Release
date: August 04th
2017.
Label: Backbite Records / Breathe Plastic Records / Medusa Crush
Recordings. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Blight
– Tracklisting
1.Each 02:11
2.Lungs 03:26
3.Abandon 03:13
4.Gold 04:04
5.Demolish 02:41
6.Golem 02:25
7.Apocalypse 01:24
8.Each (Part Two)
05:08
Review
Sludge/Doom Punks Kavrila release
their debut album Blight to an unsuspecting audience. Expect 25
minutes of pissed of Sludge/Doom/Punk brutality. It's such a shame
the album is on too damn short as Kavrila create a highly volatile
and brutally exciting atmosphere.
From the opening distorted sounds of the first track – Each – Kavrila grab you by the balls and play a fast-paced style of Sludge/Doom/Punk with almost indescribable vocals and fast-paced riffs that means you're on the edge of your seat throughout the album.
Second track Lungs sees Karvila play
a more standard sludge based song. It has moments of thrash style
riffs and a gloomy post-hardcore/post-metal feel. The album is
perhaps best suited for the more extreme metal fan. As Karvila
venture into some pretty dark places as the lyrics and vocals don't
shy away from the dark topics that is included on the album.
Kavrila blast their way through the
other songs on album like a violent and out of control tornado. With
the music being extremely harsh with a hardcore punk sound being the
main focus. Songs such as Abandon, Demolish, Golem and Each (Part
Two) having the fiercest and heaviest riffs on the album.
Blight is superbly and masterfully
produced. As the whole sound of the album is EXTREMELY LOUD and clear
from the start. My main issue with the album is the running time.
It's on too damn short. The album could have easily benefited for a
couple more songs.
Overall, Blight is an exciting and
provocative album. If you're a fan of EyeHateGod and THOU then you'll
be in your element with this album. This ranks as one of the heaviest
Sludge Metal albums released this year.
Words by Steve
Howe
