Septicflesh - Communion
| Release date: | 17 March 2008 |
| Style: | Symphonic death metal |
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01. Lovecraft's Death
02. Anubis
03. Communion
04. Babel's Gate
05. We, The Gods
06. Sunlight Moonlight
07. Persepolis
08. Sangreal
09. Narcissus
10. Anubis [Orchestral version][Japanese bonus]
The Best Death Metal Album Of 2008
Top 20 albums of 2008: 1
Top 200 albums of all time: 61
02. Anubis
03. Communion
04. Babel's Gate
05. We, The Gods
06. Sunlight Moonlight
07. Persepolis
08. Sangreal
09. Narcissus
10. Anubis [Orchestral version][Japanese bonus]
The Best Death Metal Album Of 2008
Top 20 albums of 2008: 1
Top 200 albums of all time: 61
Guest review
Lyrics Line-up on the album:
Seth Siro Anton: Vocals/Bass
Sotiris V: Clean Vocals/Guitars
Christos Antoniou: Guitars/Samplers
Fotis Benardo: Drums
Guest musician:
Marios Iliopoulos: Guitar Solo on "Babel's Gate"
The rites of Communion were conducted during September of Anno 07 before the Apocalypse at Fredman Studio (Sweden)
Sound engineer: Fredrik Nordstrom & Henric Udd
Produced by Fredric Nordstrom & Septicflesh
Mastered by Peter in de Betou, at Tailor Made Production
Classical orchestrations by Christos Antoniou
Additional orchestrations and production by Gabriel Currington
The orchestra was recorded, edited and mixed at CNSO Studio Gallery, Prague
Performed by Filmharmonic Orchestra and Choir of Prague
Music contractor and recording manager: Peter Pycha
Sound Engineer: Jan Kotzmann
Assistant Engineer: Cenda Kotzmann
Artwork by Seth Siro Anton
Limited digipak edition comes with alternate artwork.
Rating:
9.4
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Rating: 9.4 |
So the big deal is done! Septic Flesh are back! Reunited and with a new name - Septicflesh - they offer the music world a great experience: "Communion"! A powerful release with many great songs. Once more, the band proved that it never repeats itself. Comparing it with previous releases it's easy to see that this is the most brutal! Now let's analyze it all a bit. Read more ›› |
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| Pyramid God Posts: 184  |
As a whole its not as good as their latest, The Great Mass, but there some standout individual songs. I think Anubis and Sunlight/Moonlight just might be better than anything on what is my favorite album. That is close to blasphemy but this is a great album for sure.
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| Deadmeat Necrobutcher Posts: 2437  |
Written by Pyramid God on 19.05.2011 at 16:31 it is not blasphemy mate. imo sunlight/moonlight and babels gate are the 2 songs which are better than anything from the great mass. but generally, awesome band, awesome music and UNIQUE.
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| Tetravirulence Posts: 133  |
Sangreeee-aaaal Sangreee-aaal simply awesome
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| Tetravirulence Posts: 133 |
Listen to the bass on Annubis careful, its great!
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| Pyramid God Posts: 184 |
I've since changed my mind. Communion is definitely better than The Great Mass and is my favorite album of all time.
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| Sonic MrSumo Posts: 449  |
Just discovered these guys. Anubis and Sunlight Moonlight are the stand-outs on the few listens I've had. The whole album sounds very promising!
---- All the bridges in the world won't save you, if there's no other side to cross to. - Rock poetry from Silverchair.
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| Sonic MrSumo Posts: 449 |
Written by Sonic MrSumo on 02.01.2012 at 03:55 Better than promising...simply amazing!!
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| serega25 Posts: 168  |
This album has an unique atmosphere... Its not just a masterpiece, it is also an extreme metal experience... The ingenious band... Hail SepticFlesh!  
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Written by EduardoZamarro on 23.02.2013 at 04:22 IMO SepticFlesh are unique in the Sympho Death Metal genre. But a similar band I would vouch for is Carach Angren, they were just on tour with Septic recently. Also you may want to give Epica's album Design Your Universe a shot it has the female front vox but some of the verses and such get very heavy.
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| Rsrdaman Posts: 70  |
Love every song on this album, a truly fantastic comeback album. "Anubis" is the greatest track on here, if not one of the greatest heavy metal tracks of all time, incredible sound.
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| _deepblack Posts: 211  |
Best Symphonic death metal band i ever heard and one of the best death metal albums
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| MelancholiaC Posts: 153  |
Great album and an excellent "gateway drug" to the band, certainly represents a breakthrough in the realm of symphonic death metal. However, with repeated listens, it doesn't stand against the test of time as well as their later opus The Great Mass. And in my opinion the songwriting and orchestral arrangements are not as sophisticated and multifaceted as their latest album Titan. So I encourage those taken by Communion to further explore the brilliance of those 2 subsequent albums, especially if you find their symphonic elements enchanting.
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| flightoficarus Stamp Tramp Posts: 1118  |
The first half has some of their best songs, the second is really rough for me. It's a step back from Sumerian Daemons. "Sangreal...so real!" is one of the corniest vocal parts they have put in any song. The Great Mass took the ideas here and perfected them.
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| nonZero Posts: 1342  |
A good album, but definitely not as strong as Sumerian Daemons. 8.5/10 leaning towards an 8 for me.
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| ickoriss Posts: 353  |
The comeback album of comeback albums. I feel so lucky that I actually got to see this tour. The band was absolutely phenomenal.
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| F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3153  |
I enjoyed the creepy atmosphere, the heavy riffs mixed with orchestra, and the menacing vocals! I like the overall theme of communication between gods and mortals. The ending was a bit underwhelming for me, though. My favorite songs are "Anubis", "Lovecraft's Death", and "Persepolis". The title track and "Sangreal" are also good.
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| A Real Mönkey Posts: 1284  |
"Sunlight / Moonlight" is way too addicting for its own good.
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| 24emd Theory Snob Posts: 1096  |
I enjoy this more than their next album, but it's still quite bland. Both sides of their sound a far too underdeveloped, with their metal riffs and melodies being forgettable and quite run of the mill. The symphonies occasionally have good ideas but mostly are under-utilised and one-dimensional, barring "Persepolis". I also disliked both vocalists more than the usual clean/harsh combo which contributes to my overall distaste. Overall the album is not a bad experience and is much better than my previous encounters with this band, but apart from "Persepolis" there is nothing that stands out as memorable or high quality material. What truly shocks me is this is nearly in the top 50 albums of all time at 8.9, higher than plenty of (even symphonic) masterpieces. Obviously it is well liked but I find this band unusually average. I'll check out one more album before moving on.
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