NECRODEATH (Italy) “Black As Pitch” (CD) - Scarlet Records 2001.- I have no words to comment a bestiality like this, as always without mercy from the beginning, “Red As Blood” begins this jewel, really quick and with great brutality. We are already amused to all this when it’s about a band that everyone commented on the past, they returns with a violence without precedents, “Riot of Stars”, in this track is shaped the essence of this beast, with devastating drums, that destroys brains with rawness, the riffs are really impure and worthy of an insane and rotted mind, “Burn And total Deny” total mosh!!!, soon comes the success “Mortal Consequence”, one of the themes with greater emotional and violence load in all the album, “Sacrifice 2K1”, a very technical theme, many changes rule, precision and howls totally macabre, “Process Of Violation”, a heavy song that denotes much resentment, one of the best themes, it has a very good video clip. Then comes “Anagaton”, bestiality and demolition guaranteed from the first second, a song that becomes more and more morbid and dark, a catchy beginning and a very dense end; then “Killing Time”, a cruel experience, it’s one of the successes, “Saviors Of Hate” follows, frightful and addictive, a theme that will leave your nerves excited by a very uncontrollable hammer, a macabre symphony that accompanied by frightening howls gives like result this monstrous track; “Join The Pain”, it’s an authentic pain, sonic loathing guaranteed! The last theme is “Church' s Black Book”, an abominable song and the longest with 8'07”, it’s a hallucinating song, that speaks about the massive exterminations of innocent victims, in name of the Church, in the end, they mention many dates of massacres, crusades that the Church originated and the morbid violence that it brought with it, very interesting, at the end of the disc there’s a 5 seconds ghost track but there is absolutely nothing, it only says “Ghost Track”. It’s not necessary to say that this disc is indispensable and that NECRODEATH is a cult band, you do not have another option but obtaining this disc no matter what, you cannot let pass a beast like this, SCARLET hit the nail on the head signing NECRODEATH, this album was recorded and mixed nothing less than in the Underground Studios from Sweden, with this I think all has been said, in Japan the album has been licensed by SOUNDHOLIC, this fourth album of this band formed in 1984 must be owned by all true Death Black Thrash Maniac, buy it right now, the copies suckkkk!!!!!

NECRODEATH (Italy) “100% Hell” (CD) – Recorded and mixed at Outer Sound Studio, Rome-Italy (January 2006) – Engineered by Giuseppe Orlando, Co-engineer: Max Pagliuso – Mastered at Mastering Room, Sweden – Cronos’ voice was recorded at Studio Standard in Newcastle (UK) – Cover: Michael Chad Ward – Art”necro”work: Flegias – Band photos: Antonio Mantovan, Live photos: Elisa “first lady” – Scarlet Records 2006.- Before beginning this review, I must and I want thank Jhon, for all his support and courtesy when I was in Genoa, thanks for the signed discs, as well as for the considerations that you have had towards DEATHTHRASHER, we also hope to correspond with a good work ;).
Well, the band NECRODEATH doesn’t need introducing; they are one of the greater standards in the Italian scene, one of the most legendary and recognizable bands than the warboot country has seen rise! After the delivery of a compilation disc called “20 Years of Noise” that was released the last year (2005), after 2 decades of the launching of the devastating demo “The shinning Pentagram”, it was expected with anxieties the new production of these Genovese guys! Finally I have in my hands the “100% Hell” that I think is not necessary to say than it’s a professionally printed disc in couch paper, the booklet is fatty, it contains all the lyrics, as well as several photos of the guys, the predominant colors are the grays and the red ones. Something that I do must stress out is that the disc has a very special guest, nothing else and nothing less than the insane Cronos!
Ok, no more introductions! This disc contains 10 themes, the first is “February 5th, 1984”, is a quiet disturbing intro, only with spoken vocals that begin saying “You are a slave like everyone else (…)” in an infernal tone, the voice is from Cronos himself! Excellent way to open the next theme, indeed titled “Forever slaves”, written by Paco (RAZA DE ODIO’s guitarist) and the furious Peso, it begins with a morbid riff and with a fast, devastating tempo, the vocals of Flegias are more infernal than ever, what a great energy and speed unfold these Italians!! In addition this theme contains also some spoken parts that are performed again by Cronos! I am surprised with such fury that they have injected to this album, aaarrrggghhhhhh! The next massacre is “War Paint”, a fast tempo assaults again, it diminishes per moments, specially in the middle, the variation of tempos goes marked by the bass of Jhon, and the percussion of Peso, this is a Thrash/Death Metal with some modern elements, the Flegias’ voice appears with different registers helped by the effects, that gives variability to the songs. We follow with “Masters of Morphine”, this theme is very special for us, not only because it’s indeed very good, but because our DEATHTHRASHER appears in the video-clip (which, by the way, it has been released recently in the official page of NECRODEATH, have you seen it? It’s godamn great!), “Masters of morphine” is, in fact, one of the most well obtained themes in this album, it begins with an acoustic guitar that Andy continues, and then Jhon with a very strong bass, then follow the whispering but aggressive vocals in a unpronounceable language, to give step to the first blows of Peso, everything is perfectly fitting, very good mixing work in this album, it’s rewarding to listen a good album with a good sound, a good mixing, a good production and such great musicians! My respect to “100% Hell”, the choir repeats “Sudden Death”! which is like a direct shot to your brains, soon a solo by Andy, where he shows his abilities in the strings, in the end the acoustic guitar returns and the whispering vocals from the beginning, which closes the circle. The fourth theme is “The wave”, it follows the same line of the previous themes, modernity and clarity go by the hand with a remarkable aggressiveness and experience, the tempo as always begins without give you time to breathe, it’s incredible! The themes speaks about the destruction that appears in the frightful way of tsunamis, the riff here is old-school, similar to the one of “The Ripper” by JUDAS PRIEST, this song ends with a violent tempo that finishes with sounds of waves and distant gulls that make you remember the sea, I didn’t expect that. We continue with “Theoretical and Artificial”, which begins with a modern riff in contrast to the riff that we have just listened in “The wave”, this theme has several passages, with cruel spoken voices and riffs that we listen suddenly, then short but incredibly exciting speed again and riffs that leads you quickly to the end of the song, that suddenly finishes; without warning we are already listening to the seventh theme “Identity crisis”, which includes a feminine French voice that speaks in a somewhat mechanical way and in the background we can listen to short but great notes in violin (I’ve always liked the passion that the violin contributes musically) that work later like “additional riff” and like “solo”, many ingredients have been added to materialize this theme, which it’s the most modern and atmospheric. We follow with the song “Beautiful-Brutal World” that speaks about the influence of mass media in the thought and behavior of the human beings, yes, this time the band has left their dark explicit subjects and Peso is showing greater variability in his composer side. We can say that “Ton(e)s of hate” was advancing this type of changes in the band, that is more versatile than ever, as much in music as in lyrics. The penultimate theme is “Hyperbole”, it’s shortest one with only 55”, composed by Peso, it’s a quite intimate song with a lyric that is practically a one verse poem, performed by whispering voices and an acoustic guitar also played by Peso. Suddenly the last theme that gives title to the album “100% Hell” arrives, and truly I believe that it conceptualize musically the hell itself! If you had to descend at hell’s most deep as Orpheus, everything that you would listen I am sure it’s in this song! Peso commented that many reviews have described unjustly this song like “a mere summary as all the previous stuff”, which is false, Flegias and Peso wrote this theme inspired by the universal book “The divine comedy” by Dante, from where they take some lyrics in old Italian, in words of Peso himself this song “it’s a fantastic trip towards hell”, through 9’38” we go through many different passages, the song mainly keeps a mid-tempo, for adding coherently wicked feminine voices that repeat “In the name of evil, in the name of sacrifice”, lamentations and sobs of some souls in the distant, and more serious tenebrous voices… soon the tempo is disappearing and we listen some spirits suffering with really undergravelike voices. Later the faster tempo from the beginning returns and we again listen to the voice of Flegias that ends disappearing little by little. We just have crossed the 9 circles.
Excellent delivery of the Masters NECRODEATH, where they have unfolded their creation abilities and the experience of more than 20 years releasing detonating records, do not hesitate in buy this jewel no matter what and you’ll be able to enjoy an impossible trip that only NECRODEATH could recreate. Indispensable, you will kill to get it!!!