BANISHED

Release Year: 2018
Artist Origin: USA
Style: chunky dark savage death metal

regardless of changing their name from Baphomet to Banished, the American four-piece continued in the same vein started on the debut full-length couple of years back, returning with this brick-heavy twelve tracker [1994], characterized by raw, gritty production and rhythm-laden brutality, blending chunky, concrete riffs with dynamic tempo variations and guttural, throaty vocals of Tom Frost, creating an energetic sound that is both visceral and catchy; purely American, total death metal approach with characteristic slow downs, backed up by dark, occult themes in lyrics, setting unique atmosphere of horror, was quite typical in mid nineties, yet the groove they brought together was exceptionally memorable; recent British black 180g vinyl edition comes with a pro-printed lyric inner sleeve