Photos by Francisco Pérez
28 long years had to pass for Sadistic Intent, one of the most brutal and boring gangs on the scene of the Underground Death Metal international, will return to our country. The Americans presented a pyramid in the City of León, Guanajuato, to later endorse the forum Under Circuit from the Mexican capital; all this in the framework of his tour “Darkness Over Tenochtitlán”
Here at CDMX little by little the fans of the old school of metal are meeting in the forum. The truth is that you can see the status of a cult band and in the past the stellar band, because when you look around the place, finding people who appear to be under 30 years old becomes an achievement. The table is set and the initial plate is dark and full of paganism and shadows with Tombstoners and Hacavitz, two proposals of Black metal national that serve to tone the audience that beer in hand are ready for a long night full of pure metal. The curtain that flanks the stage closes after the Mexican performance is over, and we are all waiting for the North American band.
A intro it sounds and the lights go out, and when this preamble ends the fabrics open up and Sadistic Intent burst the night with the rhythm of “Death Is Coming”. The waving of manes (or heads where a few years ago could have grown some) is immediate and the walls of the forum rumble with the sound shrapnel that they represent “Impeding Doom”, “Lurking Terror” and “Numbered With The Dead”, while everyone claps and shouts each song; or they seek to live them to the fullest in the space in the middle of the place where the lovers of the pushes take flight trying to arm slam. On bass and lead vocals, Bay Cortez proves that like Napoleon, stature is the least of it: despite the fact that the contrast of him in the midst of his corpulent and tall guitarists immediately jumps to the eye, the power of his raspy voice drives the metal battalion that has gathered. , and they cheer everything on topics like “Malignant Spirits”, “Asphyxiation” y “Dark Predictions”. “Nuestra última visita fue allá en 1991, ¿quiénes de ustedes estuvieron ahí? Question Bay, and some of the fans raise their hands attesting to the legacy of Sadistic Intent throughout the years. The band takes advantage of this space to give thanks to a person named Julio, involved in that Mexican visit of the early 90s and who, by what they imply, is no longer among us.
“Este tema es de nuestro primer demo, lanzado allá en 1989” the guitarist announces Rick Cortez, the most dressed in robes and metal gadgets in his clothing; and for those veteran wood fans “Conflict Within” is interpreted. The vast majority of fans find themselves glued to the barrier waving their necks like possessed and doing air guitar, and the show continues with “Existence” and ” Ancient Black Earth”. You have to be very honest: the songs of Sadistic Intent they are all very similar to each other, full of drilling, scratching and knocking metal. If you are one of those who like versatile bands and constant changes in the auditory atmosphere it may seem monotonous and linear, however, if on the contrary what you are looking for is a band that all the setlist have your head rumbling with a custom-made sound to thunder your cervicals without surprises, Sadistic Intent it's your type of band. “Condemned In Misery” and “A Mass For Tortured Souls” later, they keep the party Death metal on and with the pulsations to the limit.
The review of the best successes of the three lives of Sadistic Intent It is coming to an end, but there is still time to take the last breath with “A Mass For Tortured Souls” y el inicio lento y pesado que da pie a “Funeral Obscure” with which the band announces goodbye now. However, and grateful to their fans, the Angelenos decide to give a theme more than in fact or on the sheet of setlist figured, and with “Eternal Darkness” They close an evening dedicated to those who for 30 years have followed the foot of the Death metal underground, and they are rewarded with a great demonstration by Sadistic Intent and even with photos and signatures of their idols for those who stayed a little longer on the forum.
