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THE PIT
Of Madness And Evil Whispers

Personal (2023)
Rating: 7/10

Having formed in 2004 out of Querétaro, Mexico by bassist Octavio Olachea and guitarist Antonio Nolasco, The Pit is a thrashing death metal act now on its second full-length studio outing.

Of Madness And Evil Whispers has certainly been a long time coming. In fact, it has been 15 years since the band’s 2008 debut Disrupted Human Symmetry. So, because it’s been so long I can’t really compare the two albums, but as a standalone record I can say that this latest offering is solid stuff.

In the past, The Pit was heavily influenced by the classic Swedish death metal scene, and those flirtations still exist here although there is influence from bands such as Dead Congregation. It’s not murky death metal at all, but what you get is at times a clear, late-90s vibe but with dashes of stuff like Phrenelith and also streaks of, for example, Chilean death metal.

The vocals of Guillermo Galvan are no nonsense chesty growls and the music, like a lot of acts from the genre, combines faster blasts alongside melodic mid-tempo chunkiness. Admittedly, it’s not the most exciting or atmospheric noise and although the tracks sort of whizz by with plenty of aggression they don’t tend to stick in the brain. Of the nine cuts served I’ve become drawn to the heavyweight ‘Megalithic Imprisonment’ with its belligerent riff waves, the tasty gnashing of ‘A Desolation Sign’ and the closing epic ‘Black Monolith’ with its doomy entrance.

This is a record that packs a punch but seems to wear off after a handful of listens. Nonetheless, it remains a Mexican juggernaut and deserves a few spins.

Neil Arnold

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