Thursday, February 22, 2018

Succubus - "Destiny" [1995]

Artist: Succubus
Title: Destiny
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Country: Russia
Release date: 1995

Track List:
  1. Only Emptiness...
  2. Dark Ages
  3. Shadows of Past
  4. Epitaph
  5. Destiny
  6. Amber Castle
  7. Tales (Black Chroniecles)
  8. The Stars Are Falling Down (A Vision from the Cristal Void)
  9. Liar
  10. Secret Name
  11. Winter Saga
Just yesterday, I saw a post saying that "Svetlana Karlikova-Shigal, the former guitarist of a metal band called Succubus, has died on 19th February from heart failure. She was 45". Since I haven't heard anything about such a band before, I did a quick search and found out that they were one of the very few technical death metal bands in the 90s' Russia, along with Hieronymus Bosch and Sieged Mind. Moreover, their initial lineup (of which Svetlana was the only member left at the time when this album was recorded) was all-female, which was completely unheard of in the post-Soviet death metal scene at the time.

Their one and only studio album "Destiny" haven't disappointed me. Very good old school death metal, especially by the measures of early Russian metal scene which wasn't too rich in world-class bands. An interesting feature of this album are instrumental interludes, thanks to which it doesn't sound too monotonous. Overall, a very interesting release which, sadly, haven't received as much recognition as it deserves. R.I.P. Svetlana:

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