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Apollyon |
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"Dioboli Gratia" |
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Full Moon Produtions |
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Reviewed By: |
Vinnie Apicella |
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Hailing from the same parts as one of the
original founders of the Black Metal movement, King Diamond,
this Danish trio offers a relentless attack of catastrophic proportions
as their first ever release, "Diaboli Gratia," sings
the praises of the mighty leader of the underworld. "Apollyon"
holds true to the term "devil's music" in every sense,
and though there's only so far you can go before the entire concept
begins to wither away in its own redundancy, this group manages
to keep it interesting on this five song offering. Opening with
"Viamala," and the faint screams of the suffering,
then going right for the jugular with "When Coldness Wraps
This Suffering Clay," they've opened a door to another passageway
that's often ignored in the name of death defying speed and dark
imagery. The songs run the general gamut of speed, black, death,
and all things necrophobic, while the opposite end finds traces
of melody, emotionally timed with a softer aspect, not as highly
orchestrated until the end, but moving nonetheless. "Momento
Mori" is as close as they come to an actual "heavy"
song, thunderously rhythmic, featuring the customary grunt and
growl, before closing off with a Latin title, signified as "outro,"
that returns to the sickening moans that hauntingly led us into
the dark, and fittingly closes the first chapter for a band that
has potential and a marketable name. |
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