The highly anticipated debut full-length from this Greek squad. Hailing from the Black and Death Metal hotbed of Greece, War Possession indeed features a number of scene veterans within their ranks, including current and past members of such bands as Embrace of Thorns, Merciless Crucifixion and Wargoat. Since the band´s beginnings in 2008, they´ve been possessed by an unwavering desire to craft and perform punishing, war-themed Death Metal impervious to trends and modern standards, combining corpulent, ominously slow riffs with blasting brutality soaked in a blackened ambience. References to be made are the olden endeavors of Bolt Thrower, Demigod, Treblinka/Tiamat, Incantation, Therion, Archgoat, Imprecation and Asphyx.
ZOMBIEFICATION – or more specifically, its core duo of Mr Hitchcock on vocals and Mr Jacko also in MAJESTIC DOWNFALL on guitars and bass – are back and while they’re still following the same (left hand) path initially carved by their debut ‘Midnight Stench’ as far back as in 2010, they’ve once again decided to take step away from the rest of the cattle and do their own thing. Yes, the original goal was to pay homage to the early SweDeath gods, but after their second album (‘At the Caves of Eternal’), it was clear that rehashing what DISMEMBER and ENTOMBED had done over a decade ago wasn’t satisfying enough for those restless minds always on the outlook for new and more arcane ways of describing the growing darkness around us.
The debut full length album from ZOMBIEFICATION! Fans of Death Breath, Repulsion, Nihilist, Carnage etc look no further! This is old school, rough death metal the way it should be! Its fucking heavy and low end as hell!!! One of the best bands from the current Mexican extreme metal scene today!!
