The Apostasy by Behemoth

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The Apostasy by Behemoth

This was another album I bought highly recommend and I was not disappointed.

From a bombastic opening track this mix of black/death metal quickly begins to take shape pounding your skull in with lightning guitars, thundering bass, and drumming that could signal the apocalypse. Apostasy is an incredibly hard hitting album that in just moments made me a firm believer in Behemoth. Nergal shows amazing skill with both his vocals and guitar work. He performs a powerful form of death grunt while still managing to keep speed, understandability, and tone. The split guitar work between Nergal and Seth (session guitarist) is very tight knit and powerful with both their rhythm, solos, and intro work (I.E. the Spanish sounding intro to “At the Left Hand ov God”) that keeps the album from falling into the trap of sameness that befalls a lot of death metal bands. Orion holds the deep end of the album down with very powerful bass work that cannot be ignored while at the same time does not interfere with the guitar or drums. Inferno manages to impress as one of the best drummers I have heard recently pounding out both speed and technical annihilation with his drums. All in all this was an amazing purchase that left me wanting more as my only complaint was that at 39:43 this album is just too short. Behemoth indeed is a band I will be continuing to explore later on.

Must Download: At the Left Hand ov God, Prometherion, Inner Sanctum (featuring: Warrel Dane of Nevermore)