SEPTICFLESH — The Great Mass (review)

SEPTICFLESH — The Great Mass album cover Album · 2011 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
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A great mass of death...

Genre: symphonic death metal

Greek metallers return with another perfectly balanced salvo of bombastic symphonic death metal that combines grandiosity, brutality and melody.

The use of symphonic effects creates a tense and dark atmosphere which suits the overall feel of the album very well. Being extreme metal, the music is already quite intense, but this intensity is taken to the nth degree with, for instance, symphonic orchestration laid over insanely fast blastbeats, which sometimes even accelerate to an even higher velocity. Other parts are very melodic, yet dark and intense.

The vocals are primarily growled, with some clean vocals every now and then. And, the vocalist is actually a strong growler, whose deep guttural growling technique is quite brutal.

Overall, this is a very interesting album that perfectly balances grandiosity, brutality and melody into a very intense music experience.
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more than 2 years ago
Yeah, they've really outdone themselves this time.
J-Man wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Nice review. ;-) I really enjoyed this one as well!

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