Belef – “Infection Purification”
This band is hell bent on kicking Marduk’s ass. Welcome to the black metal claustrophobia speed hell kitchen train wreck battery. This French bunch wants to prove that “Panzer Division Marduk” is just too slow. “Brutal Destruction,” “I Need Enemies” and “Veincut Exctasy” are the beautiful names of these greasy monkeys. These tracks are about 6 minutes long (or longer), which is just plain ridiculous for this speed. Is this one-dimensional? Completely. This is to music what Fear Factor is too good dining. Do they have songs? I guess we’ll never know, since they are blasting 99% of the time, but from the sounds of it, no. Do they succeed in beating Marduk? I’d say it’s a tie.