GOSPEL OF THE HORNS Realm Of The Damned CD (2007)

Melbourne's Gospel of the Horns spent the better part of two decades proving that Australia could do black/thrash with the same filth and conviction as any Norwegian basement or São Paulo rehearsal room. Realm of the Damned, their 2007 full-length, is the document that makes the case loudest.

Where their earlier work leaned into the raw, blown-out chaos of the Bestial Warlust lineage, Realm of the Damned finds the band tightening the screws without losing an ounce of menace. It's riff-forward, mid-paced when it wants to be crushing, relentless when it doesn't, and shot through with the kind of songwriting discipline that separates the enduring records from the forgotten ones. A landmark of Australian black/thrash metal and essential context for understanding why the Melbourne underground punched so far above its weight.

CD, 2007 full-length album. Australian pressing.

Fans of: Destroyer 666, Armoured Angel, Nocturnal Graves, Destruktor.