Artist: Kingdom
Country: Poland
Label: Osmose Productions
Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD
Year: 2025
Although for me the Polish Death Metal band Kingdom has largely passed by unnoticed, this seventh album got a little more traction because it is the first one that’s been released under the supervision of Osmose Productions. Without saying the band’s previous output wasn’t worthy the attention, but the very few times I have actually listened to Kingdom, they were not able to fully capture me. But, honestly, this band moving up a step to one of the most established and respected labels, did tickle my curiosity…
I do think it is fair to conclude that with ‘Primeval Cult Of Strength In The Womb Of Suffer’ the band also took a step forwards in terms of quality, but that overall not too much has changed when comparing this newest album with their previous output. The biggest difference is the heavier sound and cleaner production, but when it comes to the actual music, ‘Primeval Cult Of Strength In The Womb Of Suffer’ is just a natural continuation from what they’ve been doing all along.
‘Primeval Cult Of Strength In The Womb Of Suffer’ is an album that is a pleasant listen throughout, it ticks most of the boxes when it comes to extreme Death Metal. It has a good portion of nice rolling riffs, dynamic drums, ditto vocals and some well-dosed and overall controlled chaos. In addition there’s some good and sharp, harsh bleeeergh-like vocals that remind of Pete Helmkamp of Angelcorpse.
Angelcorpse. That brings me to the following. Kingdom never has sounded remotely original and they didn’t change any of that with this seventh long player. On the contrary, I even have the feeling that they are leaning backwards to many of their alleged musical examples. To cut things short, if you’re into bands like the aforementioned Angelcorpse, Vital Remains, Vomitory, Kriusiun or their fellow Poles Vader or Dissinter, then ‘Primeval Cult Of Strength In The Womb Of Suffer’ is a great album to enjoy. However, a minor comment: Kingdom is not reaching the level of any of these aforementioned comparisons.
