Promo 2000 - Carve (Independent, 2000)
:This band formerly known as Paganizer changed its name due to some lineup changes and also due to some changes in their musical direction. From what Rogga (guitars, vocals) told me their music is much more death metal oriented than it was before. In fact their} style is called mass murder metal.
Carve seems to be a band that gives more importance to the groove of their songs than to speed. The result is much more brutal and interesting than in bands that merely conform in doing blast beats and speedy stuff without thinking that much in the rythms. There is a lot of influence of eighties early death metal in this recording, especially in the way the bass, drums and guitars are put together. The vocals are brutal (two types of vocals, one more growling, death metal style and the other one in a black metallish way) but you can understand perfectly the lyrics. This promo CD consists in three songs: "Promoting Total Death", "Brutal Way To Die" and "Only Ashes Remain". That were recorded in Necromorbus Studio. My favorite track: "Only Ashes Remain"