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Infernal Angels: Pestilentia
Returning with their third album, Infernal Angels continue to hammer home their Immortal, or Mayhem infused straight up Black Death with vigour and a little panache. However what Pestilentia does lack is that variance from song to song to really make this act stand tall and proud amongst their peers. Vocalist XeS, the band's only surviving original member, has a throaty rasp, more aggressively husky than out and out guttural; something which he makes work to his advantage, while Manegarmr offers up boundless barrages of both bass and guitar (something which must be a challenge live…). The trio is completed by drummer MiD, who can rattle the tubs with the best of them, both in terms of ferocity and precision. However, in the end none of the undoubted talent on show really makes up for what becomes a reasonably characterless set of songs, which do hit hard, but lack in staying ability.
In isolation - in fairness the manner in which many people digest their music these days - "Blood Is Life" and its almost Iron Maiden like breakdown, "Cold Fog Rises" and its staccato chant chorus and "A Night Of Unholy Soul", where a more considered approach is employed to heighten the impact of the merciless assault which follows it, all grab the attention and pretty much hold it. However when encountered alongside the less vital "Domina Nigra", "Thorn Crowns" and "1347", the impact is severely blunted; even the more adventurous fare beginning to pale into the realms of the unmemorable.
The talent found within the number of Infernal Angels, when paired to their ability to navigate the blood soaked corridors of Blackened Death, means that at no stage does Pestilentia feel under par. Yet at no stage does it ever suggest it has the necessary hit of originality to live long in the memory.
Track Listing
1. 1347
2. Pestilentia
3. Blood Is Life
4. In The Darkness
5. Domina Nigra
6. Carpathians
7. Cold Fog Rises
8. Thorns Crown
9. A Night of Unholy Soul
Added: October 28th 2014 Reviewer: Steven Reid Score: Related Link: Infernal Angels on BandCamp Hits: 1961 Language: english
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