Demon Sluice’s first demo is a remarkable piece of work. In fact, I don’t think it should be entitled Demo at all, but instead it should be called ‘Satan’s Workout Tape‘ as this shit is fucking evil to its very core.

The blurb on their Bandcamp page reads;

Blasphemous, reverb-drenched helldive into the swamps of American Black Metal traditions established by Profanatica, Demoncy, Von, and Krieg. Black metal is the devil’s fuel, and only death is real.  

Meaning tjat this isn’t the sort of shit you play at your local church gathering.

It is subvertive, it is evil as shit – especially in the vocals of Galimgim who sounds possessed in a way that makes Regan MacNeil look like a pussy – and is pure, unadulterated black metal of the highest order.This is the kind of stuff that your parents warned you about. It is The Devil’s music and I, for one, say sign me the fuck up for an eternity in hell, cause Ol’ Nick gonna have the best tunes.

It doesn’t let up for a minute. It is a beast that needs feeding, that hungers to devour and destroy anyone or anything that gets in its way, and you will, quite willingly, offer yourself up for sacrifice.

As mentioned, Galimgim’s vocals are on another level. And, quite frankly, terrifying. But what would be the use of an unleashed hell hound screaming at the universe if the music didn’t match it’s ferocity?Valefor provides this ferocity in spades.

The best way I can describe what you are about to experience with Demon Sluice is to ask you to imagine you are Prometheus, but instead of Zeus condemning you to an eternity of having your liver eaten by vultures, instead he decides to have you spend this time with a fucking gatling gun going off in your face. Every second of every day.

For. fucking. ever.

Demon Sluice’s debut demo is the definition of black metal and it is sublime, magnificent, and utterly and malevolent in equal measures.

You can buy Demon Sluice’s Demo over on their Bandcamp Page.