Infernal, best known from the German horde Desaster, clearly has a hard time sitting still. And although the band name might suggest that we’re dealing with Doom Metal here, you’ll quickly realize that’s far from the case.
Doom Cult Commando is anything but Doom; it sounds more like a violent hybrid between the sheer aggression of War Metal and the darkness of Black Metal. Musically it isn’t overly complex—quite the opposite, in fact. The strength lies in its raw simplicity. The riffs are stripped down and unpolished, with no frills and no attempts at refinement, serving only one purpose: to build a massive wall of sound that engulfs the listener completely.
In terms of production and atmosphere, the album reeks of the nineties—which, of course, is exactly what you’d expect. A prime example is “Nach den Regeln der Schlange, Akt I (geboren im Fotzzentum),” a track that strongly recalls the early days of Urfaust. In fact, you might easily mistake it for a long-lost, unreleased song of theirs: the same drunken haze, the same ritualistic atmosphere—raw, unpolished, and suffocating.
Doom Cult Commando proves that simplicity often hits harder than technical wizardry. It’s not about virtuosity here, but about atmosphere, aggression, and the pitch-black energy running through every note.
With only four tracks and a total running time of barely twenty minutes, this release still finds its way onto vinyl, with side A containing the music and side B adorned with a beautiful laser etching—a welcome addition to any collection.
I’m quite taken by this debut from these seasoned veterans. And since the aforementioned track carries the title “Akt I,” it’s safe to assume this won’t be the last we hear from them.
85/100
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