
Murder At Midnight
-- Plaguebringer --
16/01/2019
Stijn Daneels

Album genres:
■ | Melodic death metal |
■ | Black metal |
■ | Metalcore |
Album artists:
■ | Diaro Irine | Vocals |
■ | Aaron James | Guitar |
■ | Roger Argenal | Guitar |
■ | Aaron Lang | Bass |
■ | Greg Smith | Drums |
Review written by Glenn Van Bockstaele.
A while ago we got contacted by the Canadian melodic blackend
death metal band Plaguebringer to check out their 2017 debut EP “Three Kings.”
A short 13-minute release but it’s a damn good one! After a moody piano intro
the band fires off all cylinders with the track “Malificarum.” A massive opener
reminiscent of the Black Dahlia Murder (in particular Diaro’s vocals sound very
close to TBDM’s own Trevor Strnad) featuring ferociously fast drum beats, multiple
guitar solos and even some metalcore inspired tunes, all put together to create
a dark, epic spectacle. And after a short ambient interlude the band jumps into
“Queen Of Midnight,” continuing the same type of sonic fury as in the preceding
track, leaving nothing in their wake. Hell, they even included a short bass
solo in this song (I think Plaguebringer’s sound can thrive even better with a
bit more bass). And finally the title track of “Three Kings” kicks in with the
band going for a short and lightning fast song, bringing out the guns one last
time and having singer Diaro shrieking, grunting and screaming his damn lungs
out as the EP enters into sudden death!
I’ve got to say that despite the EP’s very short
length, Plaguebringer’s first release left a huge impression on me. The EP is
basically one long song split between 4 tracks (intro included). Personally, I’d
describe their sound as melodic blackcore, taking elements from metalcore,
black metal and melodic death metal all put together to create a chaotic yet
also surprisingly well structured and multilayered sound. It’s sophisticated
brutality and I’m very glad the band took the opportunity to contact us to
check out their work. Plaguebringer will be releasing their first full-length
release “Diabolos” on February 16 and I’m already looking forward to it. But in
the meantime, you can already warm yourself up by checking out the full “Three
Kings” EP here below, brought to you by the folks of Plaguebringer themselves!
85/100