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| Artist..: Rebaelliun |
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| Album...: Under the Sign of Rebellion |
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| Genre...: Death Metal | Label...: Agonia Records |
| Year....: 2023 | Cat.No..: |
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| R.date..: 2023-09-23 | S.date..: 2023-09-22 |
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| Source..: WEB (16bit) | Encoder.: libFLAC |
| Bitrate.: 1038kbps avg. | F.Rate..: 44.1kHz |
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| 01. Intro 0:56 |
| 02. All Hail the Regicide 4:01 |
| 03. The God's Menace 4:04 |
| 04. Fear the Infidel 3:30 |
| 05. Insurgent Fire 3:16 |
| 06. Light Eater 3:53 |
| 07. The Decimating Opposition 3:37 |
| 08. In Heresy We Trust 3:40 |
| 09. Hostile Presence 3:25 |
| 10. Antagonize 3:59 |
| 11. The Ultimate War 3:36 |
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| It's always an interesting leap into the unknown to review a band you have |
| no experience with despite them having released several albums. Such is |
| the case with Brazil s Rebaelliun. They've been banging around the South |
| American death metal scene since 1998 but haven t been particularly |
| prolific, releasing only 3 full-lengths prior to this their fourth |
| platter, Under the Sign of Rebellion. With a sound similar to Krisiun, |
| Morbid Angel, and The Ordher, they aren t treading any virgin soil, but |
| they ve been trafficking in thrashy, blasty death for a long time and they |
| know their chosen style well. The earlier albums had big moments and |
| impressive intensity, and Under the Sign of Rebellion sees them keeping |
| true to their trademark sound and style, blasting and pummeling away until |
| everything is ash. Sadly, bassist/vocalist Lohy Fabiano passed away last |
| year after recording for the new album wrapped. This comes after the |
| equally tragic loss of founding guitarist Fabiano Penna in 2018. Needless |
| to say, there s an air of misfortune hanging over this release. Can |
| Rebaelliun deliver a fitting monument to their fallen brother? |
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| After an anodyne symphonic intro, the gloves come off for the blistering, |
| savage blast attack of All Hail the Regicide. It s like Domination era |
| Morbid Angel, Vader, and Krisiun fighting over bloody flesh scraps as |
| burning anvils rain down upon the Earth. Unrelenting blastbeats and |
| blistering riffs are saturated by angry death roars and all these elements |
| conspire to remove your epidermal layers. It s feral, over-the-top |
| thrashing death, and easy to love as such. The same recipe is applied to |
| much of what follows with varying results. The Gods Manace is another |
| balls-out rager with speed, aggression, and some tasty riffs carrying the |
| day, though it does attempt to dabble a bit in slower tempos and allow |
| room for interesting riffs to spawn and mutate. Fear the Infidel takes |
| this further with even greater tempo variation and though it s still |
| entertaining, at a certain point the absence of the speed and savagery |
| starts to make it feel less substantial. |
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| As Under the Sign scrolls outward, there are noticeable peaks and valleys |
| in the writing. The blitzkrieging Insurgent Fire is lively and |
| entertaining, and Light Eater sounds like a lost track from Sepultura s |
| classic Beneath the Remains platter. Elsewhere, Hostile Presence |
| revives the salad days of Morbid Angel with a collection of slithering, |
| grasping riffs that feel slimy and dangerous. On the flip side, several |
| tracks end up feeling rather generic and fail to leave much of an |
| impression ( In Heresy We Trust, Antagonize ). Even with unsightly |
| warts, Rebaelliun bring so much rabid enthusiasm to the party that it s |
| easy to root for them and overlook the shortcomings. The album s 39 |
| minutes fly by at a wicked pace and the song lengths keep any one track |
| from overstaying its welcome. The production is solid, allowing the guitar |
| and vocals plenty of room, and the drum sound is tight. |
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| Evandro Passos delivers a striking performance, offering a large |
| collection of jagged, tooth-extracting riffs of varying speeds. He seems |
| to draw inspiration from the Azagthothian school of riffery, though there |
| are several nods to the Cavalera/Kisser ideals as well. Every song |
| contains between 5 and 500 riffs of relative worth and the man is a |
| fretboard dynamo. Lohy Fabiano s vocals track closely to prime David |
| Vincent, which is a good place to set camp, and his gruff barks suit the |
| high-speed dirt well. His bass is present and at times quite forward, |
| adding a fatness to the thrashing and scorching. Sole original member, |
| Sandro Moreira provides a stout backbone to the assault with propulsive |
| kit work featuring unexpected nuances. The talent is obvious across the |
| board. The only weakness comes from the inconsistent writing. |
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| It's always tough to review an album featuring a musician who didn t live |
| to see his hard work released. Lohy Fabiano did himself proud with his |
| performance and he s left a metallic legacy behind in his works with |
| Rebaelliun. Under the Sign of Rebellion is a fierce, entertaining slice of |
| South American death metal with top-notch playing and a handful of |
| live-wire compositions. If it was a tad more consistent it would net a |
| much higher score, but there s much fun to be had regardless. Check this |
| out, then explore their early albums too. There's some wild and unhinged |
| stuff lurking in their murky past. |
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