By Tank UK Death Metal band, Venom Prison, have just released their new Prosthetic Records release, Primeval. The new album release consists of re-recordings from their first two EPs, Defy The Tyrant and The Primal Chaos, which were released respectively in 2015, along with two new cuts. The songs from Defy The Tyrant are “Usurper of the Throne,” “Life Suffer,” “Mortal Abomination,” “Path Of Exile,” and “Defy The Tyrant.” From the EP, The Primal Chaos, they have included “Babylon The Whore,” “Daemon Vulgaris,” “Narcotic,” and “The Primal Chaos.” The new songs on the album are “Defiant To The Will Of God” and “Slayer of Holofemes.” Although they have included previously released songs, they insist that they are not simply a rehashing of old material, but rather new, improved versions of songs that they feel their fans may have missed as their previous two albums were released on a much broader basis in 2016. The band tells us, “We are proud to share Primeval with the world, the end of an era and the start of a new chapter for the band’s life. The essence of this release was to look back on our earlier days, reflecting on where it all started and giving new life to what these songs deserved from the start. Primeval consists of demo Defy The Tyrant (2015) & EP The Primal Chaos (2015) with 2 additional brand new songs which hint where the bands future may lay.” In a positive review of the album, The Guardian said, “As ever with VENOM PRISON, it’s disgust rather than titillation that drives their sound – Primeval is blistering death metal rooted in the horror of everyday violence and injustice.” Elsewhere,
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VENOM PRISON RELEASE ‘PRIMEVAL’ ON PROSTHETIC RECORDS Metal Hammer also praised the release, releasing their first two EPs, they came to the concluding,”...while VENOM PRISON’s past attention of Prosthetic Records who signed is exhilarating, their future looks like it will the band and released their first two albums, be even more exciting.” Animus (2016) and Sansara (2019). Venom Prison is led by Russian born Their first full album release was singer, Larissa Stupar. Larissa had been part 2016’s Animus. Animus essentially unleashed of the German hardcore band, Wolf Down. this new band onto the metal scene and kickAfter relocating to Wales, she met Ash Gray started their metal odyssey. The album was of Brutality Will Prevail and the two of them simply magnificently brutal with a cover to started writing compliment the music. The cover featured a music together. castrated rapist being force fed his own It wasn’t long genitals. The music was definitely filled with before it came brutal lyrics and vicious vocals and a time to choose thunderous bottom end that would pound a name. They your skull. Topics on the album ranged from wanted rape culture, misogyny, and religion. something that Their sophomore album, 2019s would stand Samsara picked up where Animus left off, out, so they cementing them in the death metal marketchose the name place. Their second album was just as violent “Venom and graphic with songs like “Uterine Prison” as it Industrialisation” and “Self Inflected was “the most Violence.” Believe me folks, this album was metal name definitely hardcore. they could Now the band is back with their third imagine”. album and newly revitalized songs from their Other members first two EPs. From album to album Venom of the band Prison gets more hardcore and the same can include be said with this new release. Normally we guitarist Ben might say a release like this rocks, but not Thomas, with this band. This releases simply crushes. bassist Mike It sets a new bar for the death metal scene. Jeffries, and This album is designed for the most hardcore drummer Joe death metal fan out there. Bills. After November 2020 • Rock and Blues International 81
