EVOKER “Evil Torment” LP

Formed in 2016, EVOKER have been constantly feeding and growing into the madness that can be heard on their first longer-length recording, Evil Torment. Having released a demo in 2018, the upratcheting in intensity can be immediately felt here, EVOKER indeed evoking the ancient spirits of their homeland’s rich history of extreme metal – from Slaughter Lord to Vomitor, Bestial Warlust to Razor of Occam, and plenty of nasty points in between. Theirs is a filthy ‘n’ furious fusion of the deadliest death metals and most barbaric black metals, sidestepping the usual pandering of most “blackened death” by going full-force for the fucking throat. And not for nothing is their latest record titled Evil Torment: this is horrific evil for those who worship Old Metal.