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/:: Artist :: Deathgeist ::\
:: Album :: Procession of Souls ::
:: Year :: 2022 ::
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:: . Genre :: Thrash Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Mutilation Prod. R.date :: 25.02.2022 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: MUTP340 Size :: 65,5 MB __::_
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:: 01. The Greed's Inferno 05:47 ::
:: 02. Morlocks 03:28 ::
:: 03. Living Dead Melody 04:21 ::
:: 04. Procession of Souls 04:12 ::
:: 05. Nightmare's Chamber 05:07 ::
:: 06. Far from Reality 02:44 ::
:: 07. Depressive Thoughts 03:35 ::
:: 08. Fear 04:19 ::
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:: There some bands that are on the edge of Metal styles and ::
:: that may deceive even the more tuned and full of wisdom ::
:: reviewer. No, IÆm not talking about me. IÆm not wise. Some ::
:: bands stand on the edge of styles mixing and combination ::
:: many features or just, as in this case, place themselves in ::
:: a certain time when the hybridazation was the rule. Ok, I ::
:: know Deathgeist are not a veteran band from the 1980s, but ::
:: they placed their music in a time where the barriers among ::
:: Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, and Thrash Metal werenÆt that ::
:: well defined. Moreover, the band combines a modern ::
:: performing of its music what makes the analysis even more ::
:: difficult. Hard to tell if Deathgeist is Heavy Metal, Speed ::
:: Metal or Thrash Metal though I always choose the bandÆs ::
:: feel about it. In the beginning, from where IÆm standing I ::
:: thought it would be a Speed Metal band. So, I went to their ::
:: press release and saw that they define themselves as Thrash ::
:: Metal. Who am I to disagree with the makers of the music? I ::
:: sometimes disagree with the PRs, never with the band. ::
:: ::
:: Ok, then, lets go to ôProcession of Souls,ö shall we? ::
:: ::
:: The guitars in tittle track ôProcession of Soulsö are so ::
:: melodic that they get more near Heavy Metal bands as U.D.O. ::
:: and Tysondog. The first I heard the main riff I thought it ::
:: was a cover from Tysondog ôDemon,ö if you know what I mean. ::
:: Following track ôNightmareÆs Chamberö goes through a Thrash ::
:: region, but not the Teotonic Thrash from bands as Sodom, ::
:: Destruction, and others, the track sounds more as the ::
:: American Thrash from bands as Anthrax and Overkill. The ::
:: difference is exactly the more melodic guitars and the ::
:: vocals with some subtle Hardcore elements. ôNightmareÆs ::
:: Chamberö has some of them. Sometimes the unadvised fan ::
:: might thing Deathgeist perform a faster Heavy Metal with ::
:: Hardcore elements and lots of guitar solos. Just exactly ::
:: the bands aforementioned. I donÆt have to say that this is ::
:: the kind of Thrash that amazes me the most. I payed close ::
:: attention to all guitar solos and got amazed by them all ::
:: due the extreme quality of all. Not only the technique ::
:: applied, but also the feeling which is more important. ::
:: Adriano PerfettoÆs voice is much more near to UdoÆs than to ::
:: other Thrash Metal vocalist. That gives him a truckload of ::
:: ways of placing his voice. There are times here if the fan ::
:: close the eyes and listen to the music the feeling will to ::
:: hearing Accept. I canÆt imagine a bigger homage. ::
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