{"id":852402,"date":"2026-03-26T21:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/852402\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T21:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:23:13","slug":"aggressive-perfector-come-creeping-fiends-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/852402\/","title":{"rendered":"Aggressive Perfector – Come Creeping Fiends Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In 2019, English retro metal maniacs Aggressive Perfector<\/strong> came out of nowhere to blindside me with a nasty mash-up of classic 80s metal, speed, and quasi-blackened evil called Havoc at the Midnight Hour. It was an endearing nostalgia ride through the early days of extreme metal, stealing body parts from Venom<\/strong>, Mercyful Fate<\/strong>, and beef-brained thrashers like Rigor Mortis<\/strong> and Nasty Savage<\/strong>. It was rough around every single edge, but it packed the same kind of past-obsessed punch as Deceased<\/strong> and made me love it. It took these sonic miscreants some time to get back in the marketplace with new material, but Come Creeping Fiends promises to have everything from the debut turned up to 12.5 and then some. And in this, they aren\u2019t fibbing. This is another slab of over-the-top excess in the name of unholy overkill, and it sounds like a bunch of local bar bands covering Venom<\/strong>\u2019s early material after too many shots of J\u00e4germeister. That\u2019s a good thing, right? RIGHT??<\/p>\n

If you like your metal loud, unhinged, but oddly melodic and catchy, you came to the right Satanic mass. Opener \u201cDead Undead\u201d is a wild and woolly smush of Venom<\/strong> and early Mercyful Fate<\/strong> with some Desaster<\/strong> crammed in to see if the mixture explodes. It does. This thing is hairier than Yours<\/strong> Steely <\/strong>with a full midvinter pelt, and just as fragrant. It\u2019s not far from the usual Deceased<\/strong> output, and frontman Dan Chainsaw (formerly Dan Holocausto) sounds a whole lot like the legendary King Fowley as he roars, rages, and retches against the dying of the light (and the closure of the All-You-Can-Eat $8 buffet at King Egg Dynasty Kitchen). His vocal excess is excessive, and it\u2019s laid on top of a weird collection of traditional, thrash, and NWoBHM guitar segments without much thought given to how well it fits or doesn\u2019t. You go from a Sodom<\/strong> or Desaster<\/strong> riff one minute to something from Mot\u00f6rhead<\/b>\u2019s Another Perfect Day era, and though this hodge-podge recipe seems ill-advised, it works, and the song is stupid, brainless fun. \u201cStrange Companion\u201d sounds like a lost hit from Deceased<\/strong>, and I loved it the moment it assaulted my ear sockets. It\u2019s bombastic but melodic and memorable, though you should never try to sing along with it in public, ever. \u201cFiend in You\u201d keeps the strange times rolling with a number that\u2019s hooky and hard rocking but extremely confrontational vocally. It reminds me of the days I worked for my older brother doing construction during summers in High School, and basically just got screamed at for 10 hours a day. I like it anyway, though!<\/p>\n

\u201cObscene Cult\u201d robs Candlemass<\/strong> blind of the riff from \u201cBewitched\u201d and repurposes it for much nastier deeds done way cheaper than dirt. You won\u2019t be able to unhear \u201cBewitched,\u201d so it sounds like some absolute nutter is screaming over the song about Satanic masses and corpse defilement. \u201cHarlot\u2019s Curse\u201d is the most ambitious track in that it dumps the most 80s influences into the smoothie machine, hoping for a new taste sensation. You\u2019ll hear about 20 bands you know by heart in the riffing and song structure, but somehow it all coagulates into a functional song of its own. Penultimate cut \u201cReturn of the Axe\u201d deserves special praise as the most frenzied and unstable track, thrashing and bashing for all its worth. It\u2019s a silly but captivating piece of caveman metal, and I can\u2019t help but want to adopt and raise it as my offspring. At a tight, no-blubber-allowed 30 minutes, Come Creeping Fiends rip rides over you like a nitro-fueled earthmover. You will be flattened, and you will enjoy it.<\/p>\n

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Aggressive Perfector<\/strong> make a lunatic racket, and the best parts come from the guitarwork by Dan Chainsaw and drummer\/guitarist\/keyboardist, Intimidator. These goons are like a living codex of 80s metal riffs and harmonies, and they regurgitate the olden sounds in strange new patterns to craft wildly entertaining tunes. The thrash leads are nice, but it\u2019s the classic metal lines that really shake my lizard brain. Every track has at least one riff that activates my inner teenage idiot, and I appreciate that. Vocally, Dan Chainsaw goes all in, getting himself committed to the nervous hospital with his insane screams, rasps, roars, and unusual attempts at \u201csinging.\u201d Medically speaking, the dude has some screws loose in his tonsils, but wow, is it fun to hear him come unglued.<\/p>\n

Come Creeping Fiends takes the chassis of the debut and welds spikes, spears, and buzzsaw blades all over it. It will harm all who listen, but in productive, character-building ways. If you have non-metal-loving friends, trap them in an enclosed space and force this on them loudly as you watch their panic and terror. This is what is best in life! Let these creeping fiends in and see how it goes.<\/p>\n

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Rating:<\/strong> 3.5\/5.0
DR:<\/strong> 5 | Format Reviewed:<\/strong> 320 kbps mp3
Label:<\/strong> Dying Victims<\/a>
Websites:<\/strong> aggressiveperfector.bandcamp.com<\/a> | facebook.com\/aggressiveperfectorband<\/a> | instagram.com\/aggressiveperfector<\/a>
Releases Worldwide:<\/strong> March 27th, 2026<\/p>\n

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