HATE — Erebos (review)

HATE — Erebos album cover Album · 2010 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
J-Man
One of Poland's more famous death metal exports is Hate, a Warsaw-based band formed back in 1990. Erebos is their seventh full-length album, and was released in 2010 by Listenable Records. Although I haven't followed the band much lately, I do like what I hear on Erebos quite a lot. Extremely heavy blackened death metal with a few modern touches is the name of the game here, and Hate delivers the style in the most elegant of all forms. Fans of the band, as well as people who enjoy blackened death metal in the vein of Behemoth, should check out what Hate has to offer this time around.

Erebos has been criticized as sounding too much like a Behemoth worship session, and even though there is a strong influence from these fellow Polish metalheads, I wouldn't consider this album to be a mindless cloning session. The black metal influence is usually kept to a minimum, allowing for the death metal riffs and deep gutteral vocals to take center stage. I hear a few touches of melody and modern influence throughout Erebos, and even though this is far from a predominately modern effort, this album isn't entirely rooted in the past either. The sleek and polished production especially gives Erebos a modern edge. I can't say I'm a huge fan of the triggered drums and compressed sound, but there's no doubt that this is a powerful and effective production.

So there you have it - Erebos is another impressive effort from one of the leading Polish death metal acts. Hate are a group of highly talented and gifted musicians, and they simply know how to deliver quality releases through and through. Even though it's not the most original or memorable album on the face of the planet, Erebos is a well-composed slice of death metal from some very talented musicians, and thus deserves 3.5 stars.
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