Vorkreist
SABBATHICAL FLESH POSSESSION

November 2003
Released: 2003, Xtreem Music
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviewer: Luxi Lahtinen

Oh my unholy Lord... oh my oh my... WOW!! I´m kinda speechless and definitely blown away by the newest signing of the Spanish Xtreem Music, Vorkreist. Vorkreist come from France and I´m a bit surprised by myself that I have never heard of these guys before even if the band was formed in Paris, France in 1999 already!!? Vorkreist play a very savage, brutal, raw and dark old-school Death Metal - just like in the good ol´ days, a bit something into the vein of Severance, Necrovore, Dr. Shrinker, Incubus and a couple other acts that I cannot get popped out of my mind right now. Everything on SABBATHICAL FLESH POSSESSION sounds like you could have been thrown back to the mid/end of the ´90s; and specifically back to the underground tape trading scene when shitloads of new interesting discoveries were made in terms of brutality and sheer aggressiveness. Vorkreist have re-found some of that sadistic Death Metal magic and mayhem into their own blood-stopping sound and they do their stuff such a convincing yet adorable way that it almost forces me to dig up all my old Death Metal demos out of the cellar once again, giving me a couple of good enough reasons to cherish that type of sound even a little bit more that I may have done just as of lately.



Vorkreist´s infernal growler by his nickname ´SojR-KhaSM´ has a truly wicked and evil voice which he doesn´t hesitate to use ruthlessly a second from one song to the other song. He sounds like he could be possessed by Hell´s most evil demons and infamous gate keepers, growling and shrieking constantly like a goddammit lunatic and even succeeding in sending some chilling shivers down my spine every now and then. Vorkreist´s old-school sounding Death Metal is also, huh! ´extra hot and spicy´. I mean, it´s amazing and yet nearly unbelievable that they have managed to capture so many tastefully ripping and totally slaying riffs, catchy tempo changes and insane rhythms for this album. I actually could use an uncounted amount of superlatives in order to praise them shamelessly to the skies, but I think I´ll save you from all that. Instead of that I command you to get them known better by purchasing the godly SABBATHICAL FLESH POSSESSION immediately for yourself and listen to it while masturbating under the moonlight after midnight. That´s the least you can do, believe me. Satan is my friend now and will be your friend soon... ´nema´!!



Viva la Vorkreist!! Viva la a new coming of the wicked French Death Metal!!