Belphegor - Pestapokalypse VI review
| Band: | Belphegor |
| Album: | Pestapokalypse VI |
| Style: | Black metal, Death metal |
| Release date: | October 27, 2006 |
| Guest review by: | Doc G. |
01. Belphegor - Hell's Ambassador
02. Seyn Todt In Schwartz
03. Angel Of Retribution
04. Chants For The Devil 1533
05. Pest Teufel Apokalypse
06. The Ancient Enemy
07. Bluhtsturm Erotika
08. Sanctus Perversum
09. Das Pesthaus / Miasma Epilog
The greatly anticipated follow-up to the masterpiece "Goatreich-Fleshcult" leaves a lot to be desired. The only word to describe "Pestapokalypse VI" would be inconsistent. The opening song "Hell's Ambassador" leaves one hell of an impression and gives the feeling that this album will live up to, if not surpass "Goatreich?". Too bad the rest of the album rarely lives up to this expectation. Unlike the previous two albums, there are very few memorable chorus' or guitar riffs. Songs like "Seyn Todt In Schwartz", "Chants For The Devil 1533", "The Ancient Enemy" and "Das Pesthaus/Miasma Epilog" seemed to play through my CD player without much that stood out for me.
Now that the bashing is over, it's time to explain why this album was not, in fact, entirely bad. After being complimented a lot on attempting (and succeeding) at making a doomish-type track on the previous album, Belphegor take that into this new album and perfect the sound, making the very grim sounding "Angel of Retribution". Having amazing transitions of slow heavy sounds of Doom with faster more Black Metal cliché blast-beat-fury, tracks like "Hells Ambassador" and "Bluhtsturm Erotica" create a Black Metallers dream (or nightmare...whichever you prefer). Musicianship/vocalist wise this album has stepped up quite a bit more. The drumming/production of the drumming has become far more dynamic and unique sounding with this album and the growls have reached a new levels of viciousness (most notably in the intro to the track "Pest Teufel Apokalypse").
This is definitely a must have for any die-hard Belphegor fan such as myself, but if you're new to discover Belphegor, I highly suggest purchasing "Lucifer Incestus" or "Goatreich-Fleshcult" before this album.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 7 |
| Originality: | 8 |
| Production: | 9 |
Written by Doc G. | 08.02.2007
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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| Jon Posts: 182  |
An 8 seems remarkably high given the content of the review.
---- A mythology is a religion different enough from your own for it's absurdity to be obvious.
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
Written by Jon on 06.12.2010 at 16:42 Perhaps you should learn the definition of "remarkably", sure the score may be a little on the generous side, but remarkably? No, not at all.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| Jon Posts: 182 |
Written by Doc G. on 06.12.2010 at 17:33 'Worthy of notice or attention'. hence my remarking upon it.
---- A mythology is a religion different enough from your own for it's absurdity to be obvious.
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