Tyrant’s Return reviewed on Music Extreme

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MEPHISTO “Tyrant’s Return” (MC, Tour de Garde 2004)

A combination of pure aggressive black metal with some death metal elements, but always emphasizing the brutality of the compositions. The band has some old school influences in their music but they have taken them to a more modern sound. Extreme vocals are essential here giving an even darker feeling to the music of this “Tyrant´s return”. One thing that I liked a lot is the use of the toms in the drums in many compositions that give a different feeling to some parts, sort of more tribal, fitting really well the music and adding originality. This sort of drumming is not that common in this style of music because this guy does fast rhythms but then adds a lot of toms work. The sound is raw but effective, specially on guitars. There is a cover by legend´s Slaughter her called “F.O.D.” that adds even more points to this release. Pure aggression and darkness.