Dehuman - Black Throne of All Creation
This is the debut album for Belgium’s Dehuman, one that their label promises to “dig, listen after listen, a place of its very own in the memory and heart of the fan with all its finely crafted production and compositional details, giving its audience something fresh to discover with each listen.” Now, I’m a guy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing so when I read stuff like this, I actually check to see how closely the hype matches up to the actual product. Inevitably, I end up laughing my ass off at how much horse shit is in the press release. That being said, Dehuman’s label has written a big check that I was certain that the band wouldn’t be able to cash. I doubt that even legendary Death Metal bands like Death, Entombed or Morbid Angel could have lived up to the hype Kaotoxin promised for Dehuman. A quick listen proves that this is nowhere near as good as the label says it is. This isn’t to say that Black Throne of All Creation sucks. It doesn’t suck, but at the same time, it doesn’t fucking rule either. I imagine that these songs go down better live, because I can tell that there are some serious pit-riffs going on. They have some good melodic guitar-work in here, too. What this group really needs is a better studio engineer who can give their guitars the depth and power that they require. All too often, the riffing is buried beneath the drums, particularly in the breakdowns. Another hindrance is that their songwriting isn’t always the best. A number of tracks, “Harvest the Sun” being one that comes to mind, have riffs that don’t flow well together. The result is a song that sounds like it was thrown together at the last minute. These guys are going in the right direction, but they’re really not able to live up to their label’s hype. I imagine that Dehuman might be able to pull off that truly awesome album, but it’ll probably be their third or fourth one that does it.
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