Country: Cuba (early), Switzerland (later)
Genre: Death metal
Full length/demo: God’s Wrath (reissue)
Format: Digital,. CD (limited to 300 copies)
Label: La Caverna Records (Colombia)
Release date: March 7, 2025
The death metal band Sectarium was founded in Cuba around the beginning of the 1990s. Despite their lack of activity, La Caverna Records decided to give them greater visibility this year by re-releasing their 1993 cassette demo "God's Wrath". Even for the most devoted dealers, this tape is said to be extremely rare and difficult to find.
"God's Wrath" was also recently reissued as a double CD with an homage to the band by Mephisto, Helgrind, Dying Forest, and others by the Mexican label American Line Productions. Starting with a unearthly, avant garde keyboard intro that flows into the first song, the songwriting and dark, slightly disorganized production are wildly reminiscent of classic Beherit, Blasphemy, Sarcofago, and Mystifier, from a period when death and black metal bands were free to draw on their obscurity and create esoterically themed music for a niche audience.
This mysterious quality is further demonstrated by the lyrics, which frequently extol the Lovecraftian demon Yog Sothoth and his judgment of humanity. They introduce you to forbidden ideas that acquaint you with impermissible awareness that changes your perspective on the cosmos and what awaits the unwary in the afterlife. As per most of the death metal released at the time the demo was released, these lyrics, written in long sections that show much individualized research, paint a picture of a fate both hidden and inescapable.
Like the realms they write about, the atmosphere surrounding the songs come across majestic and void. Yog-Sothoth is claimed to be omniscient, understanding all space and time, therefore he sees the souls of all humans and no secrets are kept from him. This makes writing about him more than appropriate for the music. Although the band was never given a chance to develop, their independently released album "Ad Infernum" is available, and I wouldn’t object to checking it out in the near future. –Dave Wolff
Lineup:
Franto Paul Hernandez: Bass, vocals
Abel Oliva Menéndez: Guitars
Duviel Quiroz: Drums
Track list:
1. Intro / The Breath
2. Into The Carrion
3. Furies
4. Souls In Pain
5. Abominable Cult
6. God's Wrath / Babylon Fell
7. Perpetual Ice
8. In the Storm
9. Outro
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