FROZEN SOUL

Crypt Of Ice CENTURY MEDIA

Texan death metallers put their budding career on ice

If you put the heating on full blast, wear three jumpers and still feel the chill, this thrilling debut is not for you. Everything from the logo, lyrics and titles to the Arctic production and atmosphere that pervades like a desolate fog, see Frozen Soul drop the temperature in a way that few bands outside of Norway have ever mastered. Standing out from the US’S legion of new DM talent thanks to Chad Green’s eerie growls and a concept that gives Immortal a run for their money, the Texan quintet unashamedly wear their influences on their frostbitten sleeves.

Whether it’s the glacial crawl of the title track or

Faceless Enemy’s serrated riffs, you can hear Bolt Thrower’s thunderous clout and that terrifying atmosphere of the genre’s earliest practitioners being honoured in an electrifyingly original way. ■■■■■■■■■■

FOR FANS OF: Tomb Mold, Necrophagia, Bolt Thrower ADAM REES