Country: USA (Texas)
Genre: Death Metal / Melodic Death
Release: 2026
For fans of: Bloodbath, Dawn, Morbid Angel, Carcass, The Black Dahlia Murder
Haserot – Advent of Suffering
There are bands that don’t try to become “special”. They just want to play death metal the way it sounds in their heads: aggressive, melodic, heavy, without turning it into a science. Haserot are exactly that. A band from Houston that started in 2020, with members who have eaten up enough of the scene and know very well what it means to play death metal that hits without becoming wordy.
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Advent of Suffering is a record that shows the band has found its way. It isn’t confused, it isn’t overloaded, it doesn’t try to become something “big”. It’s death metal that stands on the Swedish school of the 90s, but with American aggression and enough melody to keep the interest. Their first EP had shown the direction, but here the thing is tighter, cleaner, more focused.
Dan Swanö’s production gives exactly what it should: volume, clarity, and that “Swedeath” haze that makes the riffs sound like they’re coming out of a basement. The first tracks didn’t particularly grab me, but from “Apophis” onward the record starts showing character. There you hear the prettiest melodic lines, something between Dawn and old melodic black/death, without becoming saccharine. “Tears in Bethlehem” continues in the same pattern and is one of the moments that really show the band has a point of view.
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In the second half of the record Haserot play more mid-tempo, more steady, more “metallic” in the old sense. “Madness and the Void” is perhaps the best track in here: it has that grip, the intensity, and guitars that recall eras when death metal had no need to prove anything. “Khlyst” and “Beneath the Cairn” build the same atmosphere, while at the end, on “Curse of Haserot”, guest guitarists Andy LaRocque and James Murphy give exactly the mark needed to understand what the band wants to do: death metal with shred, with melody, with character.
The only area I’d like to hear more up front is the bass. It’s there, it plays well, but it gets a little lost inside the guitar volume. It’s not a problem, but it’s one of those things that would give even more depth to their sound. Even so, Advent of Suffering is a record that shows Haserot have a clear path. It isn’t perfect, but it’s honest, strong and with plenty of moments that stay with you.
If you dig death metal that stands on the Swedish school but isn’t afraid to become more American, more shreddy and more melodic, then Haserot deserve your attention. Advent of Suffering is a release that shows a band with potential and with the mood to build something of its own. For me, a very good start.
