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Krisiun – Mortem Solis

Mortem Solis Album Cover Art

Krisiun – Mortem Solis
Century Media Records
Release Date: 29/07/2022
Running Time: 40:13
Review by Victor Augusto
9/10

What do you think about bands that are still able to surprise their fans after 30 years of existence? How impressed would you be if I tell you about a band that has never stopped releasing albums, neither has stopped touring along all these decades and they are still releasing impressive material? Do you still believe it is possible? I can assure it is and we will talk about it today. 

The mighty Krisiun! 

If you have never heard of them, they are a band of three Brazilian brothers that decided to leave behind everything in their lives to move from their small town of Ijuí, in the south of the country, to São Paulo to stay around the biggest Heavy Metal scene in Brazil. The reason for this decision was simply to put in all efforts and dedication for the band. Their brutality and fast speed for music called a worldwide attention that resulted in non-stop tours around the world, all along the decades. 

Many things have happened so far. First, they showed how fast and powerfully they can play, especially on stage, where you can see their primal energy and adrenaline. After they conquered the world with this amazing success, they even added few grooves and more cadenced rhythms to their sound without losing the brutality, mainly since the “AssassiNation” album, back in 2006. One more interesting thing is how organic and natural they started to sound in studio. They went completely against the current trend of all digitized and soulless production from many Extreme bands nowadays. OK, I have tried to summarize their path so far, because these details will be important to understand the context of this new album which translates from “The Death of The Sun” in Latin.

It is the most mature album from Krisiun, in my humble opinion. I could hear the perfect match of everything I mentioned from their past. The brutality and fast speed, but with cadenced parts. The best part is how organic and clear they sound on the album’s production. It’s beautiful to hear a real sound from a drum. Moyses Kolesne guitar’s sound is even more straight and to the point, with riffs and a good blast of heaviness. There are not so many layers of guitars that (again) could make the music a bit plastic. Alex Camargo’s bass is strongly present as well, to increase the heaviness.

Alex’s singing is very straight and to the point with his voice as well, and his anger gives a good interpretation of the lyrics on “Mortem Solis”, that somehow represents what we live and what we suffered along these last two years, but in an even darker thematic. Max Kolesne drums surprise with such a different versatility. I really love how creative he is. In ‘Necronomical’ for example, the Motörhead spirit and cadence is suddenly changed with killer drum fills that I was not expecting. At the end, this song finishes in the traditional Krisiun style. 

On this record, the way that Max put the drum fills down is a bit different from the previous one. I felt like he tried to extend these parts and it is quite interesting because among a sequence of blast beats, these drum fills can really surprise the listeners and bring their attention back, like he did on ‘Sworn Enemies’. As reference to make it clear how Max is killing his drum set here, you just must imagine the Dave Lombardo versatile style, but played by a Death Metal Drummer. Is it enough for you?

The Middle Eastern and Oriental music on ‘Dawn Sun Carnage (Intro)’ seems like an intro to a more obscure and aggressive song that goes to the end of the album, and it is a pure carnage. Musically, they kept all the key elements, but it is a bit more brutal, especially on ‘As Angels Burn’. Everything abruptly ends on ‘Worm God’.

“Mortem Solis” sounds more than brutal and aggressive. It offers excitement and adrenaline to keep us connected to the album. It also carries everything that made Krisiun so well known in the Death Metal genre, but their experience even offered a better result. They have been doing it for a long time, but as I said before, I felt they reached almost perfection now. Maybe the two years without touring due to the pandemic helped them to put out of the chest all their anger on it.

‘Swords Into Flesh’ (OFFICIAL VIDEO) 

Video interview: Alex Camargo of Krisiun:
https://www.ever-metal.com/2022/08/05/video-interview-alex-camargo-of-krisiun/

TRACKLISTING:
01. Sworn Enemies
02. Serpent Messiah
03. Swords into Flesh 
04. Necronomical
05. Tomb of the Nameless 
06. Dawn Sun Carnage (Intro)
07. Temple of the Abattoir
08. War Blood Hammer
09. As Angels Burn
10. Worm God

LINE-UP:
Alex Camargo – Vocals and bass
Max Kolesne – Drums
Moyses Kolesne – Guitars 

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One thought on “Krisiun – Mortem Solis

  • É tudo realmente perfeito. O krisiun são pessoas tão simples pela sua grandiosamente carreira. E vc não falou, escreveu nada mais do que eles sair na real. Muito boa a resenha Victor Augusto
    everything really perfect. The krisiun are such simple people for their grandiose career. And you didn’t say, you wrote nothing more than them leaving in real. Very good review Victor Augusto.

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