On this, Adramelech's 3rd full length release, the band has abbandoned the realm of blackened death metal, and opted for a more basic approach to the death metal genre. The riffs are brutal, the drumming is fast, and the vocals are harsh. All you could want from a death metal album right? Hmm....

To me, this album is as generic as death metal can get. That's not to say, that this is ALL bad, but considering the band's previous releases, this comes as quite a disappointment. The song structures are heavily simplified, going from the classical influences of "PsychoStasia", to a focus on groove, and brutality. The energy is certainly there, but is this really offering anything new to the death metal genre?

The vocals are growled much like the vocals of a thousand albums before it, while the riffs seem to speed through the songs as if to say, "can we stop now? Seinfeld is on". The drumming is good, but once again, quite generic, and adds nothing to the songs.

The lyrics are focused on violence and war. Gee, no band has EVER done that before. Not only this, they are terribly cliched, and look like they were written by a death metal robot.

Overall, this is not a bad album, per se, but it has absolutely no originality to it whatsoever. Everything about it is completely generic, and is really nothing you haven't heard before by the countless numbers of death metal bands out there. If you like never-changing growled vocals, basic song structures, heavy riffs, and fast drumming, as well as ridiculous and cliched lyrics, go ahead and give this album a shot. Otherwise, stay away from it, Chances are, you've heard it before anyway.


by ScaryEd, allmusic