Chaos Invocation - In Bloodline With the Snake (2009)

Chaos Invocation is a German horde that are here to make a breakthrough in the Black Metal scene. With their debut album “In Bloodline With the Snake” the band leaps over thousands of bands when it comes to the quality of their music.

Featuring 11 tracks of total occult destruction, this German band blows all the weaklings on the scene and positions themselves with the likes of Watain, Gorgoroth and similar bands.

“In Bloodline With the Snake” is a very well written album that flows like rivers of blood. There are no dull moments or boring songs; you are in for a complete aural assault that is not necessarily extremely brutal. The band’s music while aggressive is very melodic with its necessary changes in pace to faster paced sections.  

Chaos Invocation excels at writing simple yet powerful Black Metal songs, something even though it sounds trivial, it’s the main problem with many of the younger Black Metal bands on the scene. The vocals alternate from traditional screams of pain to some clean backing vocals that add a very haunting feeling to the music. The tremolo picking riffs featured through this release are pretty standard but they are arranged very effectively to create some mean Black Metal songs.

Drumming is relentless through this release and the tempo changes are very well written since they make each song flow naturally between ‘slow’ and fast section. The bass guitar line is very present in this release (track 5 for example), and it sounds great when combined with the whirlwind melodies of this album.

Overall I must say I’m extremely impressed with this band’s first effort, and I can only foresee good things in the future for this band. “Is Bloodline With the Snake” is probably one of the top 20 Black Metal albums this year, and if you knew how many albums I’ve heard this year, you will be shocked that it made it this high up on my list.

Release: October 8th, 2009

Country: Germany