The Whore of Hate

Polish metallers MASSEMORD was formed in 2000 and has since then released 4 demos, 1 live album and 2 full-length’s, with this effort, “The Whore Of Hate” being the second. Their first album “Let The World Burn” (2007) was an amazing album but this is something even better.

“The Whore Of Hate” is a album by a band that has grown and realized that in order to make something great, you have to be great and with furious blast-beats, ripping guitars, a bass work out of this world and a vocalist who is one of the best in black metal they prove themselves to be way beyond just great, they earn reach the rank of AMAZING!

Every song on this album is very well organized and written which is a huge improvement since the latest album. Musically it is mainly the same blast-beat driven black metal as it were on “Let The World Burn” but they also add some different flavors into the music. I can here slower parts that were present on the previous album and on the fifth track, “Horrify Through Self-Destruction” the music takes a real slow pace, but they handle it really well and in the end that song is one of the best tracks of the album. The faster parts are of course still their favorite element and songs like “Rape The Presence” and “Overcuming The Whore Of Hate” are pieces of wonderful musical creation of the fastest rank there is.

Talking of the music, the ones performing the music on this release are exceptionally good at what they do and as I previously stated their vocalist Namtar is definitely one of the best there is in black metal. By combining harsh shrieks, low growls and a form of shouts that he likes to do he creates a unique personality which is something not every vocalist got nowadays. The bass lines played by Sars are also pretty amazing, it is very rare that black metal features such a technical bass work as this album does. The drums performed by Darkside are not even worth commenting since we all know that polish drummers are the best drummers there is.

MASSEMORD’s “The Whore Of Hate” are together with ALGHAZANTH’s album “Wreath Of Thevetat” one of the best albums this year and are worth by everyone out there looking for some sweet music. Poland once again proves that they are the strongest name in metal right now.