DISSENTER - Promo 1999
Hey, I just made another
discovery in my old box, where I keep a lot of promo CDs and other stuff, which
I was getting through all the years of zine making. I found there and exhumed
the old Dissenter promo from 1999! Damn, I completely forgot to have this one
and honestly, I can’t even remember when and who I got it from. Who cares, it
doesn’t matter. It’s just cool to have something like that. I was afraid if it
still gonna play, as it’s a CDR, but despite being 16 years old, it still plays
great, so awesome news. The promo is actually something what the band has
released before the debut album “Bloodlust and Blasphemy”.
And let me remind you that
there was first a band called Bloodlust, which had some really killer releases
and then they changed the name over to Dissenter. After two demo tapes,
“Bloodlust and Blasphemy” album was self-released in 2000. That’s the story.
And in 1999 this promo was released to search for the label. I actually have no
idea if the versions of these songs are exactly the same as from the album –
probably they are – but I am quite surprised that Dissenter ended up releasing
“Bloodlust and Blasphemy” by themselves. This is great, brutal death metal and
it just sounds good enough to be featured on the roster of any respected death
metal label. Why they haven’t succeeded, I don’t know.
The music is sick, violent,
aggressive and ferocious, it’s really fast, with many blasting parts, quite
technical, but still within that old school American style. I suppose you would
be OK to compare it to such bands as Morbid Angel, Vital Remains, Deicide, Angelcorpse,
Krisiun, Luciferion, Hate, Lost Soul and so on. Nothing specifically
groundbreaking, but very solid and worthy for sure. I guess the production is
something what begs for little bit more density and power, especially the
guitars are not crushing and heavy enough. The music may also feel like
slightly messy, almost chaotic in places, but what the hell… this is
underground death metal, not another Relapse fancy, modern crap. Dissenter were
always among the best Polish death metal bands and that was a great start for
them. Nowadays I still enjoy the debut album and this Promo 1999 is also a good
listen and surely a nice discovery in my collection.
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