We’ve spent the last two weeks listening to nothing but Chilean extreme metal in an effort to understand its gestalt. Here we present our findings, along with some random thoughts on what it says about the state of extreme metal from the genre’s traditional heartlands in Europe and North America.
Music featured at the end of the episode: Blood Oath: Sanctury of Souls Further listening – Old guard:
- Pentagram
- Sadism
- Atomic Aggressor
- Torturer
- Death Yell
- Apostasy
- Bewitched
- Massakre
- Dorso
Newer Chilean scene (2000s):
- Unaussprechlichen Kulten
- Communion
- Perversor
- Ripper/Venus Torment
- Force of Darkness
- Invincible Force
- Atomicide
- Black Grail
- Slaughtbbath
- Kerasfora
Later crop:
- Demoniac
- Critical Defiance
- Blood Oath
- Antagonyze
- Suppression
- Sepulcrum
- Solipnosis
- Ancient Crypts
- Mayhemic
- Horrifying
- Betelgeuse
- Kexelür
- Vómito Vacuo
- Mortify
- Inanna
- Disembowel
Hate Meditations 
Insurrexion is such a huge omission from this list. The “Alea Iacta Est” EP is incredible!
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I guess we focused more on full-lengths than anything else, the EP you mention is a very short piece of music, interesting indeed, but somewhat more of an intermediate offering on the way towards a future full album.
Insurrexión’s debut was quite ok and had a spirit of its own, if my memory serves well, but it was by no means on par with the records discussed on this episode.
(Belisario here)
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I guess we focused more on full-lengths than anything else, the EP you mention is a very short piece of music, interesting indeed, but somewhat more of an intermediate offering on the way towards a future full album.
Insurrexión’s debut was quite ok and had a spirit of its own, if my memory serves well, but it was by no means on par with the records discussed on this episode.
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Agreed, the debut full length wasn’t nearly as strong as the EP was. I was actually disappointed by the album after seeing them live, and then was re-heartened when the EP came out and better reflected the music of their live set.
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