Nifelheim are a band from Sweden that has had music reviewed before in this zine that also has a history going back more then 30 years and plays a mixture of black and thrash metal and this is a review of their 2024 compilation album "Total Death" which will be released in July by Darkness Shall Rise and consists of their 1993 demo, 4 original unreleased tracks and 2 cover songs.
A very dark sounding intro starts off the album along with some bells, screams and demonic voices before going into a heavier direction. All of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them while the faster sections of the songs also add in a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast b eats.
Vocals a re mostly high pitched black metal screams while the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with the music also adding in a lot of thrash metal elements as well as the solos and leads being more rooted in 80's underground metal when they are utilized and they also add in some Motorhead and Bathory covers.
On this compilation Nifelheim bring out a very aggressive style of blackened thrash metal that was very aggressive for the time it was released. The production sounds very old school while the lyrics cover Satanism, Blasphemy and Evil themes.
In my opinion this is a very great sounding collection from Nifelheim and if you are a fan of black and thrash metal, you should check out this compilation. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Black Curse" "Dawn Of The New Millennium" "Possessed By Evil" and "Reaper". 8 out of 10.
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