Ravens Creed - Ravens Krieg
Satisfyingly filthy punk-infused death metal from Nottingham
With thrash and death metal riffs stylised by a gritty punk attitude, Ravens Creed's music hammers home like Motörhead on steroids. Now on their third album, the Nottingham-bred band have shown no signs of dialling back their ferocious sound.
The first 12 tracks of Ravens Krieg clock in collectively at just under half an hour, releasing a battery of short bursts of irresistibly relentless metal that rarely surpass two and a half minutes. This culminates in the 13-minute 'Carrion Screaming', a track with remorseless energy that, were it to be a soundtrack, would fit only the goriest of horror films.
Sure to be the envy of a large number of death metal acts that strive for a sound characterised by ruthlessness, Ravens Creed's sound seems natural to them. Their grainy guitars and guttural yells effortlessly radiate the kind of brutality that many bands could only dream of.
8.5/10
Ravens Krieg is available now via Xtreem Music
