Coronach brings a vein-jolting and innovative musical style.
Scottish band Hellripper are known for their wild and dark music. The last album the band dropped was Warlocks Grim & Withered Pigs and this month, they have dropped Coronach. Throughout this album, McBain once again brings a pool of influences spanning from punk, classic heavy metal, thrash, and black metal, even tipping his hat to Viking-era Bathory on the excellent title track.
Much like its predecessor, the album thrives on razor-sharp riffing delivered at either face-melting speed or in more muscular mid-paced surges, with jagged, lethal licks flying in from all directions. If you prefer the back-to-basics Hellripper, “Blakk Satanik Fvkkstorm” and “Mortechyn” scratch that itch, even if they’re not quite as ragingly fast as the old days. Coronach is a delight for those who seek vein jolting music.
Kicking things off is “Hunderpest.” What stands out about this track is how the music has an Iron Maiden vibe that meshes in with the dark heavy metal. Right off the bat the sound of surging guitar playing welcomes listeners with ear-bleeding and sizzling riffs that shakes the background with vein-jolting buzzes, while the vocalist creepily wails out the deep lyrics. Surely, “Hunderpest” can kick start people’s hearts as the music blazes through their speakers.
Another trailblazing track is “The Art of Destruction” and what sets this number apart from the previous one is how the elegant and enchanting piano playing adds a sentimental value before the musical chaos starts. In ways, it feels like the piano playing is hyping up the theme by how each key brings the feeling of how close danger is and how it is too late to seek shelter. The piano sets the creepy tone on “The Art of Destruction,” which is really a beautiful thing by how it brings a lingering dangerous vibe.
Now, “Sculptor’s Cave” is by far the most jamming track on this album thanks to the dynamic drum playing welcomes listeners with a solid rock vibe before the smashing metal takes over. In any kind of metal music, the drumming is important because each beat causes a musical rift that matches the insanity level with the rest of the instrumentation. The drum tempo meets the same tone as the vocal performance, so, when people listen to “Sculptor’s Cave,” they can hear and feel the erratic drum beats that make the music.
For those who enjoy bombastic, wild and thrilling metal music, Coronach will fill that need by how each track is well crafted with in-your-face music that will cause some people to head bang as the tunes smack the air with powerful noise.
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