BEHEMOTH — The Apostasy (review)

BEHEMOTH — The Apostasy album cover Album · 2007 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4.5/5 ·
siLLy puPPy
After the perfection of DEMIGOD I find it unlikely they will ever achieve a more magnanimous accomplishment of brutal death metal, so i'm glad that they didn't try to top it with THE APOSTASY. This album is still extreme brutal death metal, but on this album BEHEMOTH added piano and a horn section consisiting of trumpet, trombone and French horn. This gives a somewhat symphonic background to some of the tracks. There is also occasional Eastern chanting which connects the sound to the cover art of the Hindu goddess Kali.

Although the blackened death metal sound of BEHEMOTH hasn't deviated significantly from previous releases, the new use of the other instruments tweeks the songs in a slightly slower direction and Inferno's drumming seems less mechanical and more varied. I like this release slightly less than the previous album but THE APOSTASY is still a strong and satisfying death metal album from beginning to end and the experimentation really works without sounding awkward.
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