MORTIS DEI — Last Failure (review)

MORTIS DEI — Last Failure album cover Album · 2009 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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"Last Failure" is the 3rd full-length studio album by Polish death metal act Mortis Dei. The album is a self-released effort released in March 2009. It´s the successor to "My Lovely Enemy" from 2006 and it features the exact same lineup who recorded the predecessor.

Stylistically Mortis Dei pretty much continue the predominantly mid-paced heavy and groove laden death metal style of "My Lovely Enemy (2006)", and "Last Failure" feels like a natural successor in terms of quality and style. The band incorporate melodic leads when that is needed and "Last Failure" is as a result fairly varied. Compared to the predecessor the vocal style has changed from relatively intelligible growling vocals to pretty much unintelligible growling vocals, which to my ears is a bit of a shame, as that type of growling vocals don´t really suit the music too well. It´s not a major distraction and the vocals are well performed, but I prefer the vocal style on "My Lovely Enemy (2006)".

"Last Failure" features a powerful, brutal, and clear sounding production, which suits the music well. It´s not a raw old school organic sounding production job, but the material aren´t old school death metal either, so that type of production probably wouldn´t have suited the material on the album. Upon conclusion "Last Failure" is another decent effort from Mortis Dei. There´s nothing groundbreaking or surprising here, but it´s a good solid quality release and a 3 - 3.5 star (65%) rating is deserved.
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