TRIBULATION
The Horror, LP/CD,Digi-Pak
(Blood Harvest / Pulverised Rec. 2009)

Ok, this band is quite strange. After a more Thrash orientated demo from 2005 ("The Ascending Dead") and a 7" ("Putrid Rebirth") one year later, which was more Death Metal, I saw them playing live in Berlin with ASPHYX, NECROVATION, DROWNED, DEAD CONGREGATION and SLUGATHOR (29. March 2008). This gig was a real killer and every band gave me a serious kick in my ass!!! Some time later in early 2009 I first heard the record and was quite disappointed. I don't really know why, cause when I got the vinyl version, I was blown away from the beginning... The feeling of the record is sooo strong and everything fits together. The guitar section kills with every note, the drumming is more than varied and also the voice sounds raw and brutal and puts everything on a higher level! Just take songs as "The Vampyre", "Sacrilegious Darkness" or "Seduced By The Smell Of Rotten Flesh" they kill in every second without copying the early 90ies scene, but hey they are truly sound like one of this bands!!! Killer release!!! The vinyl version was released as gatefold with a nice 8-page 7"-sized booklet and the die-hard edition was also with a cool coffin-sized poster! Oh yes and last but not least, everything was designed by the band members themselves and in a really, really great way!!!



TRIBULATION
Putrid Rebirth, 7" (2nd pressing)
(Blood Harvest 2006/2009)

Ah, and after I was to stupid to buy the "Putrid Rebirth" 7" of mighty TRIBULATION in time, I was happy that Blood Harvest released a second pressing of the 7" in August 2009. The material is sounding much more rougher and also the killer instinct of "The Horror" wasn't that big at this time, but hey this four tracks are more that welcome. Especially "Imprisoned In Abhorrence" is a cool track and it's a pity, that this track wasn't rerecorded on the debut! Perhaps they will do it on the second one?! If I'm right, there is no differences between the two pressings! Good release!

Links:
www.tribulation.se
www.myspace.com/soultribulation
www.bloodharvest.se
www.pulverised.net