KRISIUN – Southern Storm
 
Label: Century Media
Release: July 18  2008
By: the.wangacopta
Rating: 9.5/10
Time: 50:26
Style: Death Metal
URL: Krisiun
 

Time has come to split skulls again! And the deadly precision exhibited again by KRISIUN is damned frightening. Even if Southern Storm means to be the seventh studio album by now, the Brazilian’s won’t become lazy in any way. Furthermore you will get the impression that the sound played exactly to the point is edged and improved by nuances. Every track has its own character. If KRISIUN manage to repeat them, than at the most in failure of redefining the wheel named brutality. But they are able to push their sound in border again and again just to let them crack under this massive pressure. Sure, the typical KRISIUN trademarks don’t give a shit on any borders. Slaying Steel, Sentenced Morning, Bleeding Offers or Twisting Sights carry definitely hit potential. Riffs sharp as razorblades pave the way for ultra fast blastbeats and in combination with the excellent song structures these tracks mutate to real neck-breaker. Instead of pushing the speed continuous the tempo is cleverly changed by awesome breaks just to go through with the Death Metal cudgel in the next moment. If the for KRISIUN relations „slower“ parts prevail like heard in Minotaur or Contradictions Of Decay (the next highlight, what a fuckin’ awesome combination of blast, riff and forced midtempo) an ingenious staginess and shockwave is build up. Enthralling the riff in Sons Of Pest is – Fight Fire With Fire on Death Metal?! The high-class solo parts and in the consequence the high technical level contains just one little crisis: the cover version of Sepultura’s Refuse/Resist is absolutely felicitous, compared to the original it sounds just nice. But the Southern Storm can’t be slowed by this – this one ravage without mercy. A big thank you goes out to Andy Classen and the Stage One Studio – this sound kills! That’s how brutal and uncompromising Death Metal has to be! No question: those who want to take on with the Southern Storm have to dig damned deep in the bag of tricks. A must-have!