comes in a jewel case cassette case with an extended J-card and a black tape cassette
Vocals: Mary, Mother of Shit
Guitars: Kaizer von Sodomizer
Bass: Nifelhymen
Drums: Junk
Those with a penchant for some decidedly raw and blasphemous black / death / thrash, will do well to check out this new album from Vermont-based maniacs, SHITANGEL. Their music evokes an evil aura in the vein of bands like Sarcofago, Necrovore, Blasphemy, Parabellum, etc., supplemented with a cavernous production complimentary to the style.
"Shithead Metal" offers10 tracks of pure hellish metal of death made for maniacs pure, so If you're a dork for clean sounding metal, then don't fucking bother!!!
And to think that I only bought this to round out an online order some time ago. Well, that, and of course the tasteless moniker and image also played a part, I'll admit. Anyway, I'm glad I did, because this is just too much fun.
In style, Shitangel remind me a lot of Bestial Mockery, with some early Impaled Nazarene present as well. Dealing in a highly belligerent sort of black thrashing, death dealing brand of filth-encrusted savage metal, this is not for the faint of heart or the delicate of taste. The battering jackhammering percussion crashes straight into the demented tremelo-picked riffing, like early Sodom getting it up the arse from Sarcofago, with a hoarse bark vomiting all sorts of blasphemous depravity out over the music. The majority of the material rages forth at high speed, but the foot does go off the accelerator here and there as well, just don't confuse these parts with a breating space between all the mayhem. When Shitangel decelerates, it's only to pound your head in more slowly, simple as that. There are a few more traditional speed/thrash influences present, like the shrieks in "Atomic Vomits", but the majority of the material keeps it simple, brutish and unhinged, with a good dose of crust punk energy injected. Given a suitable earthy and powerful soundmix, this is the kind of stuff primarily concerned with battering, bruising and breaking bones. And I love it!
It's perhaps not the most original band on the block, but who the hell cares about that? Certainly not me when I have such an energetic dose of dirty and foul smelling metal like "Shithead Metal" before me. If you're looking for a serious helping of unpretentious and aggressive metal, this is what you need! It's also a great gift for the coming holidays, because I'm sure that your family will not expect this under the tree.
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