Welcome back to The Bad Penny Passport, in which we check in with musicians around the world to pick their brain about what they consider to be the best bands in their homeland. Today we land in Norway, one of the most potent oases of extreme metal on the globe, so it couldn’t be more fitting that we’re letting death-metal luminaries Horrifier do the honors.
The band is still in the proverbial cradle, having only plopped out of Norway’s womb four years ago. Weaned on Autopsy, Entombed, Repulsion and other death-metal deacons, Horrifier proved their loyalty to old-school death metal with their 2022 demo, Howl From the Grave; and first full-length, the following year’s Horrid Resurrection.
Horrifier then showed that they’re the real deal with the follow-up Revelations of Gore, which came out in August on Mexico-based Personal Records. Not to be overlooked as metalheads begin piecing together their year-end top 10 lists, the record is a panoply of putridity. The band comes into its own this time around, with a delivery that alternates between lumbering bludgeons and speedy assaults. Fans of Asphyx should take note of Horrifier too (a piece of trivia for metal nerds: one of the band selections featured on the ensuing list is Deathhammer, no doubt named after the Asphyx album and song of the same name).
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