DEMONICAL — Death Infernal

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3.25 | 2 ratings | 2 reviews
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Album · 2011

Filed under Death Metal
By DEMONICAL

Tracklist


1. The Arrival of Armageddon
2. ...Return in Flesh
3. Black Inferno
4. Ravenous
5. March for Victory
6. Through Hellfire
7. All will Perish (The Final Liberation)
8. Slain Warriors
9. Darkness Awaits

Total Time 48:28

Line-up/Musicians


- Martin Schulman / Bass
- Ronnie Bergerstål / Drums
- Johan Jansson / Guitars
- Sverker Widgren / Vocals

About this release

Label: Cyclone Empire Records
Release date: April 15th, 2011

A music video was made for the song "Ravenous".

Recording information:

Recorded, mixed and mastered between September 2010 and January 2011 at Necromorbus Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.
Co-produced by Demonical.

Thanks to Vehemency for the addition and umur for the updates

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UMUR
"Death Infernal" is the third full-length studio album by Swedish death metal act Demonical. The album was released through Cyclone Empire in April 2011. It´s the successor to "Hellsworn" from May 2009. No lineup changes has taken place since the predecessor and therefore "Death Infernal" was recorded by the same quartet lineup who recorded "Hellsworn".

Three of the members of Demonical came from the just disbanded Centinex (in 2006) and personally I expected that Demonical would be a continuation of the Dismember meets blackened melodic death metal style of Centinex, but the first two Demonical albums proved me wrong. Demonical instead played a dark, grim, and brutal old school Swedish death metal style which was closer to the sound of early Grave and didn´t feature any melodic traits. So it was quickly established that Demonical was a completely different beast to Centinex.

That has however changed on "Death Infernal" where Demonical have opted to bring the Dismember influence back and as a consequence also bring back some melodic themes. This is not melodeath by any means though. It´s just a more melodic take on the old school Swedish death metal sound than what Demonical presented on their first couple of albums. In many ways the material on "Death Infernal" sounds like the bastard child of Centinex and Demonical, released under the monicker of the latter.

"Death Infernal" features a powerful, brutal, and detailed sound production...HM-2 guitar tone and everyhing else are in place as expected. So "Death Infernal" is another good quality death metal release from Demonical. Personally however I think they´ve lost something by bringing back the Centinex elements, as I feel the strength of the first two Demonical albums came from being completely different to what Centinex had done before. Still a 3 - 3.5 star (65%) rating is warranted.
Vehemency
Buzzing and sawing guitars, death reeking growls, morbid atmosphere - yep, pure old school Swedish death metal is once again the name of the game, this time on Demonical’s third full-length offering Death Infernal which doesn’t truly surprise with its music, but since when has that been the point? The album simply showcases how brutal, coffin-like death metal is supposed to be spewed and it’s up to the listener if that’s enough for his musical preferences.

Actually I lie a little when I say that there’s no surprises here. For the most part, as tracks on the first half like the savage ”Ravenous” and the mid-tempo ”Return in Flesh” imply, Demonical stays true to its Entombed influences, but as soon as the seventh song ”All Will Perish (The Final Liberation)" begins, one can notice the evident melodic death metal elements of Amon Amarth, and this continues throughout the last tracks ”Slain Warriors” and ”Darkness Awaits”. The two additional bonus songs retain the same melodic inclination, including the Emperor cover ”Night of the Graveless Souls”.

Delving deeper into the compositions, it must be admitted by everyone that Demonical does know how to craft captivating death metal pieces. This becomes clear right on the first track ”The Arrival of Armageddon” that goes up and down the fretboard with ingenious riffs and on ”Black Inferno” where Bloodbath esque malicious melodies appear in front of the distorted low-pitch instrumentation. Some stagnation is to be found from the album as well but nothing totally fatal that would make the listening experience an annoyance in any way.

Despite that the occasional melodic death elements are somewhat refreshing to hear on an album of this sort, I find those tracks to be the album’s weakest links, as Death Infernal seems to be at its best during the most brutal assaults. To conclude my nagging, the production could be a bit filthier as there’s slight sterileness in the sound, so that it’s not quite like the dirty eponymoys Interment album, for instance. In the end, Death Infernal leaves a positive taste, and is definitely recommendable for the lovers of the genre, and I mean those who still can endure the similar ideas initiated in the early 90s already.

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