Verletzen – Evil Will Triumph (2021)

August 3, 2022

As I covered in the review of the band’s demo, Verletzen are a local black metal band to me here in South Wales. The demo was great, with a very traditional yet clean approach to weaving tunes of blackest misery and grimness. Evil Will Triumph continues this trend much in the same vein as the debut demo, but with a bigger studio sound. For the most part, this works quite well, and it is nice to see Verletzen developing as songwriters. However, the drums are quite poor, if I’m honest. This seems to correct itself as the record goes on, but in the opening track the blasts are so sloppy that it is really distracting, which is a shame.