Satan's Host - Pre-Dating God Part 2 review
| Band: | Satan's Host |
| Album: | Pre-Dating God Part 2 |
| Style: | Blackened heavy metal |
| Release date: | January 18, 2015 |
| A review by: | Doc G. |
01. Fanning The Flames Of Hell
02. Soul Wrent
03. Lady N' The Snake
04. As The Dead, They Sleep
05. Descending In The Shadow Of Osiris
06. Reprise: Pre-Dating God [Classic metal remix]
Nope. It didn't get any better.
Honestly, I was initially irritated by the lack of truly extreme parts on Pre-Dating God Part I. They'd pop in, or come really close to making an appearance, only to back down pretty quickly. Then I realized there's still Part II. Maybe Satan's Host are pulling an Opeth, with Part I to Part II being their Damnation to Deliverance? One showcasing their more melodic, power metal side, with the other displaying a little more brutality?...You know, the whole "two sides to the same coin" thing...
Nope. This is pretty much just Part I continued. The same anti-climactic song writing, the same potential, the same let down. The confusing part is why the hell did this need to be a double album? Part I has got it's fair share of filler, what made them think it was a good idea to stretch things out into two full-length albums? It's incredibly baffling. It's not like Part II is 100% filler either. If they tightened the song writing up a bit, cut out the fat and made things a little more cohesive, we would have been left with one fantastic album as opposed to two mediocre albums. It just seems like Satan's Host have a misplaced sense of confidence in their songwriting abilities.
Ok folks, we're wrapping this one up early. If you really need to know what Part II sounds like, go back and read my review for Part I. It's basically the same.
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| sbgmetal Posts: 866  |
Yea i pretty much agree with the review, i do like satans host but if they would have combined both parts into a single album it would have been much better output
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| Zap Posts: 3577  |
Completely agreed with both reviews, except that it's funny that you complain about this being a double album, when in fact it's two separate albums released on the same day, which makes even less sense, especially since they're so similar. Cut the fat, release it as one album, and maybe it's as good as By The Hands Of The Devil (which already has its flaws, but is a lot better than this boring mess.)
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| Susan Smeghead Elite Posts: 6941  |
LOL ahhh thanks for a great laugh  Both were excellent reads
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| flightoficarus Stamp Tramp Posts: 1116  |
There are only a handful of double albums out there that I really consider to be worth their weight start to finish. Physical Graffiti, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, some may disagree but The Fragile; off the top of my head. It's a difficult feat that should not be attempted without a strong vision and a veritable cornucopia of good ideas. Inflated egos is probably right.
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| Malignar Posts: 285 |
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| Tomas Piller Posts: 100  |
Written by Malignar on 01.03.2015 at 08:26 Well, what would you reserve numbers 1 to 5 for? Notice the number 6 is labeled 'average' on MS, that's pretty much what's said in the review.
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| Karlabos Posts: 5735  |
Written by deadone on 02.03.2015 at 00:13 Indeed. I even kept an eye on Satan's Host since the last release (even added to my fav list to receive updates and all) to see if they would get inspired in the future and then they came up witj two samey sounding albums which seem to be a step less than their last one. At this rate I not exactly can expect much from now on, I believe. 
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