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| CDcame out the 30 March 2004 - Willowtip Records |
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1. The Face Of My Innocence
2. Maddening Disdain
3. Seven Whispers Fell Silent
4. Return
5. Worship Depraved
6. Carnal Ways To Recreate The Heart
7. Dust And Guilt
8. Elegant And Perverse
9. The Sadistic Motives Behind
10. Looking To Nothing
11. Wholly Night |
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| Review |
 19 / 20 |
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Arsis, a band hailing from USA, with their latest effort called „A Celebration Of Guilt” made a lot of mess in a metal world. Formed by two gents, James Malone on guitars and Michael Van Dyne responsible for the drums, Arsis is a technical death metal in the vein of At The Gates and late Death ( Sound of Perseverance era).To tell you the truth, I spent a lot of time listening to that album before I decided to review it here. When I first heard it, I thought that whatever they play, I heard it before. In fact, I did, but still the cd tastes fucking good! It`s full of complex structures which are melodic and easily stay in your head. It`s worth adding here that this ‘melodic thing’ differs much from what we got used to with a little help from swidish scene. This is ‘straight in your face’ death metal which is really beatiful at the same time. Sounds strange, but it`s true! Each song on the album has something good to offer. There are awsome guitars with overlapping patterns and good solos, there are interesting breakdowns and they have a really good drummer who won`t make you feel bored with his playing. The guy is a machine, but an intelligent one, believe me. The main difference between Aris and other bands playing technical death is the fact that the songs on “A Celebration Of Guilt” are really well constructed. They are complex, but not chaotic by any means. It sounds like each note on the album has it`s strictly defined place and guys thought it over hard before entering the studio. The production is excelent! You can clearly hear each instrument, which is very important in this kind of metal I guess. Even the vocals are recorder in this way that you can understand what is sung, which is a rarity. I would recomend listening to this album to everyone who likes technical death metal, you won`t be dissapointed! If you think that no band can get close to the great Death, check this out, it`s worth every money! On the band`s website, there are two songs you can download, so don`t waste time and give it a try!
Highlights: whole album, but The Face of My Innocence, Maddening Disdain, Seven Whispers Fell Silent and Worship Depraved especially.
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