Martyrs Shrine
”Martyrs Shrine”
(Soundmass)

Martyrs Shrine are a 2 piece project from Australia playing primitive (Floridian) death metal harking back to the early days of the likes of Death or Massacre. With coffin hollow vocals from Mike Forsberg (drums & vocals) and raw distorted guitars from Michael Carlisle (guitars / bass), this debut has a strong war theme rather than the traditional gore / horror which characterised this style at the time, from the band’s name to the use of samples (i.e. Hitler’s speech on ‘For A Burning Eternity’ and a panzer song on ‘Butchered Planet’) to the lyrics which all in all give a new, modern approach whilst keeping this most classic of sounds.

-Shan Siva