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"Diabolical Desolation" is the sixth full-length studio album by Swedish death metal act Centinex. The album was released through Candlelight Records in March 2002. It´s the successor to "Hellbrigade" from August 2000. There have been no lineup changes between the two releases and Centinex therefore still operate as a quintet (with a human drummer) on "Diabolical Desolation".
Stylistically Centinex have produced an album which sounds like a combination between their two preceding album releases "Reborn Through Flames" from 1998 and "Hellbrigade" from 2000. "Diabolical Desolation" features the melodic old school Swedish death metal ingredients plus the professional sound production values of the former, but also the blackened and atmospheric touch of the latter. Overall it probably sounds most like "Hellbrigade" but with a less gritty and raw sounding production job.
Centinex still produce some decent quality material and they can certainly play their instruments too, but like the case has been on all preceding releases they don´t deliver anything here which you haven´t heard before from other artists. In other words they lack an original sound. When that is said "Diabolical Desolation" is still a decent quality death metal release from Centinex and a 3 star (60%) rating is warranted.