Daemon
Seven Deadly Sins

THE REVIEW

The seven deadly sins are the focus of this album, conceived and composed in the mid-nineties in the icy Swedish landscapes. But who hides behind the brief and violent monicker of a work entirely immersed in Death'n'Roll sounds?

Let's immediately reveal the question: Nicke Andersson, the original drummer of the satanic Entombed, and Anders Lundemark, leader of the Danish Konkhra. Two of the most influential and well-known figures in the extreme Scandinavian scene of those years.

Death Metal that aims to completely emulate, and does so more than well, the aforementioned Entombed and Dismember: with that unmistakable "crushing" guitar sound that makes the listening of the synthetic work, a little over thirty minutes, a spasmodic tour de force because of its powerful and fast nature. Additionally, there's the stratospheric performance on the drums by Nicke: a destructive sonic wall!

"Sloth" (sloth) has the honor of setting the album on fire right from the very first seconds: two minutes of pure and simple madness. A deadly ride played at a frenetic speed, with that raspy voice of Anders that closely resembles Lars Goran Petrov (and for the third time I have to write Entombed).

The more controlled "Greed" (greed) holds its own: a slowed and tormented mid-tempo with terrifying movements; right after we arrive at the track I favor. "Lust" (lust) where speed returns dominantly: another short and furious track, furious beyond all limits. A true scythe that, over all these years, hasn't lost a gram of ferocity.

We come to the eighth sin, which concludes the album: total chaos in a few seconds with the instrumental "The Eighth Sin," so extreme it even touches Black Metal territories.

An explosive concentrate of healthy, primordial, and massive Death Metal; there will be two other albums that won't reach the violent beauty of this debut, also because Nicke won't participate in the recordings, venting his musical desires by forming the great Hellacopters.

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