Artist: Evokthum
Country: Brazil
Label: Self-Released
Formats: Digital Demo
Year: 2024
Someone even half-versed in the wonderful world of the Bestial Black/Death Metal scene will have no difficulty in already getting some idea of where this is going to, simply and only based on the cover of this debut demo. This new Brazilian one-man army clearly derives his musical ethics from the Spanish titans of Proclamation…
The demo itself clocks in just over a mere eight minutes, but not a second is wasted as it goes for the throat right from the very start. And there is indeed quite a bit of Proclamation on these four tracks, but honestly, the Spaniards are much more Death Metal oriented than what we’re being served with here. Evokthum clearly leans more towards sharp sounding Black Metal, so if you would really need a more accurate comparison I would say that it fits somewhere between Proclamation, Sadomator, Black Witchery and Aura Noir. The latter pops up here and there with a vicious and chopping Thrash Metal riff, like at the beginning of ‘Whore Of Sodom’, which has a nice up-beat and rather staccato tempo. Last but not least, Evokthum pays homage to a lot of these great and entertaining Brazilian bands from the late 80’s and early 90’s: unpolished and wild at heart. This sort of metal can’t go right without a good dash of Sarcófago, Vulcano and the savageness of early Krisiun.
‘Majestry Blood Vomiter’ is a short but sweet demo, bringing you just what you had in mind and were looking for when you saw this black/white/red cover with a good old horned skull.
