Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes (1992)

1. Apocryphal (Intro)

2. As I Behold I Despise

3. Dead Soul

4. The Forlorn

5. Tears of God

6. Slumber of Sullen Eyes

7. Embrace the Darkness/Blood of the Perished

8. Fear Obscures From Within

9. Transmigration Beyond Eternities

10. Towards the Shrouded Infinity

11. Perpetual Ascent

12. Darkened

Origin - Finland
Genre - Death Metal


" Well, what more can be said about one of the LANDMARKS of transcendental death metal, a cornerstone record that lies beyond disputation or disrespect?"

" Describing the sonic slant of this recording is not entirely difficult- take five parts bludgeoning early Dismember/mid-period Bolt Thrower-esque piledriving bludgeon, three parts Depravity/Cemetary-ish morbid melody, an esoteric, horror-based concept not altogether removed from the likes of Gorement, Sorcery, God Macabre and Darkthrone, as well as an ethereal, indescribable atmosphere that brings Therion to mind. In a scene littered with assertively individual bands (Adramelech, Cartilage, Xysma, Funebre, Belial and DEMILICH!), Demigod come across as both predictable and utterly unique "

" Yet, for all the album's apparent viciousness and lead-footed HEFT, the record has a mystical weightlessness and meditative quality that is really quite beautiful to behold. Indeed, this is death metal as mind-expanding experience- somehow, the band manages to make dense, destructive death metal sound vast and atmospheric. The entire record is an expansive, dreamlike plateau, each song marking a new monument on the unearthly landscape. Such engrossing journeys are few and far between in death metal, and the cosmic drift of the album can in part be attributed to the production, which transforms the guitar sound into a spiraling, absorbing vacuum that envelopes the listener, and emanates a fantastic, organic warmth that eludes many of Demigod's harsher-than-thou colleagues. Add to this the bewitching, contemplative lead melodies that adorn each and every song, as well as the EXCEPTIONALLY tasteful keys that reinforce the enveloping aura of the record, and you have a fantastic excursion that you will not soon forget. .........


There you have it, then, a masterpiece in every bloody sense of the word.


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