Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Xibalba/Hasta La Muerte/Southern Lord Records/2012 CD Review


  Xibalba  are  a  band  from  Southern  California  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  with  a  musical  style  that  combines  hardcore,  thrash  and  death  metal  together  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  album  "Hasta  La  Muerte"  which  was  released  by  Southern  Lrd  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow, mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  good  amount  of  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  tribal  style  playing,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffing  that  combines  hardcore,  thrash  and  death  metal  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own,  while  the  lead  guitars  when  they  are  utilized  they  are  very  early  90's  sounding  death  metal  guitar  leads.

  Vocals  are  mostly  hardcore  style  growls  that  have  a  heavy  death  metal  feeling  to  them  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  clean  singing  female  vocals,  while  the lyrics  cover  hateful  and  everyday  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  dark,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  recording  from  Xibalba  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  band,  you  should  enjoy  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Soledad"  "Sentenced"  "Mala  Mujer"  and  "Lijuria".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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