Review by Tomek on January 18, 2016.

I remember getting Ditheist first album many years ago. It was at the metal concert, I was walking out and I was really surprised that someone standing at the door was just giving away free cd’s to random people. It was Konrad (thanks much for keeping in touch dude! \m/) and he is also the one responsible for getting me their newest creation called Eternity Of Nothingness. I had to dig out their first album from the box to listen to it again since I haven’t heard it in such a long time, and of course to give myself some frame of reference before writing some words about the new one.

Their EP Seduction Of Demons came out in 2008 and it was what you can expect from a young band back then. It was furious, passionate, sounded more like a demo and it was way too short for something that good. I have no information about what was happening with Ditheist since then but I have a full length in my hands so they have not been sitting on their butts doing next to nothing all this time. 8 songs in 25 minutes may seem like not that much to some, but with this album it feels just right.

Ditheist are not trying to sell something they don’t believe in. Death metal that they serve here is very primordial and aggressive but has all the elements to stay catchy at the same time. Achieved by vocal line, guitar riff or crushing breakdown they bash us with all the good stuff that death metal has to offer, and are doing it sounding awesomely old school. There are dense drumming passages with some blasting going on, there’s thrashing in the midst of death song, there’s vocals staying on guttural side but still understandable with addition of some shrieks and screams and there’s bass guitar rumbling viciously up front, there’s even some short distorted soloing. Old school death metal in its pure form just like it was done in the beginning. Only thing to bitch about a little bit would be the length of the album and some minor production problems but that’s about it.

Eternity Of Nothingness will not top charts or break records but the sincerity and passion it possesses is very real and all in all I don’t think those guys even think about such things. They play and record what’s in their hearts and play it to people that will appreciate the effort they put into getting the record out. There are things to work on and stuff to be done better in the future of course but I would like everybody to check out Ditheist albums nonetheless because – if you think about it - most of the bands we adore today or albums we go back to begun pretty much that way.

Rating: 7 out of 10

Review by Felix on February 21, 2023.

Some days ago, “Beer Drinkers Survivors” celebrated its 9th birthday. Yet it sounds fresh and lively like it did on the day of its release. Acidez perform (as always) with an enormous dose of energy and it is almost an ironic twist of fate that exactly the opener does totally convince. “Waiting the End” is a good start, but I miss the fantastic mix of speed, intensity and catchiness that makes the guys from Mexico to such a great band. But let’s face the facts: when looking at the entire album, it does not matter that the opener and a small number of further tracks leave a little space for optimization. “Beer Drinkers Survivors” houses a solid number of high velocity pieces with a high addiction factor. The speedy, pretty sinister “Acido corrosivo”, the programmatic “S.P.N.D.”, the gloomily echoing “Creador destructor”, the hammering “Acid Thrash Terrorist” or the stubborn “Revolution Is My Destiny” demonstrate powerfully, how fantastic punk-thrashing, adrenalin-driven and unwavering songs can be. Acidez have a clear musical vision and they give their songs an easily identifiable form, but they never fall victim to their own formula. No song suffers from boring elements, everything is vital, impetuous and based on total conviction and devotion. Especially during the aforementioned highlights, it is definitely not easy to transform from a reviewer into a fanboy. But in view of my biblical age, I cannot call myself a boy anymore, come hell or high water.

The production equals the musical content: it is direct, straight in your face and without any useless frills. Guitar and bass, drums and vocals – what does it take more to express the power of punk (thrash)? Okay, maybe the very rare moments that feature additional sounds – the bell at the beginning of “One Day on Earth” wants to contribute a satanic touch. That’s cool and the song also shines with a great main riff, but Acidez find their best form whenever they embody the urban rebels who spit in the face of an ossified society. With this background, it is almost inadequate that the dudes pose with a limousine on the inner side of the gatefold album. Punks don’t need this kind of status icon – the monumental showpiece of Acidez is their music. It breathes the air of of house canyons, backyards and dreary youth centres and boasts with punkish credibility.

Some bands have a so-called signature song (“Highway to hell”) or a signature riff “Smoke on the Water”), but the Mexican quartet leaves its handwriting in more or less each and every song. Their compositional approach is not too far away form that of Germany’s OHL, who also realize their pure, sharp-edged vision of speed / thrash again and again. And so it is no surprise, that Tupa’s vocals may lack variation, but he sounds raw, honest, energetic and combative. This is what really counts. And no matter how simple the riffing is: the guitars shape a fanatic, homogeneous vinyl that even holds some melodic moments every now and then (“Y sigue la destruccion”). The cycle closes with the title track. Due to whatever reasons and just like the opener, it does not fully reach the class of a lot of songs that lie between them. Nevertheless, everyone who has just a small affinity for wild, impulsive and explosive, simple but not primitive music has to look out for this (or / and any other) vinyl from Acidez. Honestly, I always asked myself, why Donald T. did not realize the idiotic idea to build a wall between his strange country and Mexico. Now I know. The excellent music of this quartet would have blown it away.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10