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░ ██ ██ Artist: Deisidaemonia ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Khthonian Hymns █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2016 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-08-28 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Black Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Old Temple ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ HereÆs the latest release from Old Temple Records. █
█ And this time itÆs a debuting band called █
█ Deisidaemonia. Hmm, band or should I say project, █
█ as itÆs basically just one dude doing everything, █
█ including vocals and instruments. I have to say █
█ that I was completely unfamiliar with this █
█ project, I didnÆt even know what kind of music it █
█ will beà so when I played this CD for the first █
█ time I was just unaware how great it will turn out █
█ to be. Now I know that this is one of the best █
█ albums that Old Temple has released so far. And █
█ itÆs a great recommendation for you, people. █
█ Believe me, this is some seriously good shit! █
█ Deisidaemonia is from Greece and obviously █
█ ôKhthonian Hymnsö is full of the influences rooted █
█ in classic Hellenic black metal. The dark, evil █
█ atmosphere of this music, some of these melodies, █
█ riffs and drumming, and more, are all █
█ characteristic for this style of black metal. What █
█ may differ ôKhthonian Hymnsö a little is the █
█ production, which is a bit cleaner here than on █
█ the classic albums from the 90Æs, but it surely is █
█ not something bad, as the sound quality and █
█ generally everything about this album is █
█ absolutely top notch. Anyway, take such songs as █
█ ôHades Awakeö and I am sure that it will bring you █
█ memories of some Hellenic bands; and not only █
█ Rotting Christ, but also Varathron, etc. On the █
█ other hand quite often I had a strong feeling like █
█ DissectionÆs last album ôReinkaosö must have also █
█ been a strong influence on Deisidaemonia, in █
█ regards to the harmonies, some arrangements and █
█ even the atmosphere of this music. So, put these █
█ ingredients together and you will have a small █
█ vision for DeisidaemoniaÆs debut album. █
█ But to be fair, it almost doesnÆt matter what the █
█ influences for Deisidaemonia were, when we hear █
█ such phenomenal music. For example I mentioned the █
█ song called ôHades Awakeö and man, the melodic █
█ side of this song and the way itÆs been arranged █
█ is absolutely killer. But every song on this album █
█ is worth checking, really. And itÆs important to █
█ note that the entirety of ôKhthonian Hymnsö is █
█ really diverse. You can get some aggressive, █
█ sometimes even fast played, vicious black metal, █
█ but later it can turn into an epic and melodic █
█ side. ôTitanic Bloodö will hook you with some █
█ great clean vocals that emphasize the monumental █
█ sound of this song, while the one after that is █
█ called ôPrometheus Disciplesö will crush with some █
█ blasts, but also surprise with a memorable, sort █
█ of ôscream with meö type of chorus (ôLucifer!!!à █
█ ôPrometheus!!!à). Yeah, a lot of great stuff is █
█ going on with ôKhthonian Hymnsö and I am simply █
█ impressed. Not a single moment on this album █
█ sounds boring, not for a second I felt that itÆs █
█ something not good enough. From start to finish █
█ itÆs just fantastic black metal. And if you like a █
█ bit of melodic black metal with a nice Greek █
█ touch, then this is surely an album for you as █
█ well. I cannot recommend enough. █
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░ 1. Further Down the Abyss 4:29 ░
░ 2. Hades Awake 5:08 ░
░ 3. Titanic Blood 3:39 ░
░ 4. Prometheus Disciples 5:00 ░
░ 5. Khthonian Hymns 4:41 ░
░ 6. Primal Force Arrival 6:28 ░
░ 7. Towards the Horizon 4:44 ░
░ 8. Passing the Acheron 4:37 ░
░ 38:46 ░
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