Band: Blood Revolt
Title: Indoctrine
Label: Metal Blade Records
Distribution: Rough Trade Benelux
Release date: 01/10/2010
Review: CD

Blood Revolt are an international project, or better: a two-nation collaboration between three well-known and experienced names within the extreme Metal scene. The band consists of Irishman Alan Averill Nemtheanga, the guy behind Primordial yet also known from, for example, Plagued and Twilight Of The Gods, as well as his contribution to bands as, for example, Void Of Silence, Marduk (guest) or Desaster (the German one, also as guest vocalist). Both other members hail from Canada: J. Read (Conqueror, Cremation, Revenge etc), and Chris Ross of Axis Of Advance-fame.
The whole concept (music and lyrics, as well as atmosphere, sound etc) have been created to outstand the actual scene. First of all it is impossible to put a name on Blood Revolt’s metallic approach. The songs combine elements from different scenes (among which Black, Death and Thrash Metal, Punk, Heavy Metal, Dark Rock and Doom); however, Indoctrine isn’t some collection, nor symbiosis of these genres. On the contrary, in one way or another Blood Revolt seem to have developed an own sub-genre. The glue between every track is a painful, punishing and merciless vision of misanthropy, failure and loss of faith, a rather happy soundtrack to somewhat critical and anti-political hate/ anger, and human/ mental sickdom. Lyrics, production, compositions and performance, the whole spreads its intriguing message leaving no room for compromises.
Most tracks, no matter if they’re fast or slow, melodic or brutal, come with a technical excellence (instrumentation), and with the varying vocals of A.A., the whole does indeed glorify dynamism with revolt – the bloody way...

80/100

Ivan Tibos.