“Exterminance” is the second album by Ritual Killer, released on September 18th, 2015. On this release, they have James Harvey on bass, who at the time, was also playing bass for Goatwhore. James also played in Psychon Vex with Jordan Barlow and Zak Nolan in the past.
This release has a lot more polish, and is of more studio quality. The lyrics aren’t available anywhere, but from what I can hear, they definitely have an esoteric theme to them, as made obvious from the artwork itself. Once again, Jordan created the album to this release too.
There is a lot more groove and rhythm on this album, and you can hear how James Harvey and Sammy Duet worked together so well. The band as a whole sounded very unified while playing together. In many ways, I truly feel like Ritual Killer was the natural continuation of Sammy Duet’s career, and talent. I truly hope that maybe one day, he could come back to this project, as this album tells me that there was a lot of potential here.
My favorite song overall is “Through Feral Eyes”. Even though it’s the shortest track, it’s just so fun and fast. The album in general, has a very fun and punky type of sound, while keeping in the Black Metal realm.
I really love this album as a whole, and recommend it to any Metal fan, honestly.
5/5
