Antichrist

What can I say about Antichrist from Akercocke...well...to simply put it, It's a somewhat big improvement from Words that Go Unspoken (if thats really possible). What will you find in this insane black/death progressive metal? Some of the best metal written in years. I find it extremely hard to believe that Akercocke didn't make this music without the consent of Satan himself because well, that clean vocals from Mendonca sound like a chant to the horns himself. The drumming is inhuman, it's extremely well put together and very clean. It consists of blast beats (a lot infact) and some very well put together jazz fusion parts. The bass is very audible in this album, which is a strange occurence in brutal death metal/black metal/progressive metal. It's very well heard and fits perfectly with the music. Now to the guitars...I can't explain how perfected they are in this album. From the extremely fast tremolo picking to the sweep solos to the clean progressive/jazz parts, it's all perfectly implemented. Now to the madman himself, the vocals. The vocals are some of the best done vocals ever in metal.

Of course, Mendonca is known for his nice transition from black metal shrieks, to extremely low gutterals, to his clean vocals. Mendonca once again perfects his vocals in a way that you didn't think was possible. There aren't much bands like this in the metal world, at all which makes Akercocke even more enjoyable. I extremely recommend this album to the openminded metalheads out there looking for a unique sound, apart from the dullness that is modern brutal death metal and deathcore.