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░ ██ ██ Artist: Overlord ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Overland ...is Everywhere █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2019 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2019-12-14 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Defense Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Reissue ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Overlord was a Polish death metal band, formed in █
█ 1992 and active until 2000. In these few years █
█ they released only a couple of demos and one album █
█ ("In the World of Time" in 1998), but I think they █
█ managed to get a solid feedback from the Polish █
█ underground of the mid to late 90's. I remember █
█ that interviews with them were in every Polish █
█ fanzine possible haha! But Overlord have never █
█ been among my favourite bands, so I don't really █
█ have many good memories about them. It's nice █
█ though to see both their old demos pressed on CD █
█ compilation, it's always cool to come back to some █
█ stuff, which you haven't listened to in ages. █
█ So, I sat down, started to play the CD... and █
█ quickly got bored haha! Let me be honest, Overlord █
█ was nothing but just mediocre Polish death metal █
█ band and there was nothing special about their █
█ music. At least I do not hear anything such. But █
█ their second and better of the two, demo █
█ "Overland" is pretty cool and solid, I do quite █
█ like it, even if such technical and a bit melodic, █
█ mid paced death metal is not my favourite thing. █
█ But they did it well, definitely you could pick █
█ some Death or Atheist influences in these songs █
█ and technically it's been very well played, with █
█ production value that is also not bad at all. Good █
█ compositions, interesting ideas and arrangements, █
█ so everything works fine on this demo. What I like █
█ especially is that all these old demos have that █
█ vicious, rough feel, even if the music is not █
█ bulldozing death metal, but something more █
█ tranquil. But itÆs harsh and aggressive anyway. █
█ Songs like "Walls" or "Numbers" are the best, █
█ there are some great catchy riffs there! █
█ Generally, I think this is a solid, worthy demo. █
█ "...is Everywhere" demo is much less interesting. █
█ The production is quite poor and makes the whole █
█ demo even less enjoyable. But the songwriting is █
█ also pretty bad, nowadays it all sounds just dull, █
█ primitive and almost naive. I donÆt think there █
█ was even one moment on this demo, which I would █
█ really enjoy, itÆs that annoying and most boring █
█ style of death metal I could ever think of. I █
█ couldnÆt really go through these 35 minutes too █
█ much and I doubt I will be back to "...is █
█ Everywhere" often. █
█ So, what is my opinion about Overlord nowadays? I █
█ still think that it's just mediocre band from █
█ those old days and there wasn't anything special █
█ about them. But "Overland" demo is definitely good █
█ enough to be checked, so it's a good reason to get █
█ this CD, because there won't be a better quality █
█ than this. CD comes with a nice booklet with some █
█ band photos, lyrics and liner notes from some zine █
█ editors, etc. █
█ █
█ Tracks 01à08 taken from "Overland" demo 1995 █
█ Tracks 09à14 taken from "àIs Everywhere" demo 1994 █
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█ Both demos recorded and mixed on 4-track Fostex █
█ X-28 in MDK Jaslo, "Overland" in December 1995, █
█ "àIs Everywhere" in February 1994. █
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░ 1. Walls 5:17 ░
░ 2. Numbers 5:56 ░
░ 3. Justidiro 4:50 ░
░ 4. Overland 4:31 ░
░ 5. Where Heaven Dies... 4:45 ░
░ 6. ...in Hell 6:05 ░
░ 7. After Us 5:39 ░
░ 8. When Shadows Dance 5:13 ░
░ 9. The Gate 2:27 ░
░ 10. Overlord 6:14 ░
░ 11. First Step 6:54 ░
░ 12. Strange Cities 5:28 ░
░ 13. Fallen World 5:49 ░
░ 14. Looking in Her Eyes 8:00 ░
░ 77:08 ░
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