Persekutor is a nasty band from
Romania. They’ve been around for a decade and their upcoming album, Snow Business, will be unleashed upon
the world on June 23rd via Blues Funeral Recordings. They classify
themselves mainly as an ice metal band—a term I had never heard of before.
There are so many subgenres of metal these days that I’ve lost track long ago
of all the newer categories. Persekutor also falls partially under black metal
and sleaze metal, among other genres, which I think are accurate. Readers of
this blog know that I don’t discuss or review black metal bands/albums, but Snow Business doesn’t feel like typical
black metal to me, so I was good with it.
Man, this album is a ton of fun!
The highlights for me are “Suck City” which has echoes of vintage ‘70s KISS, “Polar
Trauma” and “Thundersnow” which channel ‘80s NWOBHM. The first single, “Night
Job”, is what really caught my attention. You owe it to yourself to at least
check out the videoclip for it—it’s ten shades of awesome. You’ll find yourself
humming this song all day. It’s definitely my fave track of the LP. “Brain
Freeze” is another kick-ass tune; it was featured in the horror flick Christmas Bloody Christmas last year.
The title track and second single, “Snow Business”, is a love letter to cocaine,
Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Alice Cooper, and Ace Frehley. It’s another song that’ll
stick with you long after the LP’s done spinning.
Snow
Business is chock-full of splendid guitar riffs, licks, and solos, throbbing
basslines backed by pulsating drum beats and fills. Persekutor’s ringleader, Vlad
the Inhaler, sings with a rough, gravely voice reminiscent of AC/DC’s Brian
Johnson and Motorhead’s Lemmy. He has a commanding presence and his persona
with mask and shades evokes a more perverse version of Megadeth’s Vic
Rattlehead. Snow Business is a
powdery blast from top to bottom. This is a superb set of frosty, sleazy, and
catchy tunes. Persekutor wear their influences on their sleeves and fans of
Venom, Motorhead, early Ozzy, and old school metal in general will get a huge
kick out of this infinitely replayable record.
Persekutor on Bandcamp: https://totalpersekution.bandcamp.com/album/snow-business
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