yet again the job gets done without really ripping off anyone, and I got satisfied. Production is very uneven in the volume and bottom-end department, so I had to make corrections on a song-to-song basis. A nice melodic synth interlude and outro allowed my ears to rest from the barbaric aggression, providing a much-needed variation at the same time, and left me with the sensation that it was money well-spent.
Nothing lost, nothing gained really, except fulfillment of my curiosity, and a CD with a lot of replay value that I can recommend to the readers of this humble review.
Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
