
Welcome to the madhouse!
-- Slaughter The Giant --
17/06/2019
Stijn Daneels

Album genres:
■ | Black metal |
■ | Death Metal |
Album artists:
■ | Benny Ubachs | Vocals |
■ | Jeroen Broos | Guitar |
■ | Timi Devos | Guitar |
■ | Daan Vangoidsenhoven | Bass |
■ | Joren Baert | Drums |
Review written by Glenn “Terra Shredder” Van Bockstaele.
Slaughter The Giant is a Belgian death/black metal band formed in 2018
and this spring they’ve released their first EP. An independent release called “Asylum
Of The Damned” and sent to us by band members Benny and Daan. Thanks a lot,
folks!
The EP kicks off with “Apocalypse Now,” beginning with a menacing intro
featuring church bells, raindrops, wolf howls, moody violins and trumpets
before all hell breaks loose. Raging black metal with shrieks, growls and blast
beats ripping and tearing through the speakers. It’s a dark and dreary song
with an underlying touch of symphony. “Torture And Madness” is a faster tune and
during this track’s instrumental middle and ending sections you can clearly
hear this band’s sense of melody. It adds a beautiful extra dimension to the
song.
Track 3, “The Hell In Me” is a tight rollercoaster mix between the
roaring black metal beats and the melodic death metal riffs and vocalist Benny
seamlessly switching between throat ripping shrieks and guttural grunts, all
without skipping a beat or pushing himself too hard. Next up is “Raging Demons,”
which has a slower beginning and then explodes into the same carefully balanced
combo of earth trembling death metal, soul stealing black metal and sweet classic
metal sections. We wrap up the “Asylum Of The Damned” EP with its title track
and for me personally its best song. It has a nice Dimmu Borgir feel to it with
the pounding drum beats, the howling riffs and the orchestral touches and
finally gently fading away back into the darkness it once came. Great stuff!
Despite Slaughter The Giant’s mere one year existence, these five young
men serve a more than tasteful cocktail of black, death, symphonic and melodic
metal that’s more than enjoyable to fans of all those aforementioned subgenres
and pretty much everyone else! More of this please! Here’s the title track!
80/100