Born from members of Aversio
Humanitatis and Sota De Bastos, Summoning Hellgates emerges as a violent union of
black and death metal forces. Rooted in the Spanish underground, this new
entity wastes no time introducing itself through chaos. Their debut, “Spear Of
Conquest,” is a 21-minute strike that turns every second into a descent into
wrath and spiritual rot. It’s an album that sounds like it was recorded in the
eye of a storm, where human form and divine blasphemy collide.
The
production, handled at The Empty Hall Studio,
gives the release its hostile character, raw, direct, and suffocatingly alive.
Guitars slash through the air with acidic precision, creating walls of noise
that close in fast, while the drums pound with mechanical relentlessness.
Vocals emerge from somewhere below earth, closer to possession than
performance. Everything functions as one hostile organism marching onwards with
calculated rage.
There’s a spiritual undercurrent running through the album, though not in peace or transcendence, more like a revelation through suffering. The music opens a space where anger becomes a language and transcendence is found through total collapse. It’s steeped in the kind of darkness that feels ancient, echoing the early feral energy of Angelcorpse and Black Curse, while still sounding personal and grounded in the band’s own vision. For a debut, “Spear Of Conquest” shows a band already certain of their direction. It’s short, brutal, and uncompromising, precisely the kind of first strike that leaves an open wound. The experience doesn’t ask for patience, it demands surrender.
Score: 7.8
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