Demilich - Nespithe
| Release date: | 8 February 1993 |
| Style: | Progressive death metal |
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01. When The Sun Drank The Weight Of Water
02. The Sixteenth Six-Tooth Son Of Fourteen Four-Regional Dimensions (Still Unnamed)
03. Inherited Bowel Levitation - Reduced Without Any Effort
04. The Echo (Replacement)
05. The Putrefying Road In The Nineteenth Extremity (...Somewhere Inside The Bowels Of Endlessness...)
06. (Within) The Chamber Of Whispering Eyes
07. And You'll Remain... (In Pieces In Nothingness)
08. Erecshyrinol
09. The Planet That Once Used To Absorb Flesh In Order To Achieve Divinity And Immortality (Suffocated To The Flesh That It Desired...)
10. The Cry
11. Raped Embalmed Beauty Sleep
Top 20 albums of 1993: 20
02. The Sixteenth Six-Tooth Son Of Fourteen Four-Regional Dimensions (Still Unnamed)
03. Inherited Bowel Levitation - Reduced Without Any Effort
04. The Echo (Replacement)
05. The Putrefying Road In The Nineteenth Extremity (...Somewhere Inside The Bowels Of Endlessness...)
06. (Within) The Chamber Of Whispering Eyes
07. And You'll Remain... (In Pieces In Nothingness)
08. Erecshyrinol
09. The Planet That Once Used To Absorb Flesh In Order To Achieve Divinity And Immortality (Suffocated To The Flesh That It Desired...)
10. The Cry
11. Raped Embalmed Beauty Sleep
Top 20 albums of 1993: 20
Review
Lyrics A mention in the booklet reads:
"Absolutely no effects were used on the vocals in any way"
Nespithe means "The Spine", and Erecshyrinol means "No Lyrics Here." They can be decrypted by grouping the letters in three, starting at the end of the word, and reversing the order of those groups.
Reissued by Repulse Records (RPS 014) with "The Four Instructive Tales Of Decomposition" demo as bonus tracks. Unlike the rumor that was going around, Repulse had the band's permission. Demilich only decided to let people download this album because they've never received any payment from the Necropolis reissue. This album was also reissued by Pavement Records. It was reissued again in 2002 by Century Media Records as a digipak with "The Four Instructive Tales Of Decomposition" demo as bonus tracks.
Also released on tape by Sick Records (Poland). This release was licensed by Repulse.
Also released on 12" vinyl and CD by Spanish label Xtreem Music in 2009. It contains no insert and has typos on the back side of the cover. This version was mastered by label owner Dave Rotten at Xtreem Music Masterings in January 2009 (It has the same bonus tracks as the Repulse edition).
Rating:
9.1
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It seems so simple. All you have to do in order to acquire a legendary status in the underground Death metal world is this - be unique. It is, apparently, one of the most difficult things of all for many a band these days. Back to '93. Death metal was still young so it was easier to stand out, I'll give you that, but there were still a couple of bands that did something in those days that nobody was ever able to copy. Not then, not now. One of those bands is the bizarre Demilich. 1993 sees the release of their sole full-length Nesphite (or "The Spine") and to this day it remains an incredible and breath-taking album. Read more ›› |
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| Tetravirulence Posts: 133  |
Absolute masterpiece
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist staff Posts: 21306  |
I should listen to this again. It's been... uh, holy shit. I think it's actually been like 4 years since I gave this any attention. :/
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist staff Posts: 21306 |
Written by Guest on 10.01.2012 at 23:13 I thought it was really good when I first heard it, but that was even before I was really into death metal and more extreme forms of already extreme genres, so I don't know if I'd think better or worse of it now. Maybe I'll listen to it... right now actually, while I've got the place to myself.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 8981  |
Listened to the first track and didn't really like it...
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| InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2641  |
I've played this about 10 times in the past couple of days, this just ninja'd all of the other album on my mp3 player and I can't seem to get enough of it
---- He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not bold enough to stare into it himself.
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| InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2641 |
Written by Guest on 17.05.2012 at 20:45 The second track is the one I played the most, it almost makes me dance xD
---- He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not bold enough to stare into it himself.
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| Alex F Slick Dick Rick Posts: 3502  |
Honestly. The vocals just don't sound good in my opinion. It's been a while since I've listened to this... which was once a long time ago, and I remember finding the vocals more attractive then :/ Good songwriting on the other hand (and an awesome album cover)
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| mz Posts: 4773  |
Written by Guest on 30.10.2013 at 01:09 I don't want to be mean but this 7 years thing reminds me of wintersuna ans Jiri's stupid excuses
---- Giving my ears a rest from music.
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| mz Posts: 4773 |
Written by Guest on 30.10.2013 at 13:45 I know that they never set a deadline for album but the guys is using the complexity of music and stuff like odd signatures as excuse I think and this is similar to the case of that notorious ext power metal band.
---- Giving my ears a rest from music.
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Account deleted Written by mz on 30.10.2013 at 13:59 It's not an album, it's just one song, presumably a remix of one written decades ago  I also don't see him making excuses here. He mentioned the complexity of the music just to tantalise people. The difference with Jari is that he promised something, put the deadline back, then made excuses and then repeated the pattern. This is the first time, as far as I know, that this song has ever been mentioned so the fact he's spent 7 years tinkering with it is of no consequence to anyone as no one knew about it.
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| mz Posts: 4773 |
Written by Guest on 30.10.2013 at 14:03 True. I guess wintersun has made me over sensitive when it comes to music that takes so long to be produced/released
---- Giving my ears a rest from music.
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| Daniell _爱情_ elite Posts: 6061  |
Written by mz on 30.10.2013 at 14:13 Like you have any right to be mad at musicians because they take time making their music.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by Daniell on 30.10.2013 at 16:33 but he has a right to be mad at musicians who lie through their teeth
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| mz Posts: 4773 |
Written by Daniell on 30.10.2013 at 16:33 I admitted that I overrated here but I cannot deny that I've got allergic because of that Time album. Musicians can spend as much time as they want on writing and recording but they do not have the right to fool their fans.
---- Giving my ears a rest from music.
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| mz Posts: 4773 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 30.10.2013 at 16:37 Tnx <3
---- Giving my ears a rest from music.
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| Daniell _爱情_ elite Posts: 6061 |
Written by mz on 30.10.2013 at 17:15 I agree with you here.
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| moonflash Posts: 116  |
The vocals sound like they would fit better on a pornogrind record, but it also makes it stand out in the osdm crowd. Nice album overall with some extremely catchy tracks. Awesome song names too!
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| Auntie Sahar Drone Empress elite Posts: 5937  |
Seriously tempted for MDF because of these guys
---- I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go. ~ II. VII
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| angel. Evil Butterfly Posts: 2419  |
I see so many good feedback to this album, why it's this long ?
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| angel. Evil Butterfly Posts: 2419 |
Written by Guest on 10.02.2015 at 14:36 Ah I see, it's just a bit uncommon for death metal bands to have more than 7 or 8 songs, I think.
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| mz Posts: 4773 |
Btw, this sounds more like an archetypal avant death rather than prog death to me,
---- Giving my ears a rest from music.
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