Black/death metal from the States in the form of Bloodshed Divine. Mixing a brutal, primitive sound (i.e. Darkthrone), accompanying it with well-done death metal vocals, with a equal mixing of excellent musicianship, all performed by the same individual no less, Bloodshed Divine stay away from the 'just another black/death band' trap, his sound isn't the most original, but contains a feeling long lost and thus the sound shines (darkens?) forth with a power to make it stand out, all this from a first demo.

The demo starts off with -Echos Of The Abyss-, an ill-fated intro consisting of numerous repeated black/death vocal chants (*note* the word 'chants' makes it sound more interesting then it really is) that serves as a exercise for the fast forward button into the first song, -...Summoned-, perfectly displaying the elements I listed in the above paragraph, alone making this demo CD worthy. -Inverted Nazarene- has a more (accepted) black metal vokill approach, while the death metal vocals are done deeper, to a lesser effect.. but alternate with the other vocals and music seamlessly. -Bloodshed Divine (War In Heaven)- starts off with heavy riffing and bass heavy drums, the deeper death growls are present once again, and remain for the most part of the song showing that Bloodshed Divine would make a fine death metal band.. but lets' hope that never happens anyway..

-...Summoned- is a must, professionally done without losing any spirit in the music.

Personal Favorite(s): ...Summoned; Inverted Nazarene

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