Unchain The Wolves - Destroyer 666

Appropriating a pointless heavy metal umlaut from Queensrÿche, Melbourne's Destroÿer 666 peaked with this first release, which harks back a decade to the early, thrash-influenced black metal of Bathory, exemplified by the album 'Blood Fire Death.' With its Satanic themes, dingy keyboards and catchy, plodding tempo, this is black metal in its original and best style, led by the talents of Bestial Lust's K.K. Warslut (perhaps not his real name). This album encapsulates everything that was great about early Bathory, which bizarrely works equally well in Australia as it does in frosty Sweden, from the tomb-like atmosphere of the introduction to 'Genesis to ...  Read the complete review