Logic of Denial (IT) - Atonement (2013)

Country: Italy
Released on: Comatose Music

Tracklist:

1. Reek of Perpetual Infamy 03:15
2. Weeping upon Repugnance 04:00
3. Behold the Throne of Torture 03:11
4. Vile Blessing Prelude 03:20
5. The Ravenous Patterns (of Oblivion) 02:52
6. Sepsis 03:56
7. Catharsis Through Ungodly Annihilation 03:40
8. Apocrypha 03:25
9. Oracles of Iniquity 03:27
10. Ecthra 04:27
11. Despondency 04:35
40:08

Let’s start the Italian week with Logic of Denial’s new album called Atonement. I don’t know if the Italians are the master race, or why all of their their BDM/DM bands are so brilliant. And Logic of Denial are no exception.
Their new effort is technical, fast, orthodox and brutal as hell. In the tradition of other Italian Death Metal bands they combine extreme musical brilliance, supreme song-writing, excellent vocal work and a totally harmonic mixture of traditional Death Metal with the more modern Brutal Death Metal approach, intensity and extreme speed, forging everything together what makes BDM/DM great. This for me has always been the reason why I consider Italian bands the absolute elite of today’s global BDM/DM scene.
The album starts with a quick fade in that regorges into a furious and powerful blast orgy right away. This is the way you start an album and this reminded me again on how much intros suck. The sound is gorgeous. The incredible drum work is so tight and sounds just so organic, leaving me with an excited smile. The stamina of this guy must be immense. The riffing is a perfect harmony between technical and extremely well written structures and pounding mid tempo intermezzos, loosened up by an insane solo from time to time. The dynamic and the intensity of this album are just gorgeous and it’s such a pleasure to listen to this piece of art. Some playful moments remind me a bit of a brutalized version of the late Behemoth, but they are suddenly cut off by another blast attack. What’s happening on this record is just grand. The vocals are just so massive, so intense, absolutely furious and dripping with wrath. The sheer speed of the music is a festival of extremity, pushing Death Metal to the limits again, where it belongs.


This record makes me smile. I love how new and old styles join together, how intense it is, how brutal and fast it is, how extremely good the song writing is. This is Italian BDM/DM in its purest and best form. A huge step for Logic of Denial.

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