SCEPTICAL SCHIZO — Danse Macabre (review)

SCEPTICAL SCHIZO — Danse Macabre album cover Demo · 1990 · Thrash Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
2.5/5 ·
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"Danse Macabre" is the third demo recording by Finnish thrash metal act Sceptical Schizo. The demo was independently released in August 1990. It´s the band´s second 1990 demo following the release of the "Dispossessed" demo earlier the same year. Sceptical Schizo formed in 1988 under the Epidemic monicker but changed their name to Sceptical Schizo later the same year. They operated under the Sceptical Schizo band name until 1993 when they changed their name to Lavra. They didn´t manage to release a full-length studio album during the 1988-1993 period, but they were still relatively active releasing no less than four demos and two EPs.

"Danse Macabre" continues the brutal thrash metal sound of the first two demos, but Sceptical Schizo have again honed their skills and they are slightly more technically accomplished on this demo compared to the first two demos. They´ve obviously also toyed with their songwriting and have incorporated new elements to make their songs more varied. Other than the badly produced acoustic/clean guitar sections, this new more diverse songwriting approach makes the material a little more interesting than what Sceptical Schizo have released before. The vocals are still grunted staccato delivered thrash/proto-death metal vocals and although the music is now more varied I´d still say that Sepultura and Possessed are the two more valid reference.

The sound production is relatively lo-fi, but not terrible sounding. It suits the material pretty well although the production values do leave an air of amaturism surrounding the demo. Upon conclusion "Danse Macabre" is a decent quality demo release from Sceptical Schizo and a 2.5 star (50%) rating isn´t all wrong.
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