### Primal: Deathzone

#### 21/02/12 || Habakuk

I’ve been conditioned well enough by now that when I read “Polish black/death”, I compulsively start salivating – until I read “one man project”, which reeks of not much death but a lot of black metal. We need it the other way round, foo! Leave the basement and get some friends! No no, don’t worry folks, it doesn’t sound like one of those obscure “projects” whose biggest problem about being a one man show is that there’s no-one around to say “fuck that part, it sucks. And by the way, can’t we just fucken break up? I don’t want to be associated with this crap anymore.” No, it’s quite okay stuff. Nothing more, nothing less. If you’re dying to hear a dude black metal croak his way through some decently produced 8 tracks with slight death metal leanings, this is a chance as good as any. There is an alright dark vibe, a few engaging parts where the drums break into a simple Celtic Frost-like rhythm (but they should be integrated better), a few stupid parts that should leave, and as a whole this is a decent attempt that lacks big-time in terms of memorability. Getting rid of the massive vocal echo and a lot of weeding out in songstructure might help in the future.

5.5/10: Whatever, really. Not bad by all means, but why listen to this and not something else? I don’t know.