SANGUINARY TRANCE – Wine, Song and Sacrifice EP [Black Metal, Austria]

[SgTr]

"Roher Sound und kreischender, mit Hall belegter Gesang zu flirrenden Gitarren, welche mich positiv an eine Mischung aus alten Abigor und früheren Emperor erinnern. Ich bin hin und weg, ob der Brutalität oder auch der Stimmung wegen, die hier mit einfachen Mitteln erzeugt wird. [...] Wie man es auch dreht und wendet, ich bin begeistert von dieser 3-Track-EP, die meine Liebe zum Black Metal Underground wieder ordentlich angefacht hat, wodurch ich Sanguinary Trance auf jeden Fall weiter auf meinem Zettel behalten werde. Sowohl Sound wie Spielweise haben mich vollends überzeugt!"
- Waldhalla Magazin

[SgTr]

"This is a work that will certainly not be easy to listen to for those who love more polished sounds and cleaner compositions. However, in the chaos of a genre like black metal, Sanguinary Trance turns out to be a project that is able to show off immediately as a revelation, like a white fly in the deep swarm of black underground. This is a name that I will follow with great enthusiasm in the coming years! - 4,5/5 Points"
- Allaroundmetal (via Google Translate)

[SgTr]

"Sanguinary Trance deliver an EP that does not deviate from the stylistic point of view, finding its most obvious references in the classic sound of the second wave of black metal, and therefore typically 90s, but also highlights the attempt made by the mastermind of the project to find his own "voice" within this sound. The results that are undoubtedly worthwhile of attention. - 80/100 Points"
- Insane Voices Labirynth (via Google Translate)

[SgTr]

"Sanguinary Trance [...] aims to take that feeling of the late nineties of the most melodic genre and bring it something new. We can say that they did it. These themes have a melodic bent but also a certain maturity that was not at all appreciable in the proposals of the time. Maturity that allows them to have a less beautiful or attractive aura in their riffs, with an almost dissonant strand. - 8/10"
- World of Metal #29 (via Google Translate)

[SgTr]

"There is an almost priestly commitment, an almost ritualistic appearance in the concept of the music and lyrics being presented. This is far from something sacred but its exact opposite - the ritual tones of hell, the exploitation of sins and sinful thoughts and actions and some higher state of consciousness is something this music evokes. A worthwhile and interesting debut, stronger than the releases of some established bands in 2018."
- Ciklonizacija (via Google Translate)

"The music grows in energy, gradually building up its frenetic schizophrenia while maintaining an almost orchestral feel to it with distinct moments. [...] It’s a harrowingly driven and bloody affair that is an insight into the mind of the maddening."
- Metal Noise