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The fact that Finland can be seen as a birthplace for fine young talented bands is about to be proved another time by this death metal combo haling from that mysterious land. Only existing for something more as a year, this quintet delivers a nice piece of a debut demo! The sound of this nameless four-track blasts in your face from the very first riff and doesn't stop until the fourth song. *Hateform* plays aggressive thrash/death metal with every now and then some melodic elements and decent solo's mixed through the sound.

For a first demo the production is from a good level with the volume played on ten. The song structures are built up okay, yet it could have given more surprising effects to it so that the songs would get a bit more exciting to listen. All four songs play in the same up tempo with sometimes some slow downs and faster accelerations. Just to listen these four songs it is satisfying, but on a full-length album I guess there should be some more different songs on it to keep the entire album hold the tension. The song "Warbringer" has a recognizable riff that has a certain Callenish Circle sounds in it, only played less technical and more straight-forward. The vocalist sings in a brutal thrash/death voice like Max Cavalera in his (real) old Sepultura days and in the refrain of the song "Dead" even the name Jan-Chris De Koeyer (Gorefest) pops up in my head.

It's nothing new what these Finnish guys provide us, but it is efficient and decent. For a debut I think this is very nice to come up with and thus there will be enough opportunities on the rise!

Vampire Magazine

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