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1. Funeral Queen
2. Path of Doom
3. Give Up The Witch
4. Father Time
5. Dream Again
6. Moonchild
7. Battle
For The Cross
8. Venomous Maximus
9. Mother Milk
10. Hell´s Heroes
The Texan Dark Occult Metal outfit VENOMOUS MAXIMUS has
already risen to the status of a heavy hitter in the depths of the underground.
Now, the band is ready to finally unleash the album debut "Beg Upon The
Light". Heavy riffs, driving drums create the perfect foundation for the
musical and lyrical direction of the songs, which bring the enthralled listener
into the realm of the Occult! The Texans turn the mix of Stoner and Doom Metal
into a deadly blend that goes right into your blood. Pounding and powerful
songs filled with energy set the stage for the glorious vocals of frontman
Gregg Higgins, the grand marshal who leads through these occult hymns "Beg Upon The Light" combines
occultism, heavy riffs and the perfect Stoner attitude to create a pitch-black
and irresistible album.
A great atmospheric organ keyboard track, by the name of “Funeral
Queen,” starts off this album of doom metal perfection. Right of the bat, with
“Path of Doom,” Venomous Maximus reminds me of Black Sabbath paving the way for
their era’s heavy metal scene. Except now Venomous Maximus is doing the same
for our era. With groovy old school riffs and a vocal style that is even like
Ozzy Osbourne, these guys are on the right path to reinvent doom metal, pun
shameless intended. The riffs on “Give Up The Witch” are really catchy and
melodic, the vocals are great as well. I liked the short black metal like growl
that happened every once in a while, it really made their doom feel more
demonic. “Father Time” is a nice short melodic track with soft but raspy vocals.
The mix of clean and aggressive vocals on “Dream Again” was awesome and the
lead guitar parts were well done too.
The vocals just get better and better with each track and the
next track, “Moonchild,” is no different. The guitars had a bit of a blues feel
to them which adds to the fun. The build up on drums at the beginning of
“Battle For The Cross,” with the ride cymbal and bass kick really got me
excited for the rest of the track. I especially liked the guitar chugs. The
beginning of the next track, the self titled “Venomous Maximus,” made me think
they made this track just to say their band name, but this track is actually
the best. This brings faster riffs, as well as great melodic and lead riffs. It
also has the best vocals on the album. “Mother Milk” is a really mellow violin
and acoustic track. The vocals came in a little over half way through the track.
A seven minute long track to conclude the album, with “Hell´s Heroes.” Being so
long, they had plenty of time to pull out all their tricks with melodic riffs,
stellar leads, incredible cleans vocals, and evil screams.
This album really puts a new age twist on old school doom,
as they mix the nostalgic riffs you got from bands such as Black Sabbath with
heavier melodic jams. The vocalist definitely reminds me Ozzy Osbourne, as I
stated above, but they throw in a more aggressive feeling to it. Venomous
Maximus are incredible and you should pick this album up.
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