In a worldwide underground metal scene plagued with tons and tons of clones and trendy bands trying to gain a name doing what has been already done by other bands, it very refreshing and even motivating, when you listen a band doing basically what they want, what they like.

This is the case with Dutch metallers named Persistense and their recent work entitled “In Blood and Heart” Full length album & brought to life thanks to the sick label Deity Down Records.

Let’s get to work dudes…Persistense is a Death/Thrash outfit that has found its own style in the genre by combining the heaviness of mid tempo structures, with melodic guitars arrangements  and some catchy/groovy sections of pure thrash metal. The end result is a very well balanced record where every song is different from each other.

Don’t know…but I feel several reminiscences of the all time classic Demolition Hammer, remember, that killer US band of the early 90s?, well, Persistence is not a copy but has some elements in common, those bloody groovy parts that makes you want to get out and kick some asses …ha ha…simply killer!!!

Something I found very interesting was the vocal approach, good arrangements are introduced where chorus have two different voices sounding at the same time. I would say that this dude sounds like the killer death metal voice of the early 90s, probably very much in the Swedish vein, you know, Dismember, Therion or Desultory.

Finally…lets talk about the sound production…FLAWLESS…this is the type of release where from the very first time you have a clear perspective on what’s going on, you know sometimes there are killer records but realize of that after several listening, well, “In Blood and Heart” is not of that type. The sound is exquisite, everything with the correct volumes and effect so…what else can I say except that this is a killer release that is worth to become part of your musical collection, this is the type of record you are going to listen over and over for several weeks. Garanteed!!!

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by Felix 05 Oct, 2003