DAWN OF DEMISE — A Force Unstoppable (review)

DAWN OF DEMISE — A Force Unstoppable album cover Album · 2010 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
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"A Force Unstoppable" is the 2nd full-length studio album by Danish, Silkeborg based death metal act Dawn of Demise. The album was released through Deepsend Records in January 2010. It´s the successor to "Hate Takes Its Form" from 2007 although the two albums are bridged by the 2008 "Lacerated" EP. There´s been one lineup change since the debut album, as guitarist Jakob Nyholm has left and has been replaced by Thomas Egede.

The music on the album is brutal yet catchy death metal featuring many tempo changes, often thrash influenced riffing, and loads of brutal heavy breakdowns. A band like Suffocation is definitely an influence, but the many heavy breakdowns often take this in a slam death direction. But then the thrash metal influenced riffs take the music in an old school death metal direction, and upon conclusion the music is nicely varied.

The technical level of playing on the album is considerable, but it´s not the kind of technical death metal album, where the technical playing takes away from the power of the music. This is first and foremost a brutal, groove laden, and catchy death metal album with a great powerful production (not too polished). The vocals vary between an intelligible and aggressive growling vocal style and a more distorted brutal growling style (hand over mike type of growling which is unintellgible). The vocals can get a little one-dimenional and monotone along the way, but they get the job done, and are often quite effectful. The instrumental part of the album is excellent. One brutal and catchy riff follow the one before all the way through the album and there are plenty of details in the music to keep the listener busy (including some relatively melodic and very well performed guitar solos). Some of the highlights on "A Force Unstoppable" are the two tracks that bookend the album. The opening track "Multiple Flatlines" is best explained by referencing the title of the album. That track is truly a force unstoppable. The closing track "Juggernaut" is a brick heavy groove laden death metal track and a great way to end the album.

So upon conclusion "A Force Unstoppable" is a strong sophomore studio album from Dawn of Demise. You´ve probably heard all the elements which make up the music before and in that sense this isn´t the most unique album in the genre, but Dawn of Demise excel in making those elements work and the combination of thrash metal influenced riffs, ultra heavy breakdowns, brutal growling vocals, the occasional melodic guitar solo, multible tempo changes and breaks in every song, and a focus on brick heavy grooves work wonders. A 3.5 - 4 star (75%) rating is deserved.
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