SLAUGHTER MESSIAH (Belgium) - Cursed To The Pyre (sealed CD copy) (2020) Evil Invaders Records Brazilian Edition: issued in a jewel case w/Slipcover & poster - limited to 300 copies. 
 "It becomes clear that there has been a huge evolution when you compare our old songs to this album” … a statement that rings true – and loudly so – as early as, at the latest, 30 seconds into “Cursed To The Pyre”, the debut full-length studio offering from deadly Belgian Thrashers, SLAUGHTER MESSIAH .

Having channeled their primal instincts with simple yet effective fare on 2 demos and 3 EP's in less than ten years, the band sounds peculiarly sophisticated on their first album while maintaining every bit of their trademark aggression and – maybe distinctly? – Belgian Blackness.

“We play the way the ancient masters taught us, no matter where they came from”, rebuts drummer John Berry. It is fair to say that the four-piece easily manages to set itself apart from the largely faceless pack that flooded the scene in recent day by tacking familiar archaisms to stunningly complex compositions in order to create something that sounds as extreme as it is original.

It is for this very reason that besides relatively straightforward outings such as opener ‘From The Tomb Into The Void’ or ‘Pouring Chaos,’ a barnstormer evoking images of a stirred hive of angry hornets, the record offers acutely atmospheric and almost progressive moments, the kind of which make seven-minute epic ‘Hideous Affliction.’ 
 Pure and uncompromising Metal Of Death.  --  Evil Invaders Records – EIR007