The Sins of Aquarius
2012 Hell's Headbangers
Mongrel's Cross is a trio of Aussie maniacs who just happened to have come up with one of the best newer bands from down under, specifically Brisbane. That would be the same area that Vomitor, Spear of Longinus and Portal hail from. Old gods Misery came out of there as well, so the scene has a good amount of history to it. As far as their sound goes,
think of a slightly more Bathory influenced Bestial Warlust, and you've pretty much got Mongrel's Cross nailed (any pun intended). This is one of those bands that understands how to mix things up in their songs, going from full speed to slower breaks built for headbanging, and then right back to blasting away. In doing so, their songs tend to be longer than you might expect. The shortest here is 4:32, with the other six being over five minutes, and the longest at 7:22. So at seven songs, it's definitely a full album, and not an ep like you might have gotten from other bands. The production is nice and dirty, but not to the point where it sounds like it was recorded in a highway rest stop. It's lo-fi enough to give that good old primitive feeling and not sound like a demo. I want more already. Yet another fine example of why Australia has some of the top-notch metal on the planet.
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