(written by Islander)
Trying to sum up the history of Cuba in a few sentences would be an impossibility, especially for someone like me who lives roughly 3,000 miles away in the great behemoth of a country that looms northwest of the island (and has never visited there).
From that distance and perspective, it often seems like Cuba was frozen in time many decades ago, thanks largely to the hostility of the U.S. (and the intransigence of Cuba’s rulers). Certainly, despite the country’s rich history and obvious charms, it doesn’t seem to have been a very welcoming platform for extreme metal bands, or probably metal bands of almost any kind.
And yet, metal has survived in Cuba. And for 30 years, the Cuban death metal band Combat Noise has survived. To celebrate their 30 years of determined survival, a trio of labels (Satanath, Sanatoria, and The End of Times) will release a special compilation album called 30 Years Of Cuba Death Metal on October 28th. It includes 11 songs from across those three decades of Combat Noise music, all of them completely re-recorded for this record at Deepblast Studios in La Habana in 2025.
What we have for you today is the re-recorded version of “Rapid Attack (Macabre Dance)“, a terrific new rendering of song originally released in 2003 as part of the two-song Combat Noise single Under My Rifle’s Fire. Continue reading »
