Demonic Rage - Desecration Rites

Labels: Nihilistic Holocaust Records

Formats: CD/Digital

Release Date: 09 Nov 2025

Tracklist:

1. Condemned Resurrection

2. Vomit the Cross of Damnation

3. Sentenced to Suffer in Blood

4. Intense Infanticide (Headhunter D.C. Cover)

5. Submission by Sacred Heresy

6. Desecrating the False Divinity

I have been sat on this for a little while, so I must apologise to Demonic Rage and to Nihilistic Holocaust Records, who kindly sent me a cd promo of this EP. Demonic Rage are a death metal band from Chile, who have been releasing music since the early 2000's. Desecration Rites gathers together the four tracks that made up side A of the 2020 tape release Desecration Rites/Consumed in Ultimate Sacrilege alongside two from the band's very first demo, dating back to 2004. 

Like Besotten, whom I featured just the other day, Demonic Rage is a trio. Also, while doing a bit of research, I noticed that the song 'Desecrating the False Divinity' has featured on several of their previous releases according to Metal Archives. I'm not sure why that is but they must be very proud of it to feature it so many times.

Something tells me this is going to be some primal, raw death metal. I was right too as ‘Condemned Resurrection’ presents low-end heavy death with time signatures that are a bit all over the place and gargling, deep bellowed vocals. It’s a recipe that when mixed together, produces a sound that’s properly infectious. I get the sense that Demonic Rage are really enjoying just making disgusting and noisy extreme metal.

‘Vomit the Cross of Damnation’ epitomises that point exactly, as Demonic Rage mix rapid-fire death/grind with infrequent yet nasty, sludge-like breakdowns. They absolutely kill it when they hit top speed! ‘Sentenced to Suffer in Blood’ is at the other end of the spectrum initially, as doom/death tempos are joined by furious Latin American vocals, providing a much darker atmosphere. Add in the metallic guitars and you could be forgiven for thinking you were back in the late 80s/early 90s when bands like Mystifier and Sepultura were tearing South America limb from limb.

Speaking up Brazilian bands, Demonic Rage chose to cover the song ‘Intense Infanticide’ by death metallers Headhunter D.C. and it’s as intense as promised. I genuinely think that covering a song by another extreme metal band is as hard as it gets, given how intricate and technical they can be. I’ll be honest and say that I’m not too familiar with Headhunter D.C., but maybe I should get familiar after this because it sounds epic!

In true demo fashion, ’Submission by Sacred Heresy’ is wildly blown-out recording-wise. It’s much more brutal than the earlier songs on this EP and is pretty short as well. Sometimes, a particular sound can suit a band and I think this one definitely suits Demonic Rage. ‘Desecrating the False Divinity’  follows in the same vein, albeit with much more time to play with. According to the promo that Gabriel sent me, these two recordings are from a rehearsal in 2025. I personally like to imagine that they’re from the band’s very first demo.

This EP was both what I expected and everything I didn’t. I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all but it’s perfectly fine to have your own perspective of beauty, however gnarly and nasty it is. Demonic Rage show how death metal is progressing (or regressing) in Chile right now and it’s glorious.

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