Fantastic Russian death metal band, very famous on Russian underground scene especially in the beginning of 2000s. Inspired by MORBID ANGEL, DEICIDE, DEATH and SLAYER, MERLIN played extreme brutal death metal of the highest quality. One of the most interesting and exciting parts of MERLIN’s material are aggressive female growling vocals by Maria Abaza.
Formed in 1992 by Alexander Ioffe and Maria Abaza, very quickly MERLIN recorded its first demo-tape in death-thrash metal genre. The next demo record was much more extreme, closer to grind metal. But the band became quite well-know on Moscow metal scene with the release of its third demo “Prisoners Of Death”. In 1997 the first real studio album “Deathkoteque” was released. This CD brought the band the unofficial status of the Kings of Russian death metal. The second offer “They Must Die” saw the light in 2000. MERLIN reached the real top of its career with the third studio effort – the album “Brutal Constructor”. Outstanding brutal death metal masterpiece can destroy everything including the brain of its listener! |