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CASTRUM (UKR) “Hatenourisher” (2001)
Here’s the debut album of the Ukraine band Castrum. In spite of this, the band is not completely new in the underground scene and you probably heard their name for playing live with bands such a Krabathor.
The Canadian label Bloodbucket Prod. defined their music as “medieval death metal”, a really original description but doing reviews I must be more concrete: Castrum plays an intense NWOSDM with lots of interesting mid-tempos and doom breaks, enriched with vocals variations from growls to really remarkable dark clean vocals (like in the “Night of Saint-Barthlomew”) passing through incredible catchy screams more in the thrash style! It’s incredible how they were able to make sound all these parts coherent: it’s not one minute I felt this recordings sound fragmentary or disjointed.
Unfortunately, this recordings have a big limit in the really poor production that makes it sounds more like a demo or a live session recordings than a debut CD.
I hope this band will be supported in recordings a new release with a stronger production as I do really like their style and I’m yearning to listen more from these Ukraine guys!
Reviewed by Lidia Buscaino
