Estertor 🇪🇸 Tales from the Ancient Grave

Band: Estertor
Title: Tales from the Ancient Grave
Label: War Anthem Records
Release date: 26 November 2021
Country: Spain
Format reviewed: High-quality Digital Recording
Estertor (which means âdeath rattleâ) is a Thrash Metal band with a high dose of Old School Death Metal infusing their music; this said, it was enough for me to feel curious about their sound. Plus, they are a band from my country and as I realize I often tend to search for Metal far away from where I live, I thought this had to be solved. And Iâm more than glad that I chose this band and this album for my review⊠âcause itâs a total banger!!
Let me present you the band members:
Tearing off his vocal chords: Edu
Masters of six strings: Des and Oscar
Rumbling the bass chords: Shogoth
Smashing the drum kit: Enrique
âAssimilating Fleshâ opens in a bit of a slow tempo, but itâs only to get you ready for whatâs coming next. Wait, I think you canât be prepared for that! Infectious riffs, brutal drums, a vocalist that seems to be summoning some kind of demonical forces everytime he opens his mouth⊠and the guitar solos, woahh⊠in this opener track you can listen to a very talented guitar player showing off his skills, because he can exhibit himself this way, oh yeah!

Estertor doesnât leave a lot of space to breathe, their rapid and intense thrash attacks will get you headbanging from start to finish, beware your neck! And the way these guys put a great amount of Death Metal riffs in their songs (Old School style) simply gets me crazy, as a great fan of this genre myself. Just listen to âNocturnal Strigoiâ and enjoy the dark and blasphemous vibes, with that bass predominance, always pure delight! This song also contains a stratospheric guitar solo, if you donât fall in love instantly with the guy at six strings I simply canât understand why!
âBlood for Sheetarâ is another fast attack, an in-your-face Thrash/Death anthem that must be listened on repeat if you want to end up with serious neck injuries! This track contains some of the âdirtiestâ bass sounds of the album, I simply love it! Honestly, I can imagine these guys playing live and giving the audience a fantastic show in terms of brutality!
âRepugnant Face of Deathâ starts like if it was a classic horror movie, that intro gives me goosebumps! The main riff I think was built to emphasize this feeling, and they nailed it. Things calm down a bit with the title track, âTales from the Ancient Graveâ, its middle section gives some room to rest and enjoy some classic vibes⊠though the song ends in a very brutal way. But hey!, no complaints at all! The album still delivers two more fast and aggressive tracks before it ends, and if it wasnât enough for you⊠well, you can start listening to it again. 37 minutes run fast, of course you MUST listen to it again! I give this album 8,5/10 SĂlvia
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