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Decapitated - Winds Of Creation review



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9.4

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8.52
Band: Decapitated
Album: Winds Of Creation
Release date: May 2000


Disc I [CD]
01. Winds Of Creation
02. Blessed
03. The First Damned
04. Way To Salvation
05. The Eye Of Horus
06. Human's Dust
07. Nine Steps
08. Dance Macabre
09. Mandatory Suicide [Slayer cover]

Disc II [DVD] [2007 Reissue bonus]
Live At Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, 20/12/04
01. The Fury
02. Three-Dimensional Defect
03. Lying And Weak
04. Winds Of Creation
05. Nihility (Anti-Human Manifesto)
06. The Negation
07. Perfect Dehumanisation (The Answer?)
08. Sensual Sickness
09. Spheres Of Madness
10. Mother War

After a brilliant genre named Death Metal has seen its debut in the late 80's early 90's with highly acknowledged acts such as Morbid Angel, Suffocation, Immolation, etc, you might ask yourself; "what's the next big thing for such extreme and brutal music"? Well, to start off the 21st Century, the answer is loud and clear. Out of Europe emerges a four piece of uncompromising Death Metal musicians who have taken the name of Decapitated. The members of the band were still in their teens when they released their debut album 'Winds Of Creation' and so no one was expecting anything great due to their young age...they were left dumbstruck. The debut of this Polish group is considered as one of the best albums of the genre to this day, this being completely understandable. 'Winds Of Creation' is indeed one hell of a recording, screaming DEATH METAL to any fan out there.

Now what this album brings forth is nothing really new or experimental to the genre. That's no matter, because with music like this you don't need anything different as Winds Of Creation delivers simply magnificent, straight forward Death Metal executed perfectly. In fact, what makes this work so good is as mentioned before, sticking to the roots of the genre but the fuel to the fire is really the great musicianship and tight execution of this four piece. What I'm coming to here is that Decapitated are more than capable of good song writing and right off the bat with the title track opener you know you're in for some seriously good, catchy and brutal music. The next few tracks 'Blessed' and 'The First Damned' won't prove you wrong which makes this record consistently good and very enjoyable to listen to. There are a lot of catchy riffs and fast 'choppy'/chromatic guitar passages that sometimes end up being fairly technical which just makes the music even more interesting. Vocalist 'Sauron' offers low guttural growls that fit perfectly with the music. The drumming handled by Vitek is well done and will only improve on their next releases. Another highlight of this record is that you can hear the bass perfectly. Last but not least, watch out for the solos, all you guitar fanatics. The one on 'Human's Dust' is outstanding.

'Winds Of Creation' is perhaps their most raw sounding album which gives the songs a more old school and mean attitude than their next three releases. There is nothing to complain about in the production, it is exactly how it should sound; Earache records did their job well.

If you are looking for quality Death Metal that will surely stand out in your collection I can easily recommend you this piece of work. It is among the best of this type of music without a doubt. Decapitated have gained notice worldwide after this debut and bring on the competition in the genre where many promising acts are rising. So look out for 'Winds Of Creation' on the shelves of your local CD store if you don't already have it as it is a must for anyone brutal out there.

Written by Visioneerie | 01.12.2008




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Comments

Comments: 5   Visited by: 159 users
24.04.2009 - 19:31
Uirapuru
Liver Failure
Amazing album. The best of Decapitated and one of the best in Death metal. Technically perfect, variable drums, and a whole range of riffs used. The vocals are okay.

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There are a lot of catchy riffs and fast 'choppy'/chromatic guitar passages that sometimes end up being fairly technical which just makes the music even more interesting.


Very true, ''The First Damned'' and ''Humans Dust'' represents this very well, and are my fav tracks.
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member of the true crusade against old school heavy metal, early 80s thrash, NWOBHM, traditional doom, first and second wave black metal, old school death metal, US power metal, 70s prog rock and atmospheric doomsludgestoner. o/
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23.06.2009 - 22:05
Maxx666
Meshuggahian
Superb technicality and perfection displayed in this album, by these polish death masters
One of the best in technical death probably next to Cryptopsy's None So Vile
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18.01.2010 - 01:16
Rating: 9
Deadmeat
Necrobutcher
Written by Uirapuru on 24.04.2009 at 19:31

Amazing album. The best of Decapitated and one of the best in Death metal. Technically perfect, variable drums, and a whole range of riffs used. The vocals are okay.

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There are a lot of catchy riffs and fast 'choppy'/chromatic guitar passages that sometimes end up being fairly technical which just makes the music even more interesting.


Very true, ''The First Damned'' and ''Humans Dust'' represents this very well, and are my fav tracks.

what's really cool with this wonderfull album is that i find those 2 songs you've mentioned the "worst" of the album. surely they ae great. i say worst comparing them with how much i like the others. but this album is so good that it is so natural that most people have different fav songs... GREAT!
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Υou've sold your human essence to the cold world of dead and empty things... You're SOLD!
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30.11.2010 - 17:30
JD
Account deleted
Love this album, plus the bonus DVD is pretty awesome too.
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13.02.2011 - 12:40
Mechanist
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One of the very best death metal albums, in my opinion.
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