My Review: Succubus - Phantasmagoria

 Succubus - Phantasmagoria

Bandung, Indonesia and the new theatre of pain.

Evoked in the lyrics, what was the title of Christian Death's debut album, here becomes the cutting dance of the Asians, more tribal than the American band, that creates a venomous mixture of attacks on reason, with the guitar insisting, striking, even kicking in the belly, giving deathrock new landing places: it may be the grating bass, it may be the production that makes the sound become hot metal, but we are faced with a fruitful prodigy, with fear that softens as we are totally liberated by a dance that sharpens the skin.

The five Asian ghosts prove that musical genres can evolve without the need to mingle them too much with others: here the joy is funereal and wonderful!

Alex Dematteis

Musicshockworld

Salford

15th January 2023

https://succubus777.bandcamp.com/track/phantasmagoria