Muknal are a new black/death metal trio from the USA. This is there debut three track demo, which was originally pressed on tape but has been released on 12" vinyl by Hells Headbangers. Muknal's members go by the names of Anxiety, Vahxak and Impious and they are already gaining notoriety in the catacombs of the black/death underground.
Tracklist:-
1. Cruciation
2. Rotten Genesis
3. Eidolon
This 12" has a very different sound to the Blackened
Wisdom release I just reviewed.
It's more modern sounding, which I guess befits Muknal, as
they are a modern band.
The build up of Cruciation is an encompassing one and
Muknal's take on the black/death theme is very different. They use a lot of
other textures and sounds to make their sound come alive. When the main verse
kicks in, the instrumentation has a really evil undertone and the vocals lean
more to black metal, with low growls and occasional high shrieks. These songs
are longer in length too and employ murky, slower textures in places.
The brooding atmosphere is carried into Rotten Genesis. The
intro guitar passage is a joy to hear. Not over-complicated, but menacing enough
to remind you that Muknal are not messing around. As I've said before, the
musical textures they weave are brilliant and at times sound otherworldly. The
percussion here is a lot faster, especially the crashing cymbals and the
guitars thrash away creating an energetic wall of sound. The vocals remain on
the low side, to emphasise their death metal influences.
Closing song Eidolon is a shorter, more immediate slice of
black metal. It underlines the chaos that Muknal are looking to achieve, but in
a controlled way. Again, this is a truly harrowing song the Impious's vocals
are in full flow. The sludgy undertones that reared their heads in the two
previous songs make a brief appearance here, but they go even further to
underline the skill of Muknal, in being able to weave different metal genres
into their ungodly sound.
Now much like Blackened Wisdom before them, Muknal are not on Facebook or other social media site. Nor is their music, so again head over to Hells Headbangers to hear teasers for these tracks and to pick up a copy of this record - http://shop-hellsheadbangers.com/muknal.asp.
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