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Malebolge Opens cd 2011
1: Intro
2: Bloodworship
3: Light of the Martyr
4: A Throne Above
5: Malebolge Opens
6: Revelations of the Morning Star
7: Entity
8: Seance
In the summer of 2011 I received
Dodenkrocht's CD Malebolge Opens for review, a
self released beautifully digipacked debut album
containing eight tracks (of which two are bonus...
Digipack only? CD only? Promo only? That's not really
clear...). I promised to review it a.s.a.p., but of
course it took me a while longer. That won't cancel out
the fact that this release is really good! The production
is dark and takes me back to the days I first heard
Abigor's best one, Nachthymnen, although this is
a bit more brooding and 'intimate'. That must have
something to do with the drums that are mixed down a bit
to give way to the clear sounding guitars and a humming
bass guitar. The vocals sound good and varied, but - to
my tastes - lean just a little too much on death metal
grunts. The music on the album has enough variations in
tempo to keep your attention, and both the fast and the
slow parts are performed very proficient. Some of the
riffs I hear are not the most original, but their careful
placement into the songstructures makes up for this; they
are often combined with ones that are original. There are
lots of classical and atmospherical interludes that do
justice to the band. I am really glad this band decided
to send me their album. Dodenkrocht is one of those few
bands that really deserves to be picked up by a label.
Reviewed November 2011 for NLBMe
exclusively.
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