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Venenum - Trance Of Death



8.2 | 87 votes |
Release date: 17 March 2017
Style: Death metal

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01. Entrance
02. Merging Nebular Drapes
03. The Nature Of The Ground
04. Cold Threat
05. Trance Of Death Part I - Reflections
06. Trance Of Death Part II - Metanoia Journey
07. Trance Of Death Part III - There Are Other Worlds...

Additional info
Recorded, mixed & mastered by Romin Katzer in Tonstudio-Katzer, Nuremberg
Artwork and layout by Timo Ketola

Staff review by
nikarg
Rating:
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The six-year gap between the Venenum recordings, 2011's Venenum EP and 2017's Trance Of Death full-length debut, was clearly a time well spent for the Germans and they used it wisely to develop their sound and expand their musical horizon.

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published 19.12.2019 | Comments (13)

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24.01.2017 - 21:39
3rdWorld
China was a neat
I'm quite liking the work of that Timo Ketola guy. He seems to be involved with lots of great quality death metal albums.
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07.02.2017 - 22:03
3rdWorld
China was a neat
First track streaming now.

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07.02.2017 - 22:34
!J.O.O.E.!
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Yeah that's a pleasing track.
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16.03.2017 - 13:23
LuciferOfGayness
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17.03.2017 - 11:30
Rating: 9
Kuroboshi

Best death album so far this year. One of the better debutes I've heard, as well. Perfect balance between brutality and sickening melodies. Good vocals too.
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21.03.2017 - 06:28
Rating: 9
Soulhole

This is a banger through and through. Just an evil record...
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06.04.2017 - 14:36
Rating: 9
Koen Smits

One of the better albums so far in 2017.
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24.04.2017 - 08:03
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Well this is definitely something else.
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Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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24.04.2017 - 13:59
Rating: 9
mz

Am I the only one hearing bits of psychedlia here and there?
This is so cool
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Giving my ears a rest from music.
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24.04.2017 - 19:29
Rating: 9
mz

Yeah fuck it. One of the best DM records I've heard in a long time. It is like Execration gone more OSDM.
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Giving my ears a rest from music.
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01.11.2017 - 13:46
VIG
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DsO + Watain play death metal. Good album.
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01.11.2017 - 13:46
VIG
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Written by mz on 24.04.2017 at 13:59

Am I the only one hearing bits of psychedlia here and there?
This is so cool

No, you're not.
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23.10.2019 - 22:37
Zap
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As far as recent death metal that seamlessly blends OSDM with varying degrees of progressive and/or psychedelic elements goes, this album and Morbus Chron's Sweven are at the top for me.
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23.10.2019 - 22:54
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Zap on 23.10.2019 at 22:37

As far as recent death metal that seamlessly blends OSDM with varying degrees of progressive and/or psychedelic elements goes, this album and Morbus Chron's Sweven are at the top for me.


You're forgetting Tribulation's The Formulas Of Death'
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25.10.2019 - 00:52
Zap
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 23.10.2019 at 22:54

You're forgetting Tribulation's The Formulas Of Death'

No, I purposefully left that one out It's great, but I don't feel like it's as consistently amazing as those other two. It could do with a little trimming of the fat.
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25.10.2019 - 00:57
Mercurial

I dunno, that Tribulation album still probably beats anything in its field. That being said I'm still not what field it's in, still don't know how to classify it. That's probably why it's so good though.
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25.10.2019 - 01:50
Zap
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Written by Mercurial on 25.10.2019 at 00:57

I dunno, that Tribulation album still probably beats anything in its field. That being said I'm still not what field it's in, still don't know how to classify it. That's probably why it's so good though.

I have a bit of a love-hate thing going on with that album and the band as a whole. On the one hand I like the direction they took with Children Of The Night, but I also would have loved to see a continuation (and possible perfection) of Formulas Of Death. I'm really torn when I listen to either album. When I listen to Formulas, I keep hearing hints of what was to come and it somehow bothers me, and when I listen to Children I imagine what could have been. It's almost like there is an album missing in their discography
The only thing I'm sure of is that the latest album was not the way to go.
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25.10.2019 - 03:55
Mercurial

Written by Zap on 25.10.2019 at 01:50

I have a bit of a love-hate thing going on with that album and the band as a whole. On the one hand I like the direction they took with Children Of The Night, but I also would have loved to see a continuation (and possible perfection) of Formulas Of Death. I'm really torn when I listen to either album. When I listen to Formulas, I keep hearing hints of what was to come and it somehow bothers me, and when I listen to Children I imagine what could have been. It's almost like there is an album missing in their discography
The only thing I'm sure of is that the latest album was not the way to go.

I kinda like that they swirved to a different approach on each record, and seemed to do great on each. The last one was just Children 0.5 though sadly. Probably a safe bet they're not gonna do a follow up to Formulas though, I guess they're kinda big-ish now so will probably just sound like Ghost in an album or two.
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08.03.2022 - 15:40
Rating: 8
nonZero

An interesting album. The variation in dynamics are fantastic, even if the music itself is a bit unmemorable in places.
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