Behemoth - Evangelion - review
Behemoth - Evangelion - review
Tracklist
Disc I01. Daimonos
02. Shemhamforash
03. Ov Fire And The Void
04. Transmigrating Beyond Realms Ov Amenti
05. He Who Breeds Pestilence
06. The Seed Ov I
07. Alas, Lord Is Upon Me
08. Defiling Morality Ov Black God
09. Lucifer
10. Total Invasion [Killing Joke cover][iTunes bonus]
Disc II [bonus DVD]
01. Making Of Evangelion
A review by
Baz Anderson August 27, 2009
Evangelion is the most polished album Behemoth have put out to date, the production in particular is squeaky clean as you can clearly hear each manic blast and beat from the madman known as Inferno. The whole sound comes across sometimes as perhaps too clean, although a cleaner production is preferred when considering the complex and intricate nature of Behemoth's highly accurate music. It may be easy to become spoilt when it comes to death metal these days, but you must appreciate the skill it takes to put an album of such chaos together like this, let alone actually perform it to this standard.
As always the songs vary from mid-tempo pulverising pieces to ultra fast pulverising slabs of death metal, always with the balance towards the latter. Evangelion does not let up until the last track "Lucifer" when it comes to giving the listener an ear-full of carnage, by which time you have bared witness to the epic ending of "Alas, The Lord Is Upon Me" which leads to the previously mentioned mental health patient of a track "Defiling Morality Ov Black God". Behemoth would not be what it is without the assault and battery of the presumably human Inferno.
Three albums since the world heard Demigod, and three albums of a technical and talented display of death metal. Isn't it about time Behemoth reached into its hat and pulled out something risky for a change? Even if the physical performances of the band have far surpassed all of the previous Behemoth albums, Evangelion may be angelic in the world of death metal, but we have heard this all before. Now we know just what the band can do performance-wise, it is time for them to show us something just as groundbreaking creative-wise.
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Death metal
Nuclear Blast
Poland
Length: 41:54
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 10 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 9 |
Written on 27.08.2009 by
Written on 27.08.2009 by
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Oedipus complexes. That's what Evangelion is all about. Pure, unadulterated Oedipus complexes. Few albums can even come close to the world-shattering impact that Evangelion had on its release, a slapdash, last-ditch effort from a money-hemorrhaging band that somehow turned around its career and rocketed to stardom as the most iconic album of its decade, one of the most influential albums of all time. Behemoth's creations transcend not only metal, but art itself. This is the language of a really miserable, screwed-up soul with a lot of serious, deep-seated issues that someone ought to talk about. Read more ›› |
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I am now convinced that this is Behemoth's best. It'll be getting my vote for album of the year no doubt.
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Very good review, and i agree with everythng everyone is saying! So i have little to add except that Demigod was released 4 years ago and the Apostasy just 2... Behemoth seem to release an abum every 2 years with an ep inbetween each. each album feels more like a perfection of the last, so while Evangelion feels like the band has reached it's zenith, as originality goes it feels more like an all time low. Theoreticaly 2010 we will probably be treated to a new ep, and 2011 a full new album  (FYI: my favorite Behemoth Realese is Zos Kia Kultus)
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Behemoth always get better, and this album is their true consacration... This is my favourite band, so I cannot be very impartial, but I really liked Evangelion, although The Apostasy has something more in terms of originality and songwriting... But, people, they know how to play!!!  Best parts : Daimonos, intro of Shemhamforash, intro and outro of Transmigrating, outro of He Who Breeds Pestilence (fu**ing epic!!!), Alas, Lord Is Upon Me. Buy this album, it's pure evil!!! 
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I only listened to Evangelion for the first time yesterday, and well, this is pure in-your-face aggression. Our favorite Poles have done it again. I was never a big fan of their early work, but everything since (and including) Satanica has been top notch. Behemoth's latest offering does not disappoint either, epic riffs and as-always-awesome vocals from Mr Nergal makes this one of my favorites of '09.
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Posts: 7263 Written by EmperorIX on 16.06.2010 at 01:27 This album gets lots of praise. Check out this poll, for example.
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Everyone talks about behemoth taking a risk, but look at all the complaints morbid angel are getting having done exactly that.
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Solid album, I'd rate it half a point lower, just due to (imo) a few filler tracks.
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Posts: 6212 Written by Big-Al on 07.10.2011 at 16:25 You can take a risk and succeed, or you can take a risk and fail miserably.
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Posts: 1116 Written by Big-Al on 07.10.2011 at 16:25 
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