DECEPTION - Age of Suffering (Self released demo CDR 2001)
I still remember the time, when I got this
Deception’s debut demo CDR, “Age of Suffering”. I got this somewhere around
2002, so quite long time ago, but I was really surprised by the quality of Deception’s
death metal and how great their demo turned out to be. Well, ten years have
passed and I can say that I still like “Age of Suffering” a lot. You must
remember that at the time of the release of this demo – even if you could have
said that the Polish scene was relatively strong – it was rather rare to
receive so well (de)composed and performed death metal demo. So, the bigger my
impression on Deception’s music was.
And well, I must say that this demo even today
sounds really good. First of all, it was recorded at the famous Hertz Studio,
what gave it a massive and brutal, energetic production – and even if to record
the whole demo it took the band only three days, the sound is damn good. And
the material is just a killer dose of fast and relentless death metal. Just listen
to the opening track, “My Inside”… what a damn great death metal slaughter it
is, mainly focused on hyper fast and intense riffing, but combined with some
mid paced parts also. It’s really good song, but my favourite song from the
whole demo is the title track, “Age of Suffering”, mainly for its possessing,
truly killer opening riff, which just fuckin kills. Ha, Deception really
impresses in these two songs and I think that if you’re into such bands as
Rebaelliun, Malevolent Creation, Morbid Angel, Diabolic and Sinister, then
definitely their music will speak to you fully. When I listen to “Age of
Suffering” song I really have a feeling of a strong resemblance to Sinister’s
“Hate” album, but that’s a compliment! Another song, which caught my attention,
is “Bringing Death”. Fuck, it sounds really impressive and Deception plays some
absolutely killer riffs there, again varying the tempos and everything, but the
effect is truly great.
Standout track: “Age of Suffering”
Final rate: 80/100
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