MANIAC BUTCHER - Krevestreb
(Pussy God Records)

The third full length opus from the Czech barbarians this time sees a furthur line-up change ... consisting now of only Radim Hora (Barbarúd) on vocals , Vlad Blasphemer (of Dark Storm) doing guitars , bass & drums and Lord Unclean (of Unclean) doing guitars & bass . As always , the musical sound & rawness of Maniac Butcher's music is retained and on Krvestreb it's certainly no exception . On this album , the band churns out another 6 songs of raw blackness and this time also boosting an excellent layout (not to mention cover too ... gone is the bright trendy orange cover found on Lucan Antikrist) .

On average , if compared with all of their earlier material , this is perhaps the most similar to 'Barbarians' in my opinion (the best is Lucan Antikrist ... hail trendiness !) but I do not forsee any progression in their music at all which can perhaps be quite a bore especially when you've heard all of their material .

House Recommendations : average
Rating : 6.5/10
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