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S.V.E.S.T. / Inkisitor - Inkisitor / S.V.E.S.T.

Pummeling - 79%

cinedracusio, August 1st, 2007

Well, this surely is raw. This is a split LP between two French bands: Svest and Inkisitor, the former's music ranking amongst my all-time favs. I was skeptical about Inkisitor's performance, since I had not heard shit from this band until the moment I got the split.

Anyway, the bigger brothers do the opener: Svest's part consists of one single piece, Homo Fragiles, which should have been present on Urfaust, since it's excellent! The drums begin ridiculously fast, and the main riff focuses on a pattern reminiscent of Norwegian black metal, but along with the unrelenting rapid-fire percussion and the main riff we get an unbelievably huge atmosphere. The riffs change several times, each of them possessing a great amount of emotion. The guitar tone is amazingly warped, and I really mean it: so thin, sharp and fuzzy that it might send chills down your spine. This guitar tone works great in the melodic breakdown coming after the first several stanzas and choruses, introducing us to a superb, dramatic riff. Around the middle of the track Svest let out one of their well-known moments of chaos, with some fast and short lead-like lines and ear-piercing bashed chords. The vocalist complements this music with his vilest vocals: despair and bleakness of heart are the core.

After this ace of a track, we witness the rise (!?) of future legends Inkisitor. Inkisitor play a brand of black/death metal that is quite similar in sonorities to Behemoth or Belphegor (and the guy here is not a fervent fan of either of these bands). The production is solid enough, and low-end, enforcing the two pieces. The blasting is not that usual, considering we don't witness much death metal style double bass or black metal blasting. The drummer emphazises especially the toms and the cymbals in mincing rhythms. Most of the guitar lines contain simple melodies, and some tremolo picking, occasionally sliding into death metal territory. The vocals are raspy growls and lower grunts. Blazing Phoenix draws a little long and is not spectacular (you may enjoy it when listening, but it's not something to really blow your mind), though it's a solid piece. Antiheos contains some riffs that are quite interesting, showing that sometimes, briefer song lengths can get more effective.

Svest's half is the "meat" in this split, but Inkisitor have shown some potential on this. A song that maintains Svest's reputation as high as before, and two decent songs for Inkisitor. Guess one should check out their self-titled EP too.