April 2025 - Featured Release - The Horde Edition

How's it going, fellas, as it is my turn to nominate the featured release for The Horde, I've decided to select the 1993 E.P. from Colombian death metallers Masacre, "Barbarie y sangre en memoria de Cristo". Lately, I've been spending a shit-ton of time with the Medellin legends' discography to cure myself of the burnout I've experienced after spending a big chunk of 2024 challenging myself to explore mostly new music (something very out of character for me). 'Twas a nice challenge and I cannot say I haven't found some gems along the way, but on the risk of weakening the fire of my metal passion I had to retreat to the comforting sounds of my beloved late 80's-early noughties era, although one thing that stood out to me while digging through the '24 stuff was the relative strength of the Latin American releases, which made me hungry to explore more of the earlier music from the continent.

I've selected this particular E.P. as I think it's a great entry point into the Colombians' catalogue, striking a nice balance between the untamed rawness of their 1991 debut LP, "Requiem" (my absolute favourite from them), and the more polished death metal sound of 1996's "Sacro". If you are interested, I recommend you seek out one of the re-release versions containing bonus live tracks - the sound quality is surprisingly good, and it's an opportunity to experience even more of Alex "Trapeator" Oquendo's absolutely demonic vocals, which are a big highlight for me personally. Let me know what you think & happy listening!

https://metal.academy/releases/11981