1. Intro
2. Away From Christ
3. Demonic Possession
4. Chunks of Flesh (Crematory-swe cover)
5. Desecration of Christianity
6. Lord of Immolation
Comment:
Debut mini CD by this italian featuring ex-HORRID members that plays the purest swedish Death Metal from early 90's in the vein of NIHILIST, CREMATORY, early NECROPHOBIC, CARNAGE... Recorded & mixed at Sunlight Studios!!
If you love old 90’s Swedish Death-Metal then you will not go wrong with DAEMONIAC’S – “Lords of Immolation.” Sludgy and heavy Death Metal sounding guitars, with mandatory repetition and a small hint of evil melody, this will bring a tear to a glass eye in fans of CANNIBAL CORPSE, DISMEMBER, and ENTOMBED. It was noted by fans who have already heard this EP that in a strange dialectical process, new subgenres, while fantastic and unique, always bring bands that rigid back to the subgenres roots. DAEMONIAC has this reactionary force to it.
Hailing from Milan, these walking dead Italians obviously set out to write their Metal with bones true to the Death Metal skeleton. Back breaking, skull-crushing riffs come paired with machine gun drumming and throat-cancer vocals… of the guttural sort. “Lords of Immolation” brings back the graveyard stench of 90s Death Metal. We can congratulate this band in their trueness to Death Metal antecedents, and give the nod to their newly formed alliance with Xtreem Labels.
Generally, the songs are of fine rotten meat flavour (taste some IMMOLATION and CANNIBAL CORPSE to experience the aesthetic), with a spice of satanic melody. We even get some of purgatories Doom and Sludge. These songs will cause brain haemorrhage in live audiences – a welcoming event that will prepare fans for the zombie apocalypse. When there is no more room in hell, “Lords of Immolation” will join the ranks and slay any subgenre that has a “core” in it. Any band starting out that can sound true to its historic antecedents is worthy of a 5 star.
So here is to real Death Metal that is complex, oh so slightly Melodic, Doomy and Sludgy, heavy and generally rotten to the core.
Coming form Italy this is the debut recording of this brutal Death Metal band. Five original songs and a cover of the mighty CREMATORY (the Swedish one of corpse!). Still, although brutal and with a quite personal sounding production, a bit muddy, but quite appropriate for the style, I think that the band still needs to develop their sound. Most of the songs have a similar approach, and although the brutality level is high, the riffs are not exactly memorable. Missing that hook that some other bands in a similar style do possess. The final product reminds me of the American band IMPRECATION although not as deadly for now. But we have to remind this is their first work, and if they can work out their composition techniques and keep their style intact, darker days seems to be ahead.
L'Italia continua ad essere terreno fertile per i seguaci del death metal e fortunatamente, nella nostra scena, ci sono ancora dei veterani che manifestano enorme entusiasmo nel proporre queste sonorità. I DAEMONIAC non sono certo un gruppo che ha da dire qualcosa di nuovo, ed il primo EP "Lord of Immolation" lo testimonia apertamente, però tenete ben presente che non sto parlando di novellini, ma di tre musicisti rodati: Max e Matt (entrambi ex-membri degli Horrid) e Pier dei Koza Noztra. Con soli cinque brani + una cover dei Crematory (Chunks of Flesh), corrodono ogni forma di trend per alimentare l'adrenalina dei maniaci tradizionalisti. Questo è DEATH METAL catramoso, che punta sull'atmosfera crepuscolare. Il lavoro piacerà a chi di voi ha un cuore che batte per lo stile svedese delle origini, quello onesto e glorioso. Si tratta di un debutto distante dalle produzioni attuali, molte delle quali destinate al dimenticatoio (!!!). I Daemoniac sono nati nell'ombra per marciare sul sentiero sterrato della coerenza stilistica in nome del vero old school. Tutto ciò ha un senso. Disponibile via Xtreem Music.
Forming in 2013 and featuring former members of Horrid, Daemoniac unleashes their debut EP. It’s a simple no nonsense half hour of rancid death metal.
After a nice 30 second intro the band blast into 'Away From Christ' it’s apparent from the get go that the band are heavily influenced by the Swedish death metal of the 90’s which is no mean feat. It is the sound they have aimed for and they have captured it brilliantly. Everything you want is here, 'Demonic Possession' for example, you have shredding and blast beats one minute and a grimy punky mid section the next. There are some great slow doomy moments also. The whole EP has that earthy, dirty sound that sounded so great on those early Entombed and Dismember albums. There is a pretty cool cover of Crematory’s thrown in for good measure. My favourite is actually the closing track “Lord Of Immolation” which starts off slow and murky and builds up to a great chugging climax with of course plenty of shredding!
All in all if you like a bit of Swedish flavoured old school death metal you will no doubt lap this up. However, as the band progress I’d like to see them develop more of their own sound. In the meantime though this will do fine!
Banda italiana marca de la casa la que hoy me ocupa. No vayáis a pensar que por fin he decidió cambiar de aires, DAEMONIAC son italianos pero suenan 100% suecos, ¿qué os pensabais?
Un tema peliagudo este. Por un lado, a los fans acérrimos del sonido Estocolmo la vida les ha sonreído a base de bien dada la avalancha incesante de nuevas bandas con el mismo sonido y estructura compositiva. Sin embargo, para los que buscan algo más, esto puede llegar a saturarlos y acabar agobiándose ante tanta banda clónica que se une a la moda del sonido sueco siendo realmente pocas las que de verdad capten la esencia original iniciada por NIHILIST o CARNAGE a finales de los 80 principios de los 90. Y, ¿en qué lugar situaríamos a DAEMONIAC? Vamos a ello.
Lo que nos ofrecen es su primer (creo) EP titulado “Lord Of Immolation”. Cabe destacar que dos de sus miembros formaron parte de HORRID, con lo cual no son precisamente unos primerizos en esto. El EP se divide en seis cortes aunque el primero es una simple intro instrumental. Lo primero que salta a la vista sin duda es el sonido del álbum. Guitarras gordísimas, oscuras y bastante sucias. Un bajo igualmente sucio quellega casi a fusionarse con las propias guitarras, batería de sonido puramente analógico (grabado y mezclado por Tomas Skogsberg en los Sunlight Studios, cómo no!), lo cual es de agradecer, y una voz bastante más gutural de lo que nos tienen acostumbrados este tipo de bandas.
En cuanto a su música en sí, bueno es un EP bastante largo, unos 25 minutos más o menos de duración y realmente no se hace tedioso en ningún momento. Empiezan con fuerza con el corte inicial “Away From Christ”, donde predominan los consabidos tupatupas rapidillos y algún que otro interludio algo más lento y aplastante. “Demonic Possession” es el tema que adelantó Xtreem Music hace unas semanas. De inicio lento y oscuro pasa a repetir la misma estructura del tema anterior, rápido, sin llegar al blast beat y con partes algo más lentas y aplastantes, quizás es el mejor tema del EP. El siguiente en recoger es el testigo es una versión del “Chunks Of Flesh” de CREMATORY, los suecos, no los góticos alemanes. “Desecration Of Christianity” es algo más paranoica y enrevesada y tiene unos riffs cojonudos a medio tiempo que quedan muy resultones. Cierran con el tema que da nombre al EP, el más largo de todos.
¿Conclusión? Realmente no hay nada de nuevo en este EP, nada que no se haya inventado ya o se haya hecho cientos de veces, realmente no encuentro nada especial que los haga destacar por encima de otras bandas del mismo estilo y creo que repiten demasiado la misma estructura en cada tema. Sin embargo hay una cosa que es innegable. Los componentes de DAEMONIAC son perros viejos y eso se nota en cada uno de sus temas, tienen calidad y un sonido realmente aplastante. Si buscas algo que vaya a cambiar tu visión del Death Metal puramente sueco, aquí no lo vas a encontrar. Si solo quieres pasar una buena media hora escuchando Death Metal de calidad, del de toda la vida, échales un ojo, creo que te gustarán.
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