Third record, as the title so un-originally states, of this young black metal band.
In this new
release, Sathonys and company offer us a step forward in the
evolution of their musical project, where we can find a general
improvement of the band at a technical, melodic and production
level.
As a result of this evolutionary process, Agathodaimon progressively
include more and more death and doom metal passages which, added
to their black origins, result in a record with major doses
of aggressiveness and darkness.
Throughout the three quarters of an hour the record lasts, we
can find great songs such as "Paradise Beyond" or "Past Shadows",
among others, that submerge you into this small world of depravity,
depressive beauty and vampire tendencies that characterizes
these Germans and that is so well expressed in the booklets
of their CDs, actual works of art.
I would like to highlight the record's last song, "Burden of
Time" above the rest, since it could be defined as 4 minutes
of neck spasms, chaotic aggressiveness, blood boiling, veins
standing out on foreheads, psychotic instincts and danger for
any furniture close to the person listening to it; in other
words, an extremely brutal way of ending a record.
Additionally, I would like to recommend a visit to the band's
page at www.agathodaimon.de since, in addition to the usual
picture, discography, history... sections, they have one where
Sathonys, a great vampire enthusiast, tells us the stories of
Vlad Tepes "the impaler", Elisabeth Bathory and other vampire
legends that will make you want to suck the blood out of your
third floor neighbor and impale her techno-listening brother.
Ivan Cateura
Translation: Fausto Navarro http://faustonavarro.com
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