Band:	Clawn
Album:	Deathless Beauty Of The Silence
Style:	Death metal
Release date:	2006
A review by:	Herzebeth

01. Sexual Religious Dementia
02. My Word Against Your Lies
03. Endless Suffering
04. Karmic Existence
05. Suffocated
06. The Essence Of Chaos
07. Slavery Mental State
08. Human Remains
09. Messages Of A Failed Messiah
10. Convict To Live In Pain
11. Bitter Taste Of Disillusionment
12. Last Clear Sight

First impressions are often important for the matter of reviewing music, most times when an album starts with a weak song or with a sluggish pace chances are you'll dislike the album in the end, but when the opener literally dismembers your body and makes your eardrums bleed profusely then you'll probably stick to the end to make sure nothing passes you by. That's exactly what happens when you hear this album for the first time.

The opening tune ("Sexual Religious Dementia") it's a great overture for what you're about to experience; the overall songs have a similar vibe towards the songwriting (except for the intro of course), the music is really intense and extreme, not for the frail hearts that's for sure. This album is surrounded with a great dual-vocals attack; fortunately both tones are executed in the most amazing way, both the low growls and the high-pitched screams have an important task towards the music and that's a relatively new feature, as most bands with dual vocals tend to polish just one tone of the vocalizations leaving the second one aside.

This release is totally straight-forwarded death metal; Clawn adds a couple of brutal death's features (f.e. forceful blast-beats and violent breakdowns) but the general rate is death metal oriented. This brings me to the musicianship shown in Deathless Beauty Of Silence; the drummer, who is by the way a woman, manages to create aggressive beats without the "fast as hell" cliché, the guitar work is very catchy and the bass-lines are interesting; so while this band impressed me with their songwriting, their lyrics, their way to keep the audience interested, even with their fascinating artwork and layout, they failed to impress me in the execution department. They have great ideas arranged in this album, but apparently they tried so hard while achieving them that the music finally sounded rigid and even a little inflexible, that fact was a downer for Clawn.

All in all this is a fairly good album, I'm sure the followers of the genre will be pleased with this music as I was. Though what comes into my mind right now is this band's future, if they start polishing their ideas and working with their technical abilities I'm sure they'll come up with a brilliant album, I'll be surely waiting for it.

Best Tracks: "Sexual Religious Dementia", "The Day Will Come", "Messages of a Failed Messiah"