Taking religion by the throat, gutting its entrails and letting the blood flow, a perilous sin or a brutal search for the truth? It has been suggested by various artists, and not just Metal artists, that religion has its portion of sins and is nor holy or divine than everyone's own draw of breath. But as it is the way of the world, every concept or belief in an idea has various of forms without one dominating the others. Yet, I somehow can't believe that the Chilean Thrashers, DEMENCIA, truly wished to discuss religious matters other than to enforce their own religion of Metal, therefore hatred is no option. It too the assasinos five years to come up with their sophomore release, yet I believe that it was worthy waiting for. "Religion Of Sin", via DigMetalWorld, is shattering and crushing, tormenting as if it was a part of earlier discography of the Teutonic lords, KREATOR, and moderately tasting the oxidized blood irons of DARK ANGEL, with a fierce type of Thrash, letting their damnation out with sheer force.

As I began to stride through the corridors of this vehement release, I couldn't ignore how close these guys sound to KREATOR, as if "Endless Pain" and "Pleasure To Kill" came back to haunt my very being. It started with the main riffs, heat fuming guitar soloing that burned my skins, and of course the Petrozza like vocals at full stretch, piercing with glory. Nonetheless, it was also noticeable that DEMENCIA struggled to step out of the old KREATORish dignitary while adjoining a few uneven song assemblies, speed demon passages, and slightly Americanised Thrash riffs. After a few listens, I can say that in general it worked out for them, but what can I say it still sounds and walks like a KREATOR late 80s release, of course not bad, yet also not what I would picture as utterly unique. On the other hand, coming to think of it, the large part of Thrash bands aren't innovative but rather paying an overall tribute to their own gods. So I guess that DEMENCIA is one of those cases. At least their Thrash is well delivered. Their sort of upgrades didn't always tick and sometimes even gutted the songs into a downward spiral like "Holocaust" or "Murderous Of Weapon" that were a total mess and not the classy "Total Disaster". In contrast, "Maestros Del Infierno" (Masters Of Inferno) sung in Spanish, is an achiever, drawing its claws on display with a melodic intro that after a while twists and turns into a powerful riff based Thrasher, violent as hell. I couldn't understand where the chorus was, but it wasn't necessary as it dominated with its viciousness. "Dementhrash" displayed as a Thrash anthem, fighting for the band and the genre while "Mortal Sin", the album's heaviest track, took a rather Speed / Thrash of American origin, displaying an amazing main riff and great chorus section that would make old Thrashers proud.

"Religion Of Sin" is as it sounds, a straightforward piece of South American machinery with plenty of admiration towards the European and the American Thrash scenes. Infusing songs in Spanish was a right call in order to secure their South American roots intact, and at least one of them creased with no mercy. The KREATORish doctrine within the rhythms and beats, made DEMENCIA to come up with lead guitar efforts that in their benefit stood tall. They still have a little work to do regarding some of the songs' arrangements as there was those that created too much confusion too handle, but I guess that in time it would be sorted out. I recommend this release to be listened by every Metalhead that respects the meaning of moshing and Metal.