How many bands do you know that have changed their music style? Probably many, but from those bands, most of them have changes from a heavy style to a less heavy, more “commercial” style to put it someway. SATAN’S HOST started in the early 80’s playing heavy/power metal, releasing a couple of albums, where their vocalist went then to JAG PANZER. Suddenly, Patrick Evil, the only original member decided it was time to call it quits. Many things happened that seemed like a curse; their drummer died, they even had to play for some time under a different name and they left a good contract with a strong record label on hold. Many years later the band is reborn…but playing black/death metal!!! Yes, it is like that, but don’t think it is any kind of death/black metal…it is like a mixture with something from Slayer, something from Bathory, a lot of brutal Swedish death metal like the early Unleashed albums and there are still some traces of that heavy metal they used to play, but with a more macabre, heavier and more obscure sound. Eli Elixir the vocalist, gives the band a lot of power, he reminds me at times to Jon Tardy from Obituary, something from Jeff Becerra of Possessed and Ingo from Necrodeath. Also, the band is able to mix fast songs with some other which are played more at mid-tempo, although in my point of view a couple of songs sound a bit similar. No matter of what happened to the band, what has not changed over the years is the lyrical concept, always dedicated to…oh, you make it out. One thing is for sure, it is an excellent disc, with a lot of variety and that fans of all extreme metal styles will enjoy.
-Julián Nuñez
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