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A.I.D.S. - Maleficus Sabbatum - Reviewed By occultblackmetalzine ! Check it out here at this link: http://occultblackmetalzine.blogspot.com/

A.I.D.S  are  a  solo  project  from  Wyoming  that  plays  a  very  raw  and  old  school  mixture  of  black,  death  and  thrash  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  his  2022  album  "Maleficus  Sabbatum"  which  was  released  in  2022  by  Witches  Brew  Records.

  Apocalyptic  sounding  synths  start  off  the  album  before  going  into  a  very  fast  and  raw  musical  direction  which  also  utilizes  a  great  amount  of  tremolo  picking  and  blast  beats.  When  guitar  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  are  also  done  in  a  very  dark  yet  melodic  style  and  the  vocals  are  mostly  angry  sounding  black  metal  screams.

  Some  of  the  tracks  are  also  long  and  epic  in  length  while  death  metal  growls  can  also  be  heard  at  times.  Elements  of  thrash  metal  can  also  be  heard  quite  a  bit  throughout  the  recording  along  with  the  songs  also  adding  in  a  decent  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts,  a  lot  of  the  music  is  heavily  rooted  in  the  80's  and  90's  mixed  in  with  some  modern  touches.  

  Spoken  word  parts  can  also b e  heard  briefly  and  melodies  are  also  added  into  some  of  the  guitar  riffing  along  with  all  of  the  musical  instruments  also  having  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them,  synths  can  also  be  heard  briefly  and  one  song  also  adds  in  a  small  amount  of  clean  playing  and  choirs  are  also  added  on  the  closing  track  towards  the  end.  The  production  sounds  very  dark  and  raw  while  the  lyrics  cover  mysticism,  misanthropic,  macabre  and  cosmic  horror  themes.

  In  my  opinion  A.I.D.S  are  a  very  great  sounding  raw  and  old  school  mixture  of  black,  death  and  thrash  metal  and  if  you  are  a f an  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  solo  project.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Merciless  Winds"  "Foreboding  Watchtower"  "Insanity's  Darkened  Freys"  and  "Lunae  Speculum".  8  out  of  10. occultblackmetalzine

Release Date: March 7th, 2023

FFO: Bastard Priest, Hellripper, Blasted Heath

Location: Wyoming, USA

Short Bio: Blackened death metal artist A.I.D.S. has been in existence since 2004. Always deeply rooted in obscure OS death/black metal whilst maintaining a maniacal, chaotic attitude based in mysticism and misanthropic macabre cosmic horror themes. This, the new material of A.I.D.S. has elaborated and refined upon the overall feel of past works. Evolved and transcending, becoming more focused on traditional song structure/composition whilst maintaining a maniacal, chaotic attitude based in mysticism and misanthropic macabre cosmic horror themes.  A.I.D.S. has achieved full-length, several e.p., and split releases from the past in circulation worldwide on various formats and labels. Its members have been involved with Fog, Hordes of the Lunar Eclipse, Filth Chasm. Acerus, Nokturnel, Ptahil, The Lurking Corpses, and much more.

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