When putting on this record, I did like most and started flicking through the lyrics. Born For Slaughter from Skopje/Struga (Macedonia) are poetic and reflective in their views of the world. With that they also have great contrast and variance in their sound. Going since 2011 they have done two European tours, a split LP with Silence Means Death and now this superb split 7′ with Myteri. On this, they open with the song “Prison’s Abyss” which is a complex song consisting of many different and connected changes. There is a twitchiness, perhaps a dark unease that resonates from every note. Their next song “Dead Life” is threatening and has an unrelenting tension that is just ready to burst. But still multiplex in it’s arrangement. You could label them crust, as clearly that is there. But there is so much going on musically it makes them very authentic and not just doing the excepted conventional.

Born For Slaughter and Myteri have gigged together in the past, which eventually brought about the idea for sharing a split together. Both are well suited as they are step above a lot of bands. Myteri have ex-members from exceptional Swedish band Eskatologia. They mix elements of metal, crust punk, hardcore with the melodic. There are obvious comparisons of Tragedy or maybe Victims. But I only compare them due to the innovative harmonies of the dual guitars throughout both songs on this. Myteri are undoubtedly heavily crafted with their numerous guitar runs and bass lines going through every verse and chorus. I would call it sophisticated dark hardcore, but that would sound a tad posey for a sound that is so enraged. Tense attacking dual guitar and vicious sounding vocals, that you have to listen to over and over again. They have a new album coming out this year called “Ruiner”. This ep is a must for the collection.

Released by :
Phobia Records, Halvfabrikat Records, Svoboda Records, Black Against Night Records, Dingleberry Records and Schwiningx Records.