Release Date April 20th, 2026
Format Digital
Genre Blackened Death Metal
Origin New Zealand
Vaeovon is a blackened death metal act from New Zealand, making its first full-length strike with “Spiritual Nullification”. The name comes through Gutter Prince Cabal, with the album recorded through 2024, vocals done at Funeral Studios and the music tracked at Ifrit Productions. Oli Smith handled mixing and mastering, Warhead Art created the cover, with additional artwork by AS.
“Spiritual Nullification” is a violent debut built on speed, blasting, hateful riffing and vocals that sound torn out of some rotten pit. Vaeovon do not waste time dressing this up. The album goes straight for the throat with blackened death metal that is frantic, savage and mean, built for listeners who want extreme metal with no sugar on top. The
Angelcorpse, Black Witchery and Rites Of Thy Degringolade references make sense, since this sits in that same warlike zone of speed, filth and total attack.
The good part is that Vaeovon already sound committed to the style. The riffs are fast, the drumming is vicious, and the vocals add enough sickness to make the album sound possessed without turning into nonsense. There is a real death worship atmosphere here, with black metal acid sprayed over the whole attack. When the album locks into its harsher sections, it does the job properly and gives the listener a harsh beating.
The weaker side is that “Spiritual Nullification” sometimes leans too much on speed and brutality as its main weapon. That can make parts of the album blur together, especially when the chaos rises and the riffs lose some identity. The violence is there, no doubt, and the sound is cruel enough, although a few more riffs with stronger character would have pushed the album higher. “Spiritual Nullification” shows Vaeovon as a vicious new name in savage extreme metal. It has the speed, the sickness and the destructive attitude needed for this style. It also has areas that need more identity next time, because pure violence alone can only take an album so far. Still, for a debut, this is a nasty entrance and a clear warning shot from New Zealand’s underground.
|7.0
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