Strigoi – ‘Abandon All Faith’
Strigoi is a brand new project from Greg Mackintosh and Chris Casket, both of whom have spent time in notable heavy bands like Paradise Lost, Vallenfyre and Extreme Noise Terror. From this pedigree alone, you’re right to expect something visceral and intense, but what you won’t expect is how FUN this debut record is. ‘Abandon All Faith’ blends blackened crust punk with classic thrash and death metal to create an intense 45 minutes that will bludgeon you relentlessly, and you will bloody well enjoy it. The album opens with ‘The Rising Horde’, a building wall of tortured sound that leads into ‘Phantoms’. This first proper song takes the first minute or so to build further, layering sinister lead guitar lines on top of blistering blastbeats, before the low, almost demonic growled vocals come ...
