Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
After several years away, Australia’s most talented Black/Death Metal band has returned. This time around, 3/4 of the previous album’s line-up has stayed on, with the departure of Ballistic Howitzer (a.k.a. Phil from Long Voyage Back) being the only change. The new guy, Deceiver, is a good addition to the band, laying down a solid machine-gun barrage of beats but also slowing down as well, proving that he isn’t just a blast-beater. Unlike most of the bands from Down Under, Destroyer 666 isn’t afraid to mix things up when it comes to both the speed and song structure departments. This album, like Unchain the Wolves, has elements of Black Metal, Speed Metal, Death Metal, Thrash and NWOBHM all over it. This diversity makes them even more potent because they don’t get locked into one particular style for the duration of the album. Each song has a different sound yet each one is still Destroyer 666. This makes the whole CD that much more listenable. I don’t know how many albums I’ve listened to that had great songs but absolutely zero diversity. The last Abigor album and Panzer Division Marduk (you figure out which band played that one… Pretty obvious, if you ask me!) were cardinal examples of zero diversity. Every song sounded the same and even if that “one” song sounded cool, it just bored me after a while. One interesting note is that the band decided to re-record “The Eternal Glory of War” with a better production and with the new line-up. That track was arguably the standout on the debut, but fits in nicely with the newer material. Place you bets on these Aussie sons of Satan because this one is a winner.
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