Ad Vitam Infernal – Le Ballet des Anges (Review)

This is the second album from French death metallers Ad Vitam Infernal.

Le Ballet des Anges contains 33 minutes of old-school death metal brutality. If you like bands such as Morbid Angel, Immolation, Hate Eternal, and Deicide, then there’s a good chance you’ll like what Ad Vitam Infernal unleash on their new record.

Ad Vitamin Infernal’s sound is classic and timeless. Despite essentially being a product of the 90s in style, Le Ballet des Anges is the sort of album you could imagine coming out at any point in that last 20+ years or so and it would feel right at home. It’s albums like these that I can’t help but enjoy; solid, timeless, adrenaline-soaked death metal.

The songs are crushing displays of rhythmic punishment and furious intensity. Mostly short, always brutal, the tracks blur by in a storm of blast beats, searing leads, and aggressive riffs that slice and dice. The performances are precise and lethal, and the singer’s growls match the quality of the music.

Le Ballet des Anges is a glorious hymn to Floridian death metal, and it’s very well done. I find records like this effortlessly enjoyable; it’s simply a quality, satisfying death metal album. It’s great fun to listen to and Ad Vitam Infernal know how to rip out a blistering set of death metal tunes.

Very highly recommended for fans of old-school death metal aggression.