Death Yell - Morbid Rites (2007)

   By formed in the late '80s and being one of the first extreme metal bands in South America, Death Yell probably counts as a cultic band. Similar to Sarcófago, they've also played a raw genuine mix of death and black metal.
   The band was short lived, "Morbid Rites" is a compilation that collects their early works and live records. It could be crearly sensed that they didn't have exact imagination that time how they wanted to express the infernal chaos they've planned to illustrate with their music, so there were plenty of occasions when they improvised. They just wanted to play something so aggressive and insane as possible, like many others that time. Their drummer couldn't keep up with the intense speed they've played, so just like at many old bands, he did snare drumming at the fastest parts. The chaotic lead guitar themes, the slow downs that are like silence before the storm, and the occasionally artificially distorted vocals together creating a main view that's reminding to Bathory's "The Return..." The concept seems similar too, and the effectiveness lies in their not yet materialized, raw style and powerful swing. "Morbid Rites" is like a lately discovered long forgotten gem from the golden age of extreme metal.