CATUVOLCUS – Gergovia

Deathbound Records (Release Date – Out Now)

History tends to be littered with battles and brutality, especially where the Roman Legions are concerned, so the retelling of the Gauls’ battle against the Romans was never going to be an AOR classic.

Catuvolcus, Gaulish for Battle Wolf, do their best to recreate the intensity and brutality of these battles over the nine tracks featured. Full-on, furious, technical death metal is what the trio have on their palate to paint the historic scenes and they do so with style. This album is not for the faint of heart, bludgeoning the senses like a Gladius through your skull, add in vocalist PA Plessix screaming along in guttural French and you can almost see the blooded battle field as the Gauls were beaten down.

New recruits for the album, guitarist Maxime Cote and bassist Keven Belanger, provide a wall of noise with some laser sharp riffing and a pummelling bass line. To play with this ferocity and still maintain melody requires musical skill which these guys achieve with ease.

This album will have a limited audience, but within death metal circles this should be well received. Asterix never stood a chance !

***1/2

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