Review : Honestly one of the best stuff I heard for a LONG LONG while. This is not great, it is excellent. First listenning you are blown away by the sheer power, aggression and BlackMetal mastery. The voice hisses and coils, up and down, here and there, and here and there, and back, and the drums, extra fast are really powerfull. Guitars are scorching HOT, and the sound could be clean, it’d be great. But it is filthy, it is even better. When they go on ‘riding guitar’ mode, it starts getting nearly epic (Diabolical Mutilation or the fucking amazing The Satanic Macabre beginning), but then the voice. The fucking voice. As great as a sort of hissing Holocausto Vengeance, but different: a complete NEW FRESH concept/idea.

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Review : Here we have a one-man-band coming from Philippines and playing some kind of Thrash a la Slayer mixed with ultra brutal Black/Death –almost Grind in fact- Metal. It may sound a bit bizarre, and it does, but I find the brutal parts greatly mixed with louder thrashy ones which bring some time to rest and a great heaviness. The vocals are very well worked with a lot of effects in a quite original way which contributes to make the whole really weird. The absence of the bass makes the sound a bit too light and I think it could have add heaviness but in fact, the other instruments are well used enough so that this lack doesn’t appear important.

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Review : Who said that black metal was out of ideas? From the depths of the far eastern asian isles as Philippines, Kratornas emerges to show us how Zamora (the guy behind it) hates us and fucks us deeply. His black is totally crazy and insane, a real S/M attack. The worse is that Zamora (or Barakkuda, as he’s also called) plays all instruments, with a real drums. And Hellhammer can fuck off there… Sometimes the music goes even more mad, with accelerators (done during the mix?), and his voice turns into a yelling that a cat put in a mixer would do… Taste the southern madness…

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Review : It is the first band from the Philippines I’ve heard! Kratornas plays true Barbaric Black Metal! No compromise here! Dark and crushing riffs, fast as hell drums, unholy song titles and evil atmosphere!!! The blasting parts are really killer!!!! That’s a good recording for my personal fucked up tastes! You should test Kratornas!!!!

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Review : Totally chaotic, brutal, violent, apocalyptic, insane extreme metal!!! I’m sure you’ve rarely heard such kaos, played by one man only!! Totally dark and hostile production, sharpened guitars, killer devastating drum sound and non stop carnage!!! Don’t even associate this release with any black metal stuff!!! This war is too brutal, incoherent and evil for your ears!!

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