Rites Of Black Putrefaction (The Art Records)

 “Rites Of Black Putrefaction” is the latest album of this ancient Mexican Black Metal band formed in 1993 under the moniker of Leteo, name that was changed in 1994, when the band released their first demo “In The Shadows”. The band has a very extense discography, featuring five full length albums (including this last one), a live album and several demos and compilations… “Rites of Black Putrefaction” is an album that reflects the band’s extense trajectory and blasphemous experience in 13 tracks of perverted and primitive Black Metal. Saturated and chaotic riffs fill this album from the beginning to the end, creating a dissonant and noisy aura that surrounds this album entirely, these electrifyingly infernal atmospheres are the main responsible for the highly hypnotic feeling of this album, which even when is a quite varied opus, can’t escape from these obscure mass of unstoppable and spellbinding destruction. The infernal voice of Darvula fits perfectly with the whole primitive, harsh and blasphemous concept, his hellish vocalizations range from thrashing dirty tones (ala Tom Araya), blackish shrieks to deathly deep growls, enormously contributing with the whole album’s variety and continuity… The album’s structures are coherent, fluid and uncommonly varied, featuring several 80’s Thrash influences, along with the Black Metal influence of bands such Venom, Sarcofago and Von, all these complemented by an amorphous and obscure as hell Black Ambient/Noise feeling. The album production is intentionally crude and analog sounding, there’s no way a more polished production could fit in such harsh and straightly primitive release… the same goes to the whole album artwork, which is noticeably based in the early 90’s underground Thrash and Black Metal aesthetics, once more fitting within the album’s concept and sound… “Rites Of Black Putrefaction” is a killer album, sounding far from today’s innumerable Black Metal sub-genres, Funereal Moon has created a timeless piece of distilled Black Metal art. Musically, conceptually and lyrically the band has maintained immaculate at this record the severe principles of Black Metal… Highly recommended! (AP)