Genre - Black/Thrash Metal
| 1. | Angels Forsaken | ||
| 2. | La Hora de Lucifer | ||
| 3. | Forged In Eternal Fire | ||
| 4. | Engraved In The Book Of Death | ||
| 5. | Battle Of Bewitchment | ||
| 6. | Darkconjurings | ||
| 7. | Hammer Of Demons | ||
| 8. | Nocturnal Reign | ||
| 9. | Blackest Hate |
US black/death metal Horde Sathanas have been toiling
away in the nether regions of the extreme metal underground for what seems like
nigh on forever now. With La Hora de
Lucifer they’ve released their eighth album and yet somehow despite being
an extremely solid purveyor of this style of music, still remain relatively
unknown to most. La Hora de Lucifer is
much more thrash oriented than their previous efforts though, they’ve taken
their foot off the death pedal and injected a noticeably significant amount
more speed this time around. While the formidable Nightrealm Apocalypse was more Possessed, this album is rather more
aligned with the likes of Usurper and early Bathory.
Indeed it’s those aforementioned bands, Bathory anyway
along with Venom that obviously play a huge part in Sathanas’ sound and rubs
off visibly here. “Forged in Eternal Fire” even bears a title suspiciously
similar to a certain famous Bathory song, and from the overtly satanic lyrics,
Paul’s cutthroat blackened vocals and the thunderous procession of drums and
crushing razor sharp riffs there’s certainly something here for any self
respecting fan of black/thrash to get their teeth into. Granted, it’s nothing
you could ever call groundbreaking and structurally all the songs on La Hora de Lucifer are much the same in
their execution, but when it’s delivered with such ferocity and underground
conviction like this then I’m not complaining.
Songs like “Battle of Bewitchment” and “Nocturnal Reign”
are riff filled and solo strewn sermons of blasphemy and perfect examples of
the level of quality that I’ve come to expect of this band by now. At the very
least they’re consistent, I mean they’ve been at this game for 24 years now
with little to no recognition and still haven’t released one album I would ever
consider as sub-par, neither an album that would ever be considered an ‘essential
classic’ either and La Hora de Lucifer
continues this trend. It’s definitely one for the fans of Desaster, Usurper and
the ilk to check out if they haven’t already.
7.5/10
Sounds like - Deasaster, Usurper, Destruction
Originally written for Metalcrypt
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