Proclamation - Nether Tombs of Abaddon
This band hails from Madrid, Spain, but when you listen to this, they may as well be from Ross Bay, Canada. When I saw the Nuclear War Now! label on this album, I knew that Proclamation was going to be straight-out brutal Black Metal in the Blasphemy style. Yosuke, the owner of Nuclear War Now!, is a huge Blasphemy fan and many of the bands that have released material through Nuclear War Now! have had the infamous Canadian War Metal sound a-la Fallen Angel of Doom and Gods of War. The only drawback to this style is that when you listen to it, all you can think of is Blasphemy. Even bands that came after Blasphemy, such as Revenge and Conquerer (both of which had Ryan Forster of Blasphemy in their line-ups), have suffered from the same problem. Once you have the Blasphemy albums, you really don’t need any others. This is where Proclamation ultimately loses the war. If you listen to Nether Tombs of Abaddon without having listened to Blasphemy at all, this is a fairly well executed album that is brutal, caustic and oppressively relentless. No frills, no guitar soloing, no female vocals or symphonic keyboards are to be found anywhere near this. It hits you hard and bulldozes you under. If you already have the Blasphemy albums, though, this is effectively a clone of that sound. This is War Metal for War Metal fans. If you love the Blasphemy sound and want every Black Metal band to sound just like it, then Proclamation is not going to disappoint you.
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