Overlord Industries - 2005 - Pissingonanazi.com

This Swedish outfit is back with more of their special brand of Metal. This time around we are presented with six tracks an intro and two interludes. The material on this demo has progressed a bit since last, yet you clearly hear who we're dealing with here. The trademark soundquality and guitar sound is present. The same Thrashy Metal, with some Death- and Black Metal in it. All seems to be as before, until we get to the third track, "Something in Common". This took me by surprise the first time around, and it still amazes me after a bunch of listens. It works amazingly well. They have added a trombone to this track, it actually begins with it, and then the song proceeds with the rest of the instruments, and the trombone joining in here and there. This is very good indeed! The trombone shows up here and there during most of the other songs here, but on "Something in Common" it is best by far. Such an amazing groove! The influences here are still from all over the place, and a bit hard to pinpoint. They remind me of Cadaver Inc. and latter day Sepultura, with some really slow, old school Black Metal in there as well, but there's lots more to be discovered here.

The vocals are as before. They remind me a bit of a less extreme and Thrashier version of those on the early Burzum records. Hard to explain, really, but still good.

The soundquality is as good as before, being well above the average for a demo recording, and the music is still mostly mid-paced, but feels a bit more varied and innovative this time around. This demo feels a bit more complete than their last effort. A bit more even. Some really good riffing on this demo. I like that. I like when bands have something unexpected in their music, when I can't predict what's next, and this is a good example of that. I want more, but skip the interludes next time. 

Standout tracks are "Something in Common", "Goodmorning Cruel World" and "KEL", the faster track on this demo.

Wednesday January 4 2006, by :Vragh:

Among the Living/Dominatör - 2005 - Split

Two bands from the Netherlands are presented on this split effort. Among the Living play slightly melodic Thrashing Death Metal, with some small amounts of Doom in the mix, and are represented
here with four tracks. The music is actually really heavy, reminding me of both Slayer and early Metallica.

The vocals are barked out, reminding me more of Punk/Hardcore style vocals. They actually remind me somewhat of Max Cavalera's vocals, mixed with something I can't put my finger on at the moment. Can't really describe them better than that. At first I wasn't really that fond of them, but after a while you notice that they actually fit the music rather well.

The soundquality is very good indeed. The instruments can be heard clearly in the mix, and the sound is sharp. I would say that this is actually a lot better than average. This was the bands last recording.

Standout track is "Drown".

Dominatör plays a somewhat slower Thrashy Death Metal, with more Doom in the music, and are represented with five tracks, the last one being a live track.This is slower than Among the Living, and with a different heaviness as well. Traces of Slayer are present here as well, as a bit of Megadeth and even some slight amount of Testament.

The vocals are somewhat similar to those by Nathan of Graves at Sea, and they also remind me a bit of those by Chuck Schuldiner of Death, although these are not as highpitched.

The soundquality is somewhat murkier than the tracks by Among the Living, but I like it, and the individual instruments can still be heard clearly. The live track has a remarkably good soundquality, as well.

Standout track is "600 Days".

Saturday October 21 by :Vragh: