Saturday, October 4, 2025

DET | Destructive Elite Terror | Dying Victims Productions

 

Release Date: 17th October
Format: CD, Vinyl
Genre: Black/Speed Metal
Country: Finland

DET (Destructive Elite Terror) come from Helsinki and bring together musicians with experience in underground names like Excuse, Ranger, and Cryogenic. Formed in 2022, the trio moved fast with demos and live shows across Europe and beyond, sharpening their sound before finally delivering their debut album “Destructive Elite Terror” through Dying Victims Productions. The band plays as a power-trio, with Atte on bass, Miikka on drums and vocals, and Jari on guitars and vocals, keeping things stripped down and fierce.

“Destructive Elite Terror” runs a little over 40 minutes and wastes no time getting into high-speed territory. The album switches between speed-driven assaults and darker, black-soaked passages, with occasional nods to early proto-black influences. Songs like “Annihilation” and “Bloodshed” burn fast and leave only ashes, while tracks such as “Serpentine” or the title cut stretch out longer ideas, giving the album a bit of air before diving back into the chaos. The riffs are raw and direct, carrying a sense of urgency that suits the underground spirit of the album.


What gives the album its boost is the balance between unrelenting speed and a raw, hammering heaviness that keeps it from becoming repetitive. The production leans rough, fitting the band’s style and giving it that grimy, rehearsal-room atmosphere that works well for this kind of metal. The energy feels genuine, and the trio sound like they’re locked into the same destructive mission from start to finish.

“Destructive Elite Terror” is a debut that captures the essence of speed and black metal in its primitive, violent form. It doesn’t pretend to be anything more than that, and in doing so, it hits exactly where it should. For fans of raw underground fury, DET deliver an album that feels like it was built to be played live, loud, and without mercy.

Score: 7.5


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