Morgoth - Ungod - review
Morgoth - Ungod - review
Tracklist
01. House Of Blood02. Voice Of Slumber
03. Snakestate
04. Black Enemy
05. Descent Into Hell
06. Ungod
07. Nemesis
08. God Is Evil
09. Traitor
10. Prison In Flesh
11. The Dark Sleep
12. Die As Deceiver [bonus]
13. Battalions Of Strangers [Fischer-Z cover] [bonus]
A review by
D.T. Metal March 22, 2015
Trying to get back into the game after 19 years of radio silence; could they pull it off? Would Disbelief's Karsten Jäger be able to fill those (vocal) shoes? The answer to both questions is yes and yes.
With Ungod the band went back to their roots per se and it could have easily been the follow up to their 1991 debut Cursed. For me, Odium was a result of being trendy in 1993's death metal circle and let's not even mention 1996's Feel Sorry For The Fanatic ? seriously, let's not.
Morgoth was never all that technical with their riffing and I for one don't dismiss this as a flaw. It seems like they dug up the 'tried and true' blueprints and built the foundation of their new album accordingly. A mid-tempo atmosphere throughout the entire album, the familiar groove, combined with Death like riffs ? well hello there Morgoth - welcome back.
Songs such as "Snakestate" and "Prison In Flesh" hit the nail head on with their melodic passages while still maintaining their brutal feel. "Nemesis" has that very familiar groove to it, while "Descent Into Hell" not only features a nice little break down but also shines with a great guitar solo. The choice to make the title track an instrumental piece, while not the norm, really worked in this case and vocals wouldn't do the song justice in my opinion.
And speaking of vocals, Jagger is a worthy replacement of Grewe, and even though he can't touch those trademark high screams of his predecessor, I for one like his vocal approach. Since Morgoth recorded the song "God Is Evil" with both of them (once for the single and then for the actual album) you might want to compare the song side by side and judge for yourself.
Death metal is not a complicated genre and while Germany was never the mecca of all things death it's refreshing to hear Morgoth's version anno 2015.
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Want to check this out. liked Morgoth back in the day.
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Good review. Will check out. I heard some tracks from previous releases and they were terrific. This one looks interesting.
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Hmm, considering that "Feel Sorry For The Fanatic" is the only moderately inspired album that Morgoth produced, I doubt this new stuff is anything interesting. I'll take experimentation over second-tier death metal any day!
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Posts: 9126 Written by jupitreas on 23.03.2015 at 17:47 Odium was certainly inspired and original  But yeah, this new album is more like Cursed so you won't like it I guess... Old-school fans never liked "Feel Sorry..." anyway (too bad for them  )
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Craig you have a good life back in a day knowing this band IMO underground , I wish I have such life back in a day whit out net
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Morgoth were on Century Media so totally NOT underground. But they were second tier Death wannabees at best back in the day.
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Posts: 9126 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.03.2015 at 22:25 Maybe second tier, I don't care for that, but they sure had a way to convey emotions that appealed to me immediately Oh and about the review: "19 years of studio silence" would have been more appropriate as they reformed a few years ago for a few festivals shows (saw them at HF, 2010 or 2011, I can't remember). Anyway, nice review; Jager gets the job done and then some but I still prefer Grewe's vocals
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Posts: 1331 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.03.2015 at 22:25 Normally you call Morgoth third tier Death wannabees. So I see you're in a good mood today 
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This album is boring, not so many good riffs, the production sucks, I'm surprised by this rating.
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Posts: 15360 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.03.2015 at 22:25 yeah, they were on the original Death's Door comp, which was my access point to a lot of stuff, along with good old Metal Maniacs.
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