Jihad Against Islam

Seeds Of Iblis play a very interesting kind of raw underground black metal with harsh but also very atmospheric vocals and some dark spiritual chants. The four songs on their most important release to date are all quite short, intense and surprisingly catchy. They are much more melodic and elaborated as one might think and have quite a weird and unique tone. With a better sound quality and a little bit more variation within the mediocre guitar riffs, the band could get quite far as the vocals and especially the overall atmosphere are already quite outstanding. The riffs are simple thrash or black metal riffs inspired by occidental bands such as Venom or Mayhem.

The special thing about the band is that it comes from Iraq first of all and that there are not only two men but also two women in this band which is a revolutionary thing for the metal scene of the whole Middle East area. The lyrics have a mythological touch and criticize the Islam by praising Iblis, the devil, and his jinns. The female vocals by Anahita doesn't sound as such and could be performed by any male scene singer. The mixture of energy and mystery in her vocals is quite addicting. The guitar riffs of the other woman called Epona and a certain Yousef from Saudi Arabia are straight and doomed at the same time and sound quite raw and blurry. The drum play by Younes could vary a little bit more but he shows some glimpses of skill within the four tracks.

If you have the chance to get your hands on a copy of this exotic and intense band, be sure to not miss the occasion. Seeds Of Iblis should please to any fan of atmospheric and mysterious black metal and has the bonus to come from a young, emerging and exotic new metal scene. All tracks are quite equally good and very solid tracks without many ups and downs. I would maybe mark "No Islam" as most atmospheric and diversified track if you want to try their music out before actually buying one of the rare copies.