DECAPITATED — Winds of Creation (review)

DECAPITATED — Winds of Creation album cover Album · 2000 · Technical Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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Winds of Creation is the debut full-length studio album by Polish death metal act Decapitated. The album was released in May 2000 by Earache Records. Winds of Creation was re-issued in October 2007 with a bonus DVD called Live in Nottingham. There has been no lineup changes since the band was formed in 1996, so it´s the same four guys playing on Winds of Creation, who also recorded the Cemeteral Gardens (1997) and The Eye of Horus (1998) demos. Allthough the band had existed for 4 years at this point, there´re not a single member of the band, who had turned 20 yet. Drummer Vitek was, as the youngest member of the band, only 16 years old when Winds of Creation was released.

Winds of Creation is basically a re-recording of The Eye of Horus demo. All 7 tracks from the demo are also featured on Winds of Creation. Winds of Creation and Human's Dust are the only "new" songs on the album. The lack on new material doesn´t matter much though because the songs from The Eye of Horus demo certainly deserves to be released to a wider audience. The music on Winds of Creation is brutal and techncially well played death metal. The music is generally busy and fast-paced. The band understand the art of variation though, so there are heavier parts on the album too. While I´m extremely impressed by the technical skill of such young musicians, Sauron´s vocals unfortunately leave me cold. Brutal undecipherable growls that lack variation, punch and intensity.

The production is powerful and brutal and suits the music well.

The instrumental part of Winds of Creation deserves a 4 star rating but as I have a hard time enjoying the vocals by Sauron, I will give a 3.5 star rating. I realise that the vocals are probably an aquired taste though, so others might not have the same problem with them as I do.
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arcane-beautiful wrote:
more than 2 years ago
our reviews and opinions on this album are pretty much similar. how ironic haha

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