Demonic Resurrection – The Return to Darkness
Candlelight Records
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Written by Niek of Deathmetalbaboon.com
From one of the less obvious countries in the world, as far as metal is concerned. Demonic Resurrection is from Mumbai, India and they’ve been having a crack at making music since 2000. The Return to Darkness is their third full-length album and I have to say it’s a lovely piece of work.
Provided you like your Death Metal with a black sauce though. Because the stuff sure does sound dark! Look past that though, friend or foe of black metal, and listen to the musical excellence. This is some very well composed stuff and quite technical too. Nothing like anything that ever penetrated your ears before. A classical approach to song writing, no fixed structures and shear brilliance to be honest.
One of the songs, Lord of Pestillence is particularly long (11:29 minutes) and describes an epic story with an unhappy ending. Other tracks, such as A Tragedy Befallen (scroll down in the interview), are slightly lighter, but only slightly.
Apart from the synthetic sounding keys that are meant to sound like real classical instruments, I can say nothing but good things about this record. We’ll call that one minus a result of limited funds, not of bad intentions. Fact is, you should definately buy this baby and once you’ve received it play it for twelve hours straight. Enjoy!
