Hailing from Brazil, Zurisadai brings us their debut EP "Symphony of the Souls" which contains five songs of extreme black metal. This is twenty-one minutes of real black metal without the keyboard fluff. Yes, I can hear the gasping now...Christian black metal without keyboards! Definitely a rare happening. The guitars are very raw and the vocals remind me of a cross between Horde and Vomoth, only not as good as either band. Actually though, the vocals are probably the band's strongest point. The drumming is decent, but sometimes it seems like he gets tired and starts to slow. Nothing even halfway as good as Horde put out. Production-wise, this album is average. The drums occasionally sound like they are going to blow your speakers and the guitars sound slightly muffled, but I've heard much worse. Lyrically, the band is very bold for Christ and sings all the songs in English. They actually do a little anti-Satanism lyrics (ala Horde) in the song "True Repayment". The packaging, while not elaborate, is very well done with good artwork and band photos. Zurisadai has some potential, but they need quite a bit of work. (Review by Matt)
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