Sextrash – Funeral Serenade (1992)

July 24, 2024

Sextrash built off the er, sex thrash of their previous record with a far more brutal and heavier offering. Funeral Serenade, despite its name and year of release making you perhaps think that this was some cataclysmic, slow doom metal record, is actually a savage assault of the sense that has its roots in what I suppose is a mix of both black and death metal, more so the latter as the second wave hadn’t really taken off yet for the black stuff.

Funeral Serenade is not too far away from the recordings of fellow Brazilian hooligans Sarcofago; fast and loose drumming leads the way, charged with that punk energy that is absorbed by the stringed instruments keeping pace with it. It’s messy, and very untidy, but very much enjoyable.