Necrophobic - Dawn Of The Damned - review
Necrophobic - Dawn Of The Damned - review
Tracklist
01. Aphelion02. Darkness Be My Guide
03. Mirror Black
04. Tartarian Winds
05. The Infernal Depths Of Eternity
06. Dawn Of The Damned
07. The Shadows
08. As The Fire Burns
09. The Return Of A Long Lost Soul
10. Devil's Spawn Attack [feat. Schmier]
A review by
nikarg October 31, 2020
D: Do you intend to show that your songwriting has matured after all these years or will you opt to prove that you remain fixed on harmonious and blasphemous brutality?
N: Yes.
D: Do you want Dawn Of The Damned to have crystal clear production or do you prefer it to sound raw and unhinged?
N: Yes.
D: Do you want the cover art to be evil and devilish or nocturnal and fiery and red like the cover of Mark Of The Necrogram, thus hinting at the connection of the two?
N: Yes.
Following these responses the Devil said, 'Let the maw of Hell open wide'. And with "Aphelion", the gates of the Underworld unlocked.
And then the Devil said, 'Let there be icy, melodic death and black metal the way Dissection once made it'. And "Darkness Be My Guide" was so.
And then the Devil said, 'Let there be infernal riffs raging like wildfire'. And "Mirror Black" was so.
And then the Devil said, 'Let there be Rotting Christ's aura hovering over the blackened melodies'. And "Tartarian Winds" was so.
And then the Devil said, 'Let there be epic hail to the darkness of the night and the silence of the dead'. And "The Infernal Depths Of Eternity" was so.
And then the Devil said, 'Let there be groove created by the forces of the damned battling in the thunderstorm'. And "Dawn Of The Damned" was so.
And then the Devil said, 'Let there be addictive hooks and lyrics to curse along to'. And "The Shadows" was so ("What are you doing here? Stay away! Stay away!").
And then the Devil said, 'Let there be extravagant leads and breathtaking solos'. And "As The Fire Burns" was so.
And then the Devil said, 'Let there be this year's most haunting outro of duelling guitars'. And "The Return Of A Long Lost Soul" was so.
And, finally, the Devil said, 'Let there be thrash like Slayer's early days and let Schmier from Destruction sing along'. And "Devil's Spawn Attack" was so.
When Necrophobic finished Dawn Of The Damned, the Devil listened to it and he was pleased. Very pleased. The fans were, too.
"Let darkness be my guide
Let the everlasting light fade and die"
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This review is pure genius!  Also one of the best releases this year. Necrophobic is like a fine wine, just gets better with age.
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Something tells me that it isn't actually what happened, and instead the real story is as boring as a bunch of dudes brainstorming riffs and trying to get the snare to sound right.
---- Do you think if the heart keeps on shrinking One day there will be no heart at all?
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Posts: 8275 Written by RaduP on 31.10.2020 at 11:52 Party pooper
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Is this pelvis or bonnerhand here.
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Always fun when we get front page reviews that break from the norm. Yeah, this is a quality album by a quality band
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Posts: 8275 Written by metalbrat on 31.10.2020 at 12:56 I had the skeleton of the review in my mind before you asked for it so I intended it to be like that from the beginning  I also reviewed Mark Of The Necrogram and the two albums are very similar-sounding and because of that I wanted to do something different. I am happy it has a good response, I just wrote down my thoughts for every song and sprinkled some imagination on top.
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This was an amazing review to read! I really liked the previous record and this one clicked even faster. So overall, I think I slightly prefer this one over Mark Of The Necrogram. But to be honest, both are simply excellent efforts in my opinion.
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Posts: 8275 Written by SatanicBlood on 31.10.2020 at 22:30 I had no idea but it makes sense because this one feels and sounds like Necrogram part II, which is great. Both albums slap.
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Fantastic review, love the method, super creative. also happen to love the album, so far it's my 2nd fave Necrophibic behind the debut, and is in my personal running for AotY
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Adorable and very entertaining review, mate! Your rating is pretty fair as well, I'm glad that you're keeping the golden mean between sober assessment and euphoric admiration. IMO it's a very solid and good or maybe even very good album, but all these full score ratings are well wide of the mark. Storm Of The Light's Bane: X/10 Hrimthursum: X-1/10 Dawn Of The Damned: X-2/10 It's really just as simple as that...
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Posts: 8275 Written by Starvynth on 02.11.2020 at 00:57 Thank you! Your equation describes exactly what I was thinking when rating it. And this is how I've been doing it since I started rating again: I am thinking which album is the 10/10 for each genre that the album I am reviewing belongs to and I rate the latter accordingly.
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Posts: 642 Written by Starvynth on 02.11.2020 at 00:57 Storm Of The Light's Bane: X/10 Nocturnal Silence: X/10 Dawn of the Damned: (X-0.5)/10 unfortunately, can't do 9.5, which is what I'd prefer to give the album.
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Posts: 5826 Written by RaduP on 31.10.2020 at 11:52 Take this guy outta here with his reason
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