By: Charlie Butler
Album Type: EP
Date Released: 17/02/2017
Label: Closed Casket
“Diablo, Con Amor…Dios” is a relentless dose of irresistibly
gruelling metallic hardcore. Xibalba have crafted a flawless shot of misery
that will keep you coming back for more until you have been beaten into
submission.
“Diablo, Con Amor…Dios” DD//7inch track listing:
1.
Diablo
2.
Con Amor
3.
Adios
The Review:
California
quintet Xibalba have built up a formidable
reputation for crushing brutality. New EP “Diablo,
Con Amor…Dios” is a succinct yet terrifying reminder of the bands fearsome
power.
Few
bands manage to convey the constant atmosphere of threatening menace that
pervade these three tracks. “Diablo” opens proceedings like a
kick in the gut, an evil blend of sludge-encrusted doom and chug-heavy
hardcore. “Adios” shares a similar sound but drags the punishment out
over five grimly-compelling minutes, like Crowbar being dragged
into the moshpit by Integrity and Earth Crisis.
“Con
Amor” acts as a relative breather between these two
slabs of dense heaviness. The band let their death metal tendencies rise to the
fore, furious blastbeats and straight-ahead punk rhythms intertwining to create
a dark adrenaline rush.
“Diablo, Con Amor…Dios”
is a relentless dose of irresistibly gruelling metallic hardcore. Xibalba have
crafted a flawless shot of misery that will keep you coming back for more until
you have been beaten into submission.
