Malleus are a band from Boston, Massachusetts that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays a mixture of black, thrash and speed metal and this is a review of their 2017 ep "Storm of Witchcraft" which was remastered and will be re-issued on February 14th by Armageddon Label.
Sounds of wind, field recordings and dark soundscapes start off the ep before going into a heavier thrash metal influenced direction. A couple of the tracks are also very long and epic in length while the music also mixes in some elements of first wave black metal and when the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats can also be heard.
Vocals are mostly grim sounding yet high pitched black metal screams along with the solos and leads also being done in an old school style. Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as the riffs also adding in a small amount of dark sounding melodies.
Elements of speed metal can also be heard in some parts of the recording as well as all of the musical instruments on the recording also having a very powerful sound to them and all of the music also sticks to a heavier direction. The production sounds very old school while the lyrics cover Witchcraft, Occultism and Demonology themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Malleus and if you are a fan of black, thrash and speed metal, you should check out this re-issue. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Blackened Skies" and "Storm Of Witchcraft". 8 out of 10.
http://armageddonlabel.bandcamp.com/album/storm-of-witchcraft-remastered
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