Deiphago - Satan Alpha Omega
The latest album from Deiphago can best be described as a fist to the face. This album sucker-punches you immediately after the intro and then proceeds to beat the shit out of you until the outro starts. Musically, this is a Black Metal wall of sound that is one part Blasphemy, one part Sarcofago and one part all-out chaos. The thing about Satan Alpha Omega is that it is unrelenting and out of control to the point where all semblance of structure disintegrates. Deiphago exemplifies everything that it means to be Black Grind. If you worship at the altar of the Ross Bay Gods, you’ll eat this up like a fat kid chews through a box of donuts. I’m honestly surprised that this album wasn’t released by Nuclear War Now! Records. This is right up their alley. My issue with this LP isn’t that Deiphago doesn’t kick enough ass. Quite the contrary. This record is one long ass-kicking. My problem with it is that, for the most part, this sounds like ten different versions of the same song. The drumming is repetitive and monotonous, which stands to reason. Everything here, with the exception of the intro and outro tracks, is set to Warp Ten speeds. You can only play a blast beat so many ways. The guitars sound like low rumbling noises instead of musical instruments. If there are actual riffs being played, I can’t tell what they are. Everything is a giant ball of distortion, blasting drums and caustic vocals. Satan Alpha Omega is the Black Metal equivalent of getting stuffed head first into a giant industrial-strength shredding machine. It’s as ugly as sin, as brutal as a dismemberment and as out of control as a prison riot. If you like bands like Conquerer, Black Witchery, Revenge or Impiety, all of this is giving you a giant erection that can only be satisfied by purchasing and listening to this album. At full blast. If you want a well written and well produced Metal record, this isn’t it. If you want your face torn off, Satan Alpha Omega will do just that.
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OnlyInDeath said:
I haven’t heard this one, but you could turn this into an also-accurate review of Deiphago’s first album (Filipino Antichrist) simply by swapping out the album titles.
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