Album Type:
Album
Date Released:
September 14th
2014
Label:
Proyecto Sepulcro
Agnosis -
track listing:
1.Ritualista
2. Cegados
3. Agnosis
4. Catarsis
5. Pestilencia
6. Averno
7. Culto al Odio
8. Seminal
Inhumación
9. Trance Mortuorio
Members
Osvaldo Frias -
Bass, Vocals
Pablo Benavides -
Drums
Carlos Frias -
Guitar, Vocals
Review:
Sangria
were originally featured on the blog back in 2011 when I reviewed
their outstanding debut album from 2009. Now 5 years later Sangria
are back with their 2nd album - Agnosis. I have to thank Steve
Woodier for arranging to have this album sent to me for review
purposes. Steve Woodier knows his stuff when it comes to bleak and
heavy Doom/Sludge Metal. Sangria are one of his fave current bands
within the Doom/Sludge Metal scene. I am happy to report that Agnosis
is a heavy pounding exercise in sheer brutality. Sangria do not hold
back in unleashing a ton of hard-hitting riffs to pound your entire
body into submission.
The
vocals are just as powerful and deadly as the music itself as they
stay dangerous and earth-shatteringly loud through out. Opening track
- Ritualista - sets up the scene for what is to come for the next 40
mins so. Menacing Sludge/Doom Metal with a groovy sideline of slow
paced riffs that shows Sangria are a band not be messed with. The
album does not change styles for the rest of the album as Sangria
slowly make you go insane with the high amount of brutal riffs they
have in store for you. The mood is one of bleak anger and pitch black
fury where there is no turning back. Agnosis captures the raw
intensity of a classic Death/Black Metal album and gives it a
Sludge/Doom Metal makeover. Tracks such as Agnosis, Catarsis and
Averno maybe too heavy for some people to listen to and that is a
good thing as Sangria play by their own rules. They bow down to
no-one. Agnosis maybe one of the heaviest and nastiest Sludge Metal
albums the South American Metal scene has ever produced as Sangria
live upto their reputation as one of the loudest bands ever to come
from Chile.
Agnosis
is a very hard album to review as the mood can only be described as
one-way brutality for much of the running time. Though if you're a
fan of down-tempo Doom/Sludge Metal you're going to be in your
element here. Agnosis is a great album and the technical ability of
the band is there for everyone to hear and feel. These guys can play
some punishing riffs that will make you feel uncomfortable and
nervous just from listening to it. The album truly comes alive when
Sangria start adding different noises to the mix as it leaves your
heart pounding that little bit faster. The production on the album is
excellent through out as even though the album is bleak through out,
you can feel the intensity of the music with each passing second. My
advice. Hunt this album down, get yourself a copy and embrace the
darkness, as Sangria are the of new Dark Overlords South American
Doom/Sludge Metal scene. Agnosis is a must-have album if you like all
things dark and pitch black.
Thanks
to Steve Woodier and Sangria for sending a promo for me to review.
Words by Steve Howe
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