Diabolic Impious Evil (Pagan Records)

 Azarath is a Polish Brutal Death Metal act formed in 1998, by no one else than Inferno (Behemoth), Bruno (Damnation) and D. (Cenotaph). With this line up, the band recorded a couple of demos and two well-received full lengths; “Demon Seed” and “Infernal Blasting”. After the recording of "Infernal Blasting", D. left the band, lately Bart (Damnation, Cenotaph) and Trufel (Yattering) were recluted as first and second guitar respectively… The style Azarath professes at this third and latest album could be labelled as turbulent, evil and sinister Death Metal in its most primal form. “Diabolic Impious Evil” is, as the title suggests, and extremely obscure and evil sounding piece of Death Metal of the highest calibre, where the turbulent and chaotic riffs, complemented by the high speed, violent drumming creates devastating scenarios of total death and destruction. The intense and brutal guitars work is definitely a highlight, becoming the main responsible for the incredibly dark atmospheres that surround this opus, with its interesting blend of vicious riffs and macabre lead guitar lines. All this is complemented by a killer vocal work that seems to be taken from the very guts of hell… The whole album moves at full speed, without a single rest, through straight and extremely effective passages of pure fucking violence…The lyrical content of this album deals with pure Satanism in its most blasphemous and explicit form, juts check the track titles and will find some pretty interesting ones such “Devil's Stigmata”, “For Satan My Blood” or “Beast Inside”, but also some pretty childish ones like “Baptized in Sperm of the Antichrist” and “Intoxicated by Goat Vomit” …anyway, this kind of issue doesn’t rest merit to this destructive album. The cover art is also remarkable, really simple and obscure; following the same style of the band’s preceding efforts, I kinda like when the bands aim to maintain a simple and characteristic style on its album’s artworks… “Diabolic Impious Evil” is definitely a killer album, a really fine piece of blasphemous and brutal Death Metal art… If you like the obscure, sinister and brutal music, then you MUST check this album out. (AP)