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The 6th album from Serbian black metal warriors May Result is a vicious and centered assault which recalls the more aggressive Swedish and Norwegian styles, as well as some of the recent, faster Polish black metal.

After a windy, percussive intro, the slaughter begins with "Hold This Earth in the Hands of Sulphur", an interesting title. This is a decent track, but I preferred "Eternal Eulogies" with its great riffs, Glad's excellent vocal barks and just the right amount of synth in there to provide a fulfilling atmosphere. "Velika bela pricina" begins with an almost Viking/pagan feel to it, and a slower, thrash riff dominates much of the verse. The band has a sense of glory about them, provided in some of the chord progressions and the keyboards. "At the Cursed Heights of Prokletije" is another rager, and "Slava Smrti" has a few familiar intro keys before raging with one of the most epic tracks on the album. The band also closes the album with a cover of Impaled Nazarene's "The Horny and the Horned".

I'm not aware of many Serbian black metal bands of quality. May Result certainly helps to fill that niche, and they've produced some decent albums in the past so if you enjoy this you might want to track them down. This isn't the grimmest black metal band, they're not particularly evil sounding, but if you don't mind some keyboard atmospheres and pagan/folk vibe to your riffs then this is a good choice. It's certainly a good album.

-autothrall
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Slava Smrti is the latest album from May Result, alongside The Stone, regarded as the best black metal band is Serbia and also in this part of Europe. Expectations were big, considering the fact that their last album Svetogrdje released in 2004 is highly critically acclaimed and is probably the best album they recorded.

Finally it is here. Released by Battle God Productions as a limited 500 copies digipack and regular slipcase CD version with bonus track. Edition for Serbian (and other ex-yu) markets is released by Grom Records and Take It Or Leave It Records. Cover art is different for these two releases. This time we have a fairly short (for May Result standards) album lasting about 38 minutes. Songs are mostly shorter and full of energy.


Album begins with an intro that leads us to the song Hold This Earth in the Hands of Sulphur, which fairly represents the rest of the album, good riffs, standard vocals and very good production. Drums are played extraordinarily throughout the whole album. I guess the biggest difference from the previous May Result albums is the usage of keyboards which are not as dominant as in Svetogrdje, for example. They are more reduced but also very well fit the songs. Also almost every song ends with a sound of fire. Lyrics are written both in English and Serbian which is not a new thing for this band, but it is a difference from the previous album which is entirely is Serbian. Here the numbers of songs in both languages are equal with addition of Impaled Nazarene cover The Horny And The Horned in international release. Lyrical themes are mostly related to death.


The songs I prefer are Hold This Earth in the Hands of Sulphur, Velika Bela Pricina, At The Cursed Heights of Prokletije and Slava Smrti.


To sum up, Slava Smrti is a very good album that shows us May Result as a serious and well established band. They continue to develop their music throughout each release and show that black metal can be alive and well in all parts of Europe.