Batalha Ritual

For the ones that are aware of their mid 90s underground black metal, the Miasthenia / Songe d` Enfer split album had caused quite an impression. At least for me, that album was one of the best, most innovative releases spawned from these lands at that particular time frame.

Heavily based on synths but in a more occult / dark approach and not of the Dimmu Borgir school that infested most of the scene back then, it was definitely a highly recommendable split assault from the South Americas with a difference! There was another album in between that infamous split and “Batalha Ritual” so I can’t comment on what the band has been up to in between those two releases. However, this album sees the band taking over from where they have left. Still sounding mystifying and with the synths taking the upper hand, Miasthenia this time explores the mysticism of ancient and extinct civilizations through the Portuguese tongue.

The guitars are taking a secondary role on this one hence reminding me of a harder version of Polish Profanum` s `98 masterpiece “Profanum Aeternum”. For the ones that are into black metal with an occult Eastern feeling in the vein of Melechesh but with the presence of synths like Profanum, then this album will do it for you. A great effort from this remarkable horde!