Label: Independent
Release date: April 2nd, 2025
Once, as far as I remember, I wrote many times that Silesia has been the metal (and not only metal, by the way) capital of Poland since the dawn of time. In addition, there are usually individuals in this area who’re orthodox about our beloved music. All bands I know from there follow traditional forms of metal and don’t fuck around. It’s not different in the case of Slaves of Evil, of course. This ensemble is further proof that this orthodoxy doesn’t only apply to old farts like me. Guys are representatives, let’s call it. Of the middle generation. I mean, they’re much younger than me, but at the same time they’re experienced in creating extreme sounds. All of them, as far as I know, make noise using their instruments and even vocal cords for at least a decade, sometimes even two. And this is almost always the same kind of noise. You know, they play or/and have played in several ensembles which are or were representative of one genre in the most. It also seems to me that Slaves of Evil is a specific continuation of another band who was called Carnage, because the first line up of Slaves of Evil was the same as the last one of Carnage (and in half still it is). Anyway, the genre I’m talking here about is death metal.
Unfortunately, I never got the opportunity to listen to the only stuff released by Carnage, “Promo 2009”, so I can’t compare it with the creativity of Slaves of Evil. Of course, we’re dealing with death metal, and I can bet Carnage also presented classic forms of this music, in both, but… Well, maybe someday I’ll be able to clarify my doubts. Now, however, I’ll focus on trying to describe these four songs in more detail. Guys released “Certain Death”, the same as their first and so far, the only full-length “Madness of Silence”, independently April 2nd in the form of a limited to two hundred copies CD. And regardless of whether we call it MCD or EP, it’s a piece of really good shit. This probably isn’t anything extraordinary, but that’s still very effective in tormenting your ears and destroying a sense of security. Stuff is short and takes only ten minutes and forty-three seconds, which makes you (as for me it’s as clean as the sun) feel unsatisfied and have to listen to it several times. This, of course, applies only to those of us who worship such brutal sounds. However, I can’t imagine that there’d be at least one person among the readers for whom death metal isn’t an important, or even immanent, part of life. The reason is artwork and even a title which, in my opinion, says very well what to expect from “Certain Death”.
I wrote earlier that this MCD, or EP released as a CD, contains four songs. But the first one is definitely different from the three others. This is just very interesting and even in some way quite original, although still, let’s say, very classic for the genre intro. Then we have to do with total music butchery. I associate first of all with American, to be more precise East Coast, but more New York than Florida, I guess, school. That’s technically advanced and from time to time even a little cacophonous because of guitar tricks or “too broken” riffs. It doesn’t give you a single moment of respite. And maybe (well, that’s for sure like that, but if you’ve lust to read my scribble I create in future, leave this knowledge to yourself) I’m crazy, but with every second of listening to this brutal shit, I’m more and more sure there’s a little armageddon under the stage during their shows. Armageddon I’d like, even if due to my age I probably shouldn’t have such dreams, to be part of! Well, as you can see in my case, saying that we calm down with age is inaccurate. But what can I do if, probably due to the country of my origin, participation in a mosh pit is the only right reaction to an extreme music concert? You just can’t teach an old dog new tricks and that’s it. Ok, I’m going back to listening to “Certain…” and hope you follow my lead! And since music sounds best from physical media, contact the band to purchase this CD.
