Dominus Xul - The Primigeni Xul (I Condemned My Enemies)
This band hails from Chile and plays Satanic Doom/Death Metal in the old Florida style. The thing that stood out the most about this band was the fact that they sound exactly like about three or four dozen demo tapes that I got from various now non-existent bands back in the early ‘90s. Remember when every Death Metal band wanted to sound just like Morbid Angel, Deicide, Death and Obituary? Remember how they all “sort of” sounded like one of those bands but never matched up with the talent or the production qualities that these bands had? Dominus Xul brings all that nostalgia back. This reeks of old Florida Death Metal and has production so muddy that if it were Black Metal, I’d call it “Grim.” The music is completely generic by-the-numbers Death Metal and I know that there are people who just love this shit to death. If you’re one of them, I’m sure you’re dredging your local record store as I write this. I’ll give Dominus Xul credit for staying “old-school,” but rehashing the early ‘90s isn’t going to do anybody any good unless you take the influence and go somewhere with it.
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