review by: Roberto Martinellli

Wow, ANOTHER Anaal Nathrakh record! I can’t get enough. This latest recording from these most hate filled British high-tech metallers is largely in the same vein as their debut album, The Codex Necro (review in issue #7), but with a less heavy production.

So you’ll get more of the insanely precise, blistering riffs with fucked to shit vocals and drum machine on overdrive, but with less of the fluff, as When Fire Rains Down... is plainly six songs with no intros or outros or samples. It’s not all choking speed this time, as the album slows down quite a bit, especially around the end of the record. Also making a debut are clean vocals, which are a success.

Guest starring on this EP are Attila Csihar and Seth Teitan of Aborym fame, who both bring something to the table with their trademark vocals and excellent solos, respectively. Csihar does all the vocals on one track, so no duets with the regular Anaal Nathrakh vocalist.

Providing perhaps a bit less of an impact than The Codex Necro, When Fire Rains Down from the Sky, Mankind Will Reap As It Has Sown is a necessary purchase for anyone who liked the debut, as well as those who are fans of Aborym or Octinomos, or just lovers of fast and fucked music. (8/10)