Krisiun - Ageless Venomous

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#PER CHI AMA: Death Metal

‘Ageless Venomous’ is a milestone. This is second to ‘Conquerors…’, a previous release that was impeccable. This one is right there too. Amazing death metal from Brazilian natives. They’ve had a great career and are still making good music. Definitely one of their best. The songs are so catchy. Moyses shows that he could still shred. This release was from 22 years ago... still is a classic. I’m surprised it took me so long to review this. I’m glad that I am now. This is death metal supreme. This one has bonus tracks that I have. Good the whole way through impeccable as I say. These guys have been around for over 30 years. I still don’t think they get the recognition they deserve and touring with top bands in the genre.

The sound quality on here was good. Top notch. How long is the recording though is the question really! The songs are really well composed. They have some great riffs on here. On all the tracks though, not just some. I really enjoy this album immensely! It’s one that I can jam over and over. It doesn’t get old. They put together some spotless riffs and Alex is great on vocals. The drums are good too. There’s more variety on this one than ‘Conquerors'. It’s not just blast beating. A lot of double bass. Sounds kick ass.

These guys are brilliant songwriters. Their new one is really good too. They are kind of like veterans now, but they’re still going strong. I didn’t really get into the early material just ‘Conquerors’ onward. I’ve had a great career so far I just wish they had a bigger fan base. I will always support this band.

These guys have some more albums to put out. And they just had a most recent one released this year. You can download this one on Spotify or listent to on YouTube but I bought the CD. As usual, of course. This is to show support for the band, pick this up. If you haven’t already heard this the music on here is fantastic. They just smoke. Check it out! (Death8699)

(Century Media Records/Svart Records - 2001/2022)
Score: 80

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Krisiun - Mortem Solis

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#FOR FANS OF: Brutal Death

A step into the older Krisiun via 'Conquerors of Armageddon' but slower. There's a similar production quality but better. The riffs on here seem to flow. Reminds me also of 'Ageless Venomous' at least the songwriting as well. It's a dive into the middle of those both releases mentioned! I like this one a lot, but it's not getting higher than a "75" rating. They basically found some riffs to work with the vocals but the time signatures are not constant blast beating. In fact, a lot slower. These guys have been going strong since their origin in the year 1990. I'm surprised no second guitarist this whole time just the brothers Alex, Max and Moyses.

This one lasts for about 40-45 minutes and well worth it. A lot of the riffs are technical though they don't receive the blast beating like 'Conquers...' did. I don't think they'll ever make an album as good as that one in my humble opinion. But they show us fresh riffs and that they still have it in the songwriting category. Moyses doesn't have a whole heck of a lot of leads but the licks shine in glory. Brazilian death metal-ers never seem to let up. The sound quality of the album is quite good nothing really muddled everything flows well. The vocals, guitar and drums are top notch. They've gotten a little experimenting with the music.

It's wholly brutal here but they have a lot of things that they've done differently. I still think that 'Conquerors...' and 'Ageless...' are better but this one has a lot of high points where they've just constructed some great melodies for a death metal band. Maybe take out the acoustic guitar and leave it to utter brutality. I suppose that they just wanted to vary it a little but I didn't find it necessary to include that. Otherwise the whole album just shines. It's just a different approach to their music. I thought it could be a little faster but maybe this is going to be the way they're going to be writing like till they break up and go their own ways.

There are a lot of highlights to this album I just think it could've been faster. That's my only beef I have of this whole album. The end of 'Conquerors..' and 'Ageless...' into their own "new" era of the band. They still uphold the brutality at times but all is variety. I like the album and I encourage purchasing a CD or if you wish to stream it's on YouTube and Spotify. These guys need support even though they've been around for over 30 years. They still have it and hope that they will continue have it. Show your gratitude that these guys still are making good brutal death metal! (Death8699)

(Century Media - 2022)
Score: 75

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Krisiun - AssassiNation

#PER CHI AMA: Brutal Death

Che sonora mazzata nei denti ragazzi... ecco in poche parole cosa racchiude l'album dei brasileiros Krisiun, il sesto della loro esplosiva discografia: 46 minuti di ferocia inaudita, decisa a perforare i nostri sempre resistenti (ancora per poco) timpani. Il combo sud americano non si allontana di molto dal proprio tipico stile techno-brutal-death, che oramai contraddistingue la band, fin dal lontano debutto del 1993: un sound compatto, solido e rovente, suonato costantemente con un’elevata perizia tecnica. Disumano è il lavoro alla ritmica, con una batteria rutilante, precisa e variegata a costruire atmosfere annichilenti e claustrofobiche; le debordanti ritmiche, ricche di cambi di tempo, constano di selvagge chitarre laceranti, efficaci nel creare un muro sonoro insormontabile, che si alternano, con imprevedibile naturalezza, a momenti d’insana tranquillità, quasi a preannunciare l’arrivo della tempesta, fatta d’impeccabili assoli che giocano molto spesso, a rincorrersi l’un con l’altro, nell’arco dei vari brani. Musicalmente i Krisiun sono accostabili agli Hate Eternal, anche se gli ultimi lavori del combo statunitense non mi avevano convinto completamente, per una certa immobilità di fondo; al contrario, l’ascolto di “AssassiNation”, si è rivelato davvero entusiasmante. L’assalto sonoro profuso dal platter, targato Century Media, e coadiuvato dall’eccellente produzione ad opera di Andy Classen, consacra definitivamente il trio, guidato dai brutali grugniti di Alex Camargo, quale migliore band nel genere. Consigliatissimi agli amanti del genere. Devastanti... (Francesco Scarci)

(Century Media)

Voto: 80

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