Chaos Dei - Arising From Chaos - review
Chaos Dei - Arising From Chaos - review
Tracklist
01. Metallic Heat02. And Your Steles Will Burn
03. Deepless
04. Saint Dawn
05. A Decalent Belief
06. Black Devotion
07. Raped Goddess
08. Arising From Chaos
A review by
Doc G. February 18, 2012
Experimental? Nah, can't say it's experimental, more just slightly psychotic on the riff side of things. At first glance, this seems like a fairly typical black metal record. A track or two goes by before the attractive part of Arising From Chaos begins to reveal itself. No, there's no fancy bells & whistles, or severe, in-depth attempts at creating massive sounding atmospheric passages, nor any other pretentious tid-bits you could add. There are just a handful of solid, demented riffs, with a few atmospheric passages. You can add all the extra shit you want, but there's something admirable about creating a recognizable sound with less.
Remember when I said this appears to be a typical black metal recording at first glance? Well, that's because, by and large, it is a typical black metal record. They sort of built from the ground up; started off with a typical black metal sound, then made things interesting from there. The disappointing part is they didn't build very far. It's got just enough to make itself stand out a wee bit, but not much further than that.
As a whole Chaos Dei put out a typical album with a good handful of interesting moments, as opposed to an interesting album with some typical moments. A few flavourful riffs don't exactly make Arising... a home run, but something definitely worth checking out, even as a disposable, yet satisfying one-time-listen type of album.
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Ordered all 3 of the 'trilogy' from Total Rust yesterday, including this as quite enjoyed "Saint Dawn" on YouTube. Nicely written Doc, will let you know if I agree with you once the album arrives!
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