Hailing from Belo Horizonte comes Despot with their first full-length release. Though I've not heard ov these guys before now, I'm glad this review was assigned to me, simply because this is a band worthy ov some scrutiny. It's borderline progressive in its song composition, shifting ever so gradually from raw, brutally technical black metal almost to a more epic flavor ov shred metal, all the while accompanied by both guttural and clean vocals. And let me tell you, I'm only 2 tracks in as I pen this paragraph!
Track 3, Auto-da-Fé, offers much the same as the previous two, mostly technical and progressive riffing accompanied by guttural growls and blast-beats. Purified by Fire, their fourth track, sets the gold standard to gauge the rest ov the album by, though. It's both technical and progressive, the riffs almost bordering on early Bathory, a la "The Return" quality. Much enthusiasm for the tracks afterwards!
"Satan in the Death Row", starts off with the typical progressive riffs one comes to expect with this album, and then drives it home with the ferocity fueled by the burgeoning black metal scene from the late '80s! All in all, highly recommended!