There use to be a time when black metal and death metal were two completely different things, well not anymore. With the raise to popularity of bands like Behemoth, death and black metal are closer than ever, and they seem to be getting closer as the months go by; a perfect example of this is Vorkreist and this their second full length album Sublimation 29A.

While the vocals by Sohr-Khasm are black metal, the riffs are death metal; fast crunchy, razors blade guitars get inside your skin as soon as you play this cd; of course there are moments in which those same guitars sound a little more melodic, and others when they display a raw black metal sound, but that just happens once a while mainly used to fit some tempo changes into the songs, because they always seem to return to a more death orientated brutal riff.

This album is fast and brutal, with a cold breeze of black metal that creates a great unique and entertaining sound that endures through out the record; yes this is a fast album but these guys aren’t afraid of slowing things down for a second or two, just to get everything together and continue their sadistic march through your head.

The drums are powerful and accurate, keeping everything together and bringing some nice groove to the songs, the vocals like I said earlier are black metal orientated, non the less there are some attempts to place a couple of death growls in the background of some songs an effect used very wisely because like the old saying goes “Less is more”.

The production is quite nice, looking at a clear sound for the instruments and keeping a sort of “raw” feeling in the atmosphere, a sound that many may relate directly to black metal.

A couple of my favorites songs from this album are: Mystical Hierarchy of Perdition; this song is a perfect example of the savage mutant that you get when combining death and black metal; killer drums, a couple of death metal growls and furious riffs, all accompanying the hell spawn vocals of Sohr-Khasm.

Torture Kult, one of the most brutal songs on the album, and also one of the songs with the catchiest rhythm; classic black metal vocals and some blast beats; the production tried to make it sound very raw and they succeeded without covering the great guitar riffs.