Hail!
Here a review of the FAUST's new album "From Glory To Infinity", by General Blaspheme (
www.myspace.com/funeralrainzine):
Genre: Death metal
Label: Paragon Records
This album in fucking stellar from the first second to the last.
A
solid disc of death metal, the old way from the eighties and early
nineties. Melodies everywhere, but still brutally raping your ear.
Speedy
parts. Slow parts. Heavy parts. Light parts. Hard parts. Soft parts.
Everything that makes true death so amazing is found on this album.
Fans of Morbid Angel, Death, Vader and Necrophagist: get this. It's so intelligently done, it's thought out, and it's amazing.
9 out of 10. I just wish it was longer.
Purple Children
- Intricate, but not too complex guitar work, with drum-tight drumming
(pun intended) and some mean vocals. This song sets up the rest of the
album's tone and mood, and it's a great song.
Metalgasmic solo at
1:38, and I get scared everytime I hear it when I'm driving: it sounds
like a goddamn cop siren right at the start of it!
Wet Veils
- A song about slutty nuns, this is one rocking tune. The instruments
are just amazing. Another Metalgasmic solo from Ghiulz at 2:30, lasting
for 36 seconds. Aleister's solo at 3:28 is a nice and relaxed mini song
unto itself, 4:02 is it's end point.
Sentimental Worship
- Continuing with the slutty nuns, this time they are into whipping and
ropes and hot wax, this song is great if you're a bass player. Steve
DiGiorgio has a deadly bass solo at the 32 second mark, fifty seconds
of slow awesomeness, and another at 3:50. From this song forward we get
to hear the legend's work a little more pronounced, which makes me
happy as hell.
Golden Wine Countess - This song seems to be a story of an orphaned girl who becomes a "noble tart" for "politicians and prelates".
It sure would seem that Aleister has a dirty mind, but he's never really graphic about it.
Steve
DiGiorgio is rocking a fast bass line with fast drums from Daray, while
Aleister and Ghiulz and Luca play slower guitar riffs.
Servant of Morality - I love the opening riff to this song. It's nice and heavy, something about it is even Sabbath-y.
It's
got a lot of speed after the first verse, with awesome work on solos
from Ghiulz and Aleister, but I don't think there's a lot of whammy bar
work, which I like.
Carnal Beatitude - Daray's drumming in this song really fucking rocks.
Lyrically,
it's another attack on the church, but unlike a lot of bands that are
antichristian, Faust does not just say the same thing over and over
again in the songs. Some songs might have similarities in theme, but
Aleister keeps his lyrical ideas fresh every song. And, for those that
might have things confused if you haven't checked out Faust, it's not a
satanic attack, it's just antichristian.
Pig god Dog - An instrumental based on alternating solos from Aleister and Ghiulz. Simply Metalgasmic.
Holy Hole
- A lyrically hilarious song, the Holy Spirit is a "plucked pigeon",
and Jesus Christ is born from Mary's ass, and thus is the "King of
scat, Lord of all intestinal parasites."
The last verse is great, telling King Herod he "lost" and is "condemned to curse a piece of shit".
So
fucking rocking musically, too. Everything is tight, perfect. Daray is
just slaughtering his poor drum kit, while Aleister, Luca, and Steve
are destroying their axes. Aleister's throat seems to be taking a
beating in this song too, his voice is really deep.
A Religion-Free World's Dream - The last song, sadly. It's an instrumental full of gorgeous rifface and it's nice and mid-paced.
Something to bang your head and pump your fist to. The only problem is it's too fucking short, ending at 2:06.
Hail!
Aleister
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