Slakter — Infernal Exekution Reign Review
Slakter is an Indonesian Satanic thrash metal entity. On 10 February 2026, Slakter released their debut full-length, Infernal Exekution Reign, via Tarung Records (cassette). Eleven days later, the digital and CD formats were unleashed via Witches Brew.
Slakter, Infernal Exekution Reign Review: This review will evaluate every aspect of the album, from its intricate musical composition to its production.
The First Three Sins, The Summary
The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Razor-edged riffing and rapid tremolo strikes drive the spine of the record, favouring ferocity and immediacy over technical excess. The Second Sin, The Vocals: Commanding thrash barks fuse with death-inflected snarls, projecting blasphemy through controlled aggression rather than chaos. The Third Sin, The Percussions: Relentless momentum drives rapid-fire double bass and classic skank beats. There is no ornamentation—only impact and sustained pressure.
The Fourth Sin, Overall Discussion
Proclamation of War
From the moment the play button is struck, there is no reprieve. This record does not guide; it hunts. It seizes the listener, dragging them headlong through a sonic wasteland where Infernal Exekution Reign stands as a proclamation of war, blasphemy, and absolute domination.
Here, faith decays under the weight of iron, and chaos is crowned king. This is music forged in war-torn soil and fed by sacrilegious fire, binding violence and authority into a single, unbreakable will.
Evil-Thrash in Full Velocity
Across eleven hymns spanning forty minutes, Slakter delivers thrash metal at its most unholy: profane, ugly, and relentlessly fast. This is pure, old-school underground—zero fuss, only hellish extreme metal. It fuses Satanic death-thrash with a jagged 1980s evil-thrash influence, blending a punk-inflected aggression with the darker stains of death and black metal.
Driven by pounding tempos and a raw, dedicated execution, the atmosphere is a high-energy, unpolished assault reminiscent of early extreme thrash at its most volatile and unhinged.
The Sepulchral Interlude
A brief departure from the chaos arrives with the fourth hymn, Sepulchral Overture. An instrumental under two minutes, this piano-led piece casts a haunting, funereal aura. It is a calculated, eerie atmosphere—a gasping breather before the aggressive onslaught reignites.
This cold stillness only makes the following violence feel more inevitable.
Devilmanship in Iron Form
Within the devilmanship sits a solid, airtight execution. The compositions and arrangements are executed with instrumental precision. Central to this assault are the hellfire guitars of Steelgrinder, which unleash a deliberate nod to the sharp, biting Teutonic thrash metal tone of the 1980s. These are fast, punk-inflected riffs that prioritise ferocity, immediacy, and pure attitude over any modern technical sheen.
Sadomator’s bass is felt more than heard—a thick, dirty, mud-caked low end that glues the frantic guitars to the percussion. This subterranean weight provides the anchor for Iskariot, who employs a blitzkriegapproach behind the kit. His performance is a barrage of rapid-fire double bass and classic thrash skank beats. It is a commitment to high-pressure, physical energy, intentionally shunning complex prog-metal patterns for raw, unrelenting speed.
Voice of Command
Mortifer’s vocals treat the lyrics like written horror cinema. His delivery is exaggerated and grotesque, shifting seamlessly between frantic thrash shouts and guttural, death-inflected snarls that mirror the depraved themes of the hymns. At its peak, the voice finds a scorched, commanding middle ground—a blasphemous tone and phrasing designed to dictate and dominate.
This is a vocal performance built to command, never embellish.
Violence over Perfection
Infernal Exekution Reign is built on ferocity, immediacy, and a savage, ritual aggression—not modern perfectionism. Forged with the grit of 1980s evil-thrash and the raw sting of punk, every second is recorded to preserve energy, chaos, and a blasphemous atmosphere.
This is music mixed for violence, not clarity—a deliberate embrace of the unpolished and the extreme.
Brimstone Verdict
Overall, Infernal Exekution Reign is an unholy, forbidden fruit of art—music that hits with the raw, searing force of brimstone fire against both ear and soul.
Acts of Depravity Concluded
The journey reaches its scorched-earth conclusion with the second half of the Acts of Depravity saga. As the closing hymn, it serves as the grand finale of Slakter’s horror narrative, leaving the listener in the ruins of shattered expectations.
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia
For me, Infernal Exekution Reign is precisely how extreme music should be: under-cooked. In fact, it feels as though it has not yet touched the frying pan. It is raw, unholy, and designed to execute both your soul and your speakers.
What makes this record memorable is its temporal dissonance—though it is a modern release, it feels like a relic found in a dusty attic, locked in a cabinet since the mid-1980s.
The Sixth Sin, The Artwork
Whether hand-drawn or digitally rendered, the artwork captures that ancient, old-school charm perfectly.
The Seventh Sin, Disrelish
There is very little here to disrelish—unless you value your replay button. Be warned: this record is as addictive as the nine circles of Hell, and your hardware will be sacrificed to the Devil before the first spin is even over.
The Hymns
01. Blitzkrieg
02. Steel-Rippin’ B*tch
03. Hammer Of blasphemy
04. Sepulchral Overture
05. Thee Blightëd Invocation
06. Whoremageddon 666
07. Ode to the Forlorn God
08. Benediction
09. No Mans’s Land
10. Acts of Depravity Part I
11. Acts of Depravity Part II
Slakter
Mortifer — Vocals
Steelguitar – Guitars
Sadomator – Bass
Iskariot – Drums