Centuries of Deception
Heic Noenum Pax
[Blood, Fire, Death]
This CD is driving me insane!!! It really reminds of something!! What
this "something" is though is really bothering me, since I can't figure
it out. Onto the review though. The music here is actually quite decent.
The slow riffs and occasional addition of acoustic guitars creates quite
the morbid sound. That is obviously the most impressive success here.
Besides the excellent grim feel, another positive addition to the sound
are the "main" riffs" that pick themselves out of the music ever few
songs. These riffs come out of the fuzzy smoke of the background to
create a more triumphant feel. The combination works nicely and makes
the CD most worthy of a listen. Some problems do exist though. The first
is the drum machine. It really does not do the music any justice. It
somewhat sticks itself out a little too much and ends up being annoying
by the end of the disc.
I remember watching a television special revolving around Motörhead when I was younger. The boys were sitting in a garage, drinking beer and what have you. They were talking about their music, the sound they wished to create and so on. Out of the blue, Mr.Taylor walked to the back of the garage and pulled out a fairly large drum machine (it was his friends garage I believe). He picked it up over his head, threw it to the ground, and starting smashing it to little pieces. Obviously Motörhead would have never created the feel they did with a drum machine. The man behind Centuries of Deception, Atrox, should consider doing the same thing, since the music could be some of the best midpaced/grim black metal available if it had a human running the drums. A good start though, although some additional work would have paid off before putting this onto CD.
On a side note, I just heard a new rehearsal/demo from this band, and it's simply vicious sounding......who knows what we can expect from this band in the future, but it should be interesting.
© 1997 brand
I remember watching a television special revolving around Motörhead when I was younger. The boys were sitting in a garage, drinking beer and what have you. They were talking about their music, the sound they wished to create and so on. Out of the blue, Mr.Taylor walked to the back of the garage and pulled out a fairly large drum machine (it was his friends garage I believe). He picked it up over his head, threw it to the ground, and starting smashing it to little pieces. Obviously Motörhead would have never created the feel they did with a drum machine. The man behind Centuries of Deception, Atrox, should consider doing the same thing, since the music could be some of the best midpaced/grim black metal available if it had a human running the drums. A good start though, although some additional work would have paid off before putting this onto CD.
On a side note, I just heard a new rehearsal/demo from this band, and it's simply vicious sounding......who knows what we can expect from this band in the future, but it should be interesting.
© 1997 brand