Formed back in 1996 in Portland, Oregon, USA, Thy Infernal (by their own claim) was one of the most extreme live bands in America as they appeared onstage with spikes, boar heads, smoke, corpsepaint, animal guts, six foot inverted crosses and plenty of blood splitting to boot – they also made some incredibly awesome black metal music.
Baring similarities to Marduk and other high speed black metal acts the four members; Armageddon (bass & vocals), Rapist (lead guitar), Slut (Rhythm guitar) and Impalor (drums) delivered one overly Satanic, evil and hate filled recording back in 2001 through Moribund Records. What really separates the band from being a pure Marduk or Dark Funeral clone however is that while each and every song is incredibly brutal each is also loaded with colossal riffs and killer solos. Throughout these seven songs (44 mins.) they constantly switch between melody & dissonance plus the breakdowns are handled wonderfully, which only adds to the chaotic nature of their music. It will also sound a bit odd, but several parts of this CD actually sound catchy to me and frankly many a times I've found myself banging my head in a mad fury while listening to it too.
As much as I enjoy the overly brutal nature of this album I actually enjoy the somewhat slower sixth song, 'Night Of The Full Moon' the best, which has a great epic feel to it plus an amazingly awesome guitar ending, which then segues beautifully into the final song, 'Warlords of Hell.' 'Rotting in Hell' & 'Dark Wings Unfurl' are also freakin' jaw droppingly amazing, but all in all there isn't a dull moment to be found on this supreme offering.
It's truly a shame Thy Infernal are not mentioned more often when USBM is discussed, because these guys truly were one of the finest, but unfortunately in 2002 the band was laid to rest and Winter of Apokalypse rose from the ashes, though I've never heard this band. I've owned this album for eight years now and never once has it bored me or left me unsatisfied and as such I can easily say this is one of the most stunning releases ever within the USBM scene.
Forget about complete crap like Krieg and Judas Iscariot or other utterly terrible entities like Xasthur and Leviathan. Go pick up a truly talented, mesmerizing, evil and brutally amazing band like Thy Infernal instead.
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