INFERNAL LEGION: "The Spear of Longinus"

[ 3.5 / 5 ] Though Moribund Records tends to focus on releasing underground black metal, every now and then the label surprises with an album of a differing branch, and while Infernal Legion's third album The Spear of Longinus does have vague hints towards black metal in its utter evilness, this is still a rather forthright old school death metal affair – and it works to great extents! It's not that every riff in this energetic 45 minute ride sticks to memory, but it's rather their prowess at creating authentic and crushing death metal, that also succeeds at being really dark so that someone like me coming from a black metal background has easier time digesting the music too. Deicide is an appropriate pinpoint when it comes to the grunts of the vocalist, but other than that I am not going to name any particular bands, just expect some very menacing death metal that doesn't let of its grib at any time: indeed, there doesn't seem to be any quieter moments on the record. It's pure hell throughout and I enjoy it, even if it has been pretty much done before.