Dorsal Atlântica ‎"Antes Do Fim" CD (Bonustracks)

This Cd Edition Included Bonus Tracks:
-Live Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais 1986 (Track 10 - 12)
-Live In Nova Friburgo Rio De Janeiro 1986 (Track 13 - 16)

First of all, try to image how a band like Dorsal Atlantica could have been important for the growing extreme Brazilian scene. The mid 80s were absolutely great and the explosion of metal in Europe and in the United States of America contaminated other countries. In Brazil we had a lot of extreme groups and they were more death/thrash oriented; while going on, by the beginning of the 90s, the bands started to play black metal. They were heavily influenced by everything that was coming from abroad in this genre, as we said, so let’s think to the thrash metal explosion and the very first examples of primordial death metal. Take the drums up tempo ala Hellhamer plus add pure old school blackened tremolo pickings by the guitars and the raw vocals that characterized each single death/thrash band in Brazil. All this were Dorsal Atlantica back to their debut and these influences were used welcome as a source of fresh water for those who wanted to play this genre in a country that surely didn’t shine for this music in that period. Another think to notice is that at the time they shared the scene with Sepultura that released their debut mini CD the year before and in 1986 they put out their debut too, that unbelievable Morbid Visions. The main thing that differs from Sepultura is that Dorsal Atlantica were more thrash in style with a hint of Venom influences inside, taken directly from the true originators of the Brazilian extreme scene: Vulcano. The songs are never complex but always fast as a train and truly strong for attitude and impact. The production is what it is and that’s great because it’s the classic low budget sound that characterized lots of underground bands in those years. The punkish influences come out with “Alcool” song that shows also good and less impulsive mid tempo parts. The vocals sometimes change in tonality and the falsetto screams are a surprise for me. The solos on these compositions are the classic angry and incredibly funny ones we can meet by mixing thrash metal with punk and a primordial form of death metal. The bass sound is incredibly hammering and quite audible because the bassist plays a lot of notes behind the guitars wall. Anyways, don’t expect technical parts and/or melodic refrains. Everything is raw as a sushi and I like it as it is. There’s no will to slow down (except for “Guerrilha” song) and the lyrics follow the same violence of this sound, being about wars, violence and corruption. Another trademark for the Brazilian bands in that period, mad at the society and depressed by the poverty. In more or less 30 minutes the band achieves the goal of recreating scenarios of pure violence and obscurity through really violent and fast compositions. The main problem comes when we must talk about the catchiness because here, apart from the few screamed refrains and the same violent riffs, there is few left. Dorsal Atlantica didn’t care about this and pushed orgiastic death/thrash riffs down our throats to remember how metal was in that period. A manifest for those who want to escape from the circle of the classic and most famous Brazilian acts and an occasion to discover the roots of a genre that in that period was living the most beautiful period of its life. Raw, imprecise, non catchy metal but somehow impressive, violent and damn nostalgic.

Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...