Behemoth
Demigod (7cd)
Wydane przez Regain RecordsRok wydania 2004Kraj PolandNapisał Wouter8
Polish death metal mammoths Behemoth continue the course they started on "Satanica" and further honed with "Thelema.6" and "Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond)". On "Demigod" the band takes everything one step further. 'Sculpting the Throne Ov Seth' - which opens this album - serves as an example track which perfectly describes the rest of the album. Oriental instrumentation, monolithic breaks, jaw dropping technical sections and inhumanly fast blasting parts. Now more than ever Behemoth wants to be Hate Eternal. Nergal's new vocal style doesn't particularly fit this musical package. With his forced grunt he tries to all his power to be Morbid Angel's David Vincent. 'Demigod' and 'Slaves Shall Serve' really draw further parallels with "Conquering the Throne" era Hate Eternal: highly grooving über-technical death metal with marching war rhythms and mesmerizing leads to complete the structure. 'The Nephilim Rising' is the first truly memorable track on this record: an epic occult midtempo piece like only Behemoth can do - which puts Morbid Angel to shame. 'Towards Babylon' continues in the same vein but only adds more blasting parts while some great guitar work complements the general aural insanity. 'Xul' featuring the already legendary guitar solo by Karl Sanders (Nile) pretty much solely exists as a medium to carry the solo. The song itself isn't one of the better songs Behemoth have written so far. While most of the material has its memorable moments "Demigod" comes off as a letdown - it seems Behemoth have partly sacrificed their unique death metal hybrid for a streamlined US sound of current times. A great record nevertheless, but Behemoth have somewhat lost their spirit.
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