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ch better without the slowed pace and monotonous vocal delivery during the verses this song starts out with one of the better riffs found on divine intervention but they just couldn t leave well enough alone as a result of so much sub par material the more average tracks look good by comparison sex murder art dittohead and mind control each utilize a faster pace and exhibit fewer flaws for the most part while none of these are truly exceptional and would have served as filler on previous albums they are among the best that this record has to offer then there is 213 which appears to be the band s attempt at making another dead skin mask the clean guitar in the intro does help to create a gloomy feeling and the rest of the song isn t too bad despite some of the lyrics being questionable it is a regrettable thing to have to say about a slayer record that less than half of the album is even tolerable these are the same guys that recorded such masterpieces as show no mercy haunting the chapel and hell awaits a lot of the blame has to rest on the shoulders of kerry king he was very open in the years following divine intervention regarding his desire to fit in with the more mainstream bands as such he made attempts to incorporate whatever was trendy at the time when writing each subsequent album in this endeavour his defeat was two fold he failed to appeal to the larger audience that he sought unable to properly sell out while also alienating die hard fans in the process the rapid decline of slayer began with divine intervention a below average album that should be avoided posted by noctir at 11 09 am labels slayer thursday may 11 2017 malevolent creation the ten commandments 1991 malevolent creation s debut l p was released by r c records in april 1991 with the ten commandments the band delved deeper into death metal though without completely shedding their thrash roots the overall result is a rather average and monotonous album with fewer highs than lows and utterly pales in comparison to other releases from this year e g dismember s like an ever flowing stream butchered at birth from cannibal corpse of the various debut full lengths from the likes of darkthrone edge of sanity sentenced grave asphyx unleashed or even the flawed sophomore effort from morbid angel blessed are the sick the first strike against this album is easily detectable before even pressing play as the liner notes indicate that this was recorded at morrisound and produced by scott burns as one would expect from this the ten commandments possesses a very flat and lifeless sound considering the fact that much of the record is dull and forgettable this only exacerbates the issue the songwriting is often uninspired and feels random with many riffs seemingly interchangeable the only song to really stand out from the rest is premature burial which is undoubtedly the strongest offering on this l p following the doom laden memorial arrangements the first real song bursts forth with very palpable fury that track features dynamic songwriting memorable riffs and enough testosterone to kill a horse afterward it is like the band went on auto pilot and are just going through the motions for the rest of side a not only are the compositions below average to go along with the generic production but even the performance feels lackluster tracks like remnants of withered decay multiple stab wounds and impaled existence are tedious to listen to failing to offer the same kind of intensity and aggression as premature burial it should also go without saying that there is hardly a trace of dark atmosphere to be found throughout most of the songs as well the vocals are often pretty annoying hoffman s voice sounds strained and keeps going from the harsher death metal vocals to more of a thrash metal vocal style as he utilized on the previous demo once in a while this variation works in some way but it is rather annoying for the most part it s made worse by the fact that there are too many lyrics and it sounds like he is struggling to squeeze a novel s worth of text into a three or four minute song as a result the vocal patterns are cluttered and ineffective side b picks up a bit though slowly thou shall kill is only mildly interesting while the thrashier approach of sacrificial annihilation helps to demonstrate where the band s true calling lies they were much better off mixing the slayer and dark angel influences with death metal rather than attempting to focus solely on the latter decadence within is one of the better ones on here though the bar was set pretty low with the previous five songs while the re recorded version of injected sufferage from the 1989 demo is pretty decent my personal preference would have been to include epileptic seizure the closer malevolent creation is probably the second best song on the whole album it featu res some epic riffs and goes on to remind the listener of the intensity that this band is capable of when inspired from the very first time that i ever heard the ten commandments til this very day my overall impression is one of disappointment and wasted potential even if the whole record could have at least maintained the consistency of side b it would have been an uphill battle already by 1991 the death metal scene was flooded with tons of bands that were much better than malevolent creation these guys were average at best and follow up albums like retribution and stillborn illustrated just why their name did not merit mention alongside the luminaries of the genre posted by noctir at 7 54 pm labels malevolent creation monday may 8 2017 pestilence testimony of the ancients 1991 released in september 1991 testimony of the ancients is the third full length from pestilence in the two years that passed since consuming impulse much had changed within the band frontman martin van drunen left the group and joined asphyx leaving patrick mameli to attempt to fill the void as vocalist his performance on this album would be but one of many elements that reduced this offering to a mediocre and forgettable affair the inability to find a suitable person to handle the vocals was not necessarily something that the band could have helped perhaps they tried and simple failed to recruit the right person either way mameli s dull voice is not the most damning issue regarding testimony of the ancients the worst blunder of all was their decision to travel from the netherlands to bloody florida just like napalm death and atrocity the previous year a european death metal band was so enamoured by the hype surrounding this overrated hellhole in tampa that they crossed the ocean in order to allow their album to be butchered by the always inept scott burns any possible potential that testimony of the ancients might have had was immediately thrown into the garbage the very moment that pestilence decided to let burns have a hand in the recording process the sound of this record is the epitome of generic the guitar tone the mixing everything reeks of mediocrity and sounds nearly identical to other albums from this same period that burns ruined e g devastation s idolatry malevolent creation s the ten commandments napalm death s harmony corruption demolition hammer s tortured existence etc the differences between the sound of each record are quite minimal and the third pestilence l p falls into this same black hole of banality the guitars lack any rawness and the clicky double bass is enough to drive one mad beyond the extreme detrimental effect of morrisound butchery the album possesses other flaws in general the basic songwriting is all over the place there are a few decent pure death metal tracks like the secrecies of horror and lost souls but then one is assaulted with filth like twisted truth and prophetic revelations that utilize unwarranted groove riffs and really dumb things down then there are the more progressive aspects of this wretched album such as the addition of keyboards and the instrumental interludes between every song which i find to be very pointless songs like testimony and especially presence of the dead are filled with worthless wankery in the same vein as death albums like human and individual thought patterns speaking of which mameli s voice is yet also very generic and dull sounding quite similar to chuck s performance on spiritual healing with a bit of john tardy mixed in all in all he really fails to differentiate himself in any manner whatsoever testimony of the ancients is a complete waste of time there are two passable tracks on this record both of which are ruined by the production and the lackluster vocals it s almost difficult to believe that this is the same pestilence that released the essential death metal classic consuming impulse just two years earlier this just goes to show that most bands should close up shop after one or two albums as many just lose their true creative spark and end up releasing sub standard trash it also serves as another bit of evidence that scott burns was one of the very worst things to ever happen to death metal avoid this posted by noctir at 4 53 pm labels pestilence tuesday april 25 2017 troll trollstorm over nidingjuv 1995 as my introduction to the band troll s debut album left a bad taste in my mouth drep de kristne did not make a good impression at all even worse i knew of nagash s involvement in horrible bands like dimmu borgir and covenant so i completely wrote this project off for quite some time years later i was urged to check out the first demo from this norwegian black metal act being assured that it was better than what i d previously heard so with some hesitancy i gave a listen to the 1995 demo trollstorm over nidingjuv the first minute or so of når natten endelig er her only confirmed my concern that this was to be a waste of time the synth intro isn t nearly as bad as the goth like spoken word part that accompanies it nonetheless from the moment that the guitars erupt from the relative silence the entire complexion of the release changes the first thing worth noting is the superior quality compared to the first l p this was clearly recorded in a proper studio instead of in a garage though how a high school kid could afford this i cannot say rather than the weak and soft sound of drep de kristne here the guitar tone is sharp and helps to give a harsher feel to the music even the mid paced section of the title track maintains a respectable level of strength compared to the utterly limp feeling of the material troll offered up the following year overall the material is much more solid than on the full length however nagash certainly takes some liberties with the songwriting heavily influenced by his predecessors in the norwegian scene in particular satyricon and darkthrone seem to have been favourites of his of course no one really comes into a norwegian black metal release from the mid 90s expecting too much originality the template had pretty much been established by 92 93 that said nagash basically lifted riffs note by note with no shame whatsoever while the satyricon influence is quite obvious from the intro and the second half of the title track the riff around the middle of over daudens kolde mark is really leaning more toward plagiarism elsewhere the inspirations are a bit more general with cold tremolo riffs that call to mind classic mayhem as well as the vocals that are reminiscent of ihsahn s early work with emperor the compositions are fairly straightforward possessing rather natural transitions that flow in a natural manner as opposed to satyr s back and forth manic songwriting the cd version released a year later contains the most damning evidence of plagiarism on i et hedensk land this guy just outright lifted darkthrone riffs from slottet i det fjerne and passed them off as his own sure it sounds good but that is because fenriz was a master of creating dark and dreary black metal riffs back then in the end trollstorm over nidingjuv stands as the best release to ever come from troll by far if one can overlook the riff thievery and to be fair the worst offense was only a bonus track on the re release not included on the original tape this isn t a bad recording it s pretty standard norwegian black metal from this period which was filled with a lot of kids that wanted to follow in the footsteps of the masters it s certainly worth fifteen minutes of your time posted by noctir at 1 15 pm labels troll tuesday april 18 2017 thornium north storms of the bestial goatsign 1994 my introduction to thornium came in the form of a maxell cassette sent to me by a penpal from latvia many years ago side a featured nifelheim from throne of ahaz while on side b was thornium s debut album dominions of the eclipse i remember the latter was so long that it didn t even fit in its entirety and certainly failed to impress in the same manner as throne of ahaz it was only some years later that my opinion of the band became more favourable upon hearing the 1994 demo north storms of the bestial goatsign musically this is pure northern darkness the guitar riffs are cold and dismal just dripping with the typical mid 90s black metal feeling in the depths of northern darkness is equal parts fast tremolo melodies and mid paced gloom that allows the music to breathe a bit the title track picks up from where the first one left off before speeding up and utlizing a riff reminscent of classic mayhem all throughout typheus hateful vocals add to the overall atmosphere his voice is mostly dry and raspy with bits of near hysterical shrieking and really calls to mind abbath s performance on diabolical fullmoon mysticism the subtle vocal changes help to give life to the songs as do the variations in tempo it s all very straightforward and primitive yet still possessing ambition and feeling the droning riffs that emerge in the later part of north storms of the bestial goatsign are haunting and memorable with melodies of a similar style to be found on min vandring till mörkrets furste the production is fairly good for a black metal demo from this period everything is mixed rather well with the guitars up front as they should be the drumming is still audible just not dominating the sound as often happens the vocals are high enough to be clearly deciphered without drowning out the rest it does seem as if there was some clean guitar being used at the beginning of the tape but it didn t come through very clearly which was probably for the best thornium s first offering is nothing original just traditional black metal in the northern style that was really coming into its own around this time the only real complaint here is that it s pretty short though sometimes it is better to get in and get out and not waste time on useless filler or mediocre tracks that bog things down all three songs are of the same good quality making north storms of the bestial goatsign very much worth tracking down and listening to posted by noctir at 11 30 pm ...