VENOMOUS MAXIMUS – Beg Upon The Light

Venomous Maximus is a Doomy Occult Metal outfit hailing from Houston, Texas, USA, and their first LP is entitled Beg Upon The Light. The band has enjoyed rapid success in the Texas underground scene, presumably due to their over-the-top bizarre lyrical approach giving justice to their physical stage appearance. Musically, Venomous Maximus is dark, menacing, and methodical, and vocalist Gregg Higgins comes across as a mix between Dracula and The God Of Hellfire (Arthur Brown). Beg Upon The Light starts out interesting, but lack of variety along with substandard production quality causes the album to lose steam about halfway through.