Band:	Binaash
Album:	Binaashkaari
Style:	Death metal
Release date:	August 18, 2012
Guest review by:	Cynic Metalhead

01. Swaagat
02. Gore Consumption
03. The Wests
04. Frenzy (A Bullet Amuck)
05. Butcher
06. Nihilist
07. Eerie Sentiments
08. Eat Is My Pleasure
09. A Date With Ambrosia
10. Gravitational Imbalance
11. Bancharo
12. Dheet
13. Binaash Mo:Mo Pasal
14. Waak
15. Binaashkaari

Binaash, as the name is translated, literally means "destruction," and it is pretty clear what kind of intention they have carried along since they started in 2009. They have one main motive: they want to play death metal. It all started in the capital city of Nepal, Katmandu, where they launched themselves under the project name "Kaal"(which means "time of doom") and unleashed a raw, visceral, chomping, destructive and trailblazing death metal sound. After achieving a complete set-up, it took them three years to finally release a debut, Binaashkaari - a 41-minute affair which expels a solid, brutal sound from their instruments, calling to mind Broken Hope's Swamped In Gore (except with less goregrind).

"Swaggat" means "welcome" and is a perfect opener, illustrating the gist of the record that will unfold over 15 tracks. It chomps, screeches and then blends into a perfect modification of the death metal sound that pulls the listener's attention immediately. Keeping attention in hand, "Gore Consumption" falls on you with crusty riffs, minced bass and indiscernible vocals, continuing with relentless energy on the line. Binaash is doing nothing less than following in the footsteps of the big acts of the death metal scene, and this is exemplified in "Eerie Sentiments," which throws off a typical Hate Eternal-esque scene-setting with low-end, chugging riffs and a heavy-as-fuck bass that sets the tone right in.

The attraction that keeps you sucked in while listening to Binaashkaari in the background is the intensity with which they play infectious, groovy riffs in the interludes, taking on grindcore elements in ("Gravitational Imbalance" and "A Date With Ambrosia"). Then, towards the end, the songs get shorter and gravitate towards old school thrash-y riffs mingled with harrowing vocals. There's nothing good to be found in the lyrical department; the first half has to do with death, gore, evisceration, and blood, and the second half with destruction, torture, struggle, danger, etc. in the local language.

For me, it's a smart move what they have done to launch themselves into the metal world (i.e. taking loads of influences, putting in their own concepts and bringing out a disc that describes their own image in the best possible way). It has moments where they improvised a sound and splendidly followed the momentum. I'll always give the benefit of the doubt to a bunch of musicians who struggled for years to find a podium in a place where economic crises have never abated, and who nonetheless fought all odds and brought us this debut.