Iratus Vox Zine

Today we will take a look at the classic fourth album by American pioneering doom-metal legend Saint Vitus. The album, released in 1988, is titled “Mournful Cries”. The lineup consisted of Dave Chandler on guitars and also responsible for song-writing, Mark Adams on the bass, Armando Acosta on drums and Scott "Wino" Weinrich on vocals. The album perfectly blends dark existential themes of life with a more of a dark-fantasy lyrical approach. Musically it is solid and heavy-hitting blues-tinged traditional doom metal. The sound production of the album is typical for the doom scene of the late 80s. It opens with a faster song «The Creeps», a composition which serves the same purpose as Black Sabbath’s «Paranoid» on their second album, it is a fast-paced hit. It opens the album with a more proto-punk hard rock side, which Saint Vitus is known for. What follows next is one of the best songs in the band's catalog and on this album. The dark epic song Dragon Tim...

  ATRA HAERESIS play a classic fusion of death and black metal. The band has an international lineup which consists of Alexander Dorokhin who is responsible for the songwriting, Sergei Ambrazevich on vocals, Alexander Antygin on guitars, Alexey "Fenrir" Veselov on the bass. Also there is a number of guest appearances on other tracks. Artem Kovrigin and S.Krysenko (Sergius Proprius) have written the lyrics for Man Through Epochs, Pretium and Aendor Witch. The debut album of the band titled “Pretium” was released via Satanath Records (Russia), Kryrart Records (Germany), Death Portal Studio (USA) and Void Wanderer Productions (Netherlands) on the 26th of August 2021. The sound production performs high quality but definitely it is not overproduced. This style of sounding death black metal can be considered old-school. The songs are catchy, heavy and very dynamic. Behemoth, Belphegor, Dissection, Septic Flesh, Rotting Christ as well as Dark Funeral and Vital Remains come to mind w...