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Rating: I wouldn't dare to say that this album could easily stand among the 10 greatest death metal masterpieces of all time, an album that strikes the listener with new and imaginative solutions, a very dark production that came to light in the year 1996, during a period when death metal had largely lost the interest of the early '90s due to the spread of Black Metal from the northern lands (Well...).
Immolation had only released one album so far, the much-praised "Dawn Of Possession". Subsequently, due to various problems with record labels, the band had disappeared from the scene, returning only with this cornerstone of the genre that unfortunately is barely recognized but is the highest point reached in the discography of the Immolators along with the more recent "Close To A World Below". "Here In After" is a dark album that often still recalls Morbid Angel, but the group's sound is evolving just like the technique of the guitarists, especially the great Bob Vigna, one of the most important figures in Metal of Death. Ross Dolan, the bassist and singer, has a powerful and evil growl that I consider one of the best vocals in the genre, and finally, the drumming deserves praise, being very technical and never trivial.
Besides the splendid cover, within the album, you will find violence, genius, and darkness. The album begins with "Nailed To Gold" and "Burn With Jesus", an extremely violent duet where the band expresses all its hatred towards Christianity. It continues with the splendid "I Feel Nothing" showcasing a great performance by Ross Dolan, and it ends with the true masterpiece of the album "Christ's Cage", in my opinion, one of the best death metal songs of all time. Make it yours, this album is a true masterpiece unjustly forgotten...
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Burn With Jesus (04:01)
Behind the walls of Christ
the hypocrites recite songs to glorify
their king who's died in vain
they betray the holy son
Extinguishing his light
Their greed and their desire
Have torn him from his cross
They took down upon us
As their God looks down upon them
And sees them for what they are
Devoted to their saints and all their hails to Mary
Confessions show their weakness
Pathetic show of faith
They ease their guilt
Through the Rosary
Their false display of pit
Condemns the God they praise
Their words of adoration
Spewing from their lips
Lie far from their hearts
Their insincere tears
Fall from lying eyes
They'll never see his kingdom
they'll burn with Jesus
05 Away From God (04:45)
Many times I've keeled before the lord not knowing he was at my feet
Why my pain, why my tears
Only now to see you were just man
You sit and watch, in all your splendor
On creator, it's you I now renounce
Everloving God, your love has failed me
I don't need your love...
Jesus, you couldn't save me
You couldn't save them
You couldn't save the world from misery
Hate my sin, Love my pain
You made us suffer, to your delight
To feel your anguish, will be my strength
Your broken kingdom, shall fall below
Once a time when I yearned to be at one with the Lord
Cheated by your false claims of divinity
I defy your word and rise in your disdain
to revoke you of your dominion
I am the darkness of the world
You couldn't save me
You couldn't save the them
You couldn't save the world from misery
Savior and Healer
The water you walked is drowning me
With glimpses of the highest reward
And the depths of the overwhelming promise
I confront him, the heavens before me
God fleeing, his presence swept away
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