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Liturgy A.D. - Dawn Of Ash review



Reviewer:
4.0

2 users:
5
Band: Liturgy A.D.
Album: Dawn Of Ash
Release date: April 2004


01. Shrine Of Moria
02. Shrouded In Suffering
03. Scars Of The Saints
04. Dawn Of Ash
05. Worship Incise
06. The Bishop's Gathering
07. Wounds Of Christ
08. Solemn
09. The Acolyte's Exoneration
10. Cognitive Lust Of Mutilation [Disgorge cover]
11. Infested With Worms [Brodequin cover]

-"Hey I'm really bored, let's form a band!"
-"Sure, let's gather the guys and see what we can do! We can play in my basement!"
-"What should we play?"
-"Let's play the hardest heaviest form of Metal"
-"Let's be the heaviest band in the whole wide world!"
-"Hurray!"

The heaviest band in the world? Well? the most undecipherable band in the world, that I can believe! The vocals of Liturgy are one of the lowest guttural grunts I've ever heard in my life, sounds like the singer drank a lot of beer and is burping all the time? in my ears, yuc.

You know this band, you've heard it a zillion times before, fast paced songs, brutal riffs and undecipherable low grunts, yes! THAT kind of band.
It's funny how soft music keeps me awake, and music like this makes me wanna sleep, and I'm not kidding, twice listening to this Cd I fell asleep, to give some credit to the band, I was very tired, but still, this Cd is boring!

Each song is a copy of the previous, each song has the same elements used over and over again, the lack of experimentation in the vocal department and the poor composition of musical arrangements makes this Cd a rather unpleasant experience, while not bad in the "brutal" department, the band definitively lacks inspiration when it comes to songwriting.

The thing that outrages me the most is that in the promo sheet it says "Dawn Of Ash is a genre defining album?" I hate when bands take those attributions without even testing their final product? bah.
Anyway, stay aside from this one, unless you like the noisy riffs and the Grrr Gruuuoorrrr Grfffff Grddffff singing.

Written by Undercraft | 06.10.2004





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