Demigod

This album is a solid death metal album by the Polish band Behemoth. The album starts off with a dark, acoustic riff before going deep. Nergal's vocals are deep and help to create an atmosphere that seems to put you into the middle of an occult, Satanic ritual. Some of the songs on this album sounds as if there was a goat being sacrificed to a Pagan god. Maybe Zeus or something like that.

The drumming has a good mix of blast beats on it, but there are a couple of times when it is rather slow drumming aiding in creating a darker, more fantasy-styled atmosphere. There could have been more blast beats though, but this was fairly decent for the context of the music.

The lyrics dealt with topics related to Nietzsche and left hand path ideologies. Examples like these include quotes of Nietzsche and being intoxicated with self-love. The word "love" seems atypical of a death metal band, but it shows that Behemoth is willing to go over and above to distinguish themselves from some of the other popular artists in this relatively underground genre.

The guitars are the greatest part of this album. There are some breakdowns, but then they progress into an almost neo-classical/blues rock solo before transforming into a Satanic acoustic melody at the end. The order is mixed up at times, though. With the guitars, Behemoth accomplishes the task of not only making their music match a Luciferian/Pagan chant, it ends up becoming a sacrificial ritual itself.

The only problem with this album is that the songs are just too short. As a consequence, a very beautiful album seems to end abruptly. It would be more preferable to consistently make "five minute plus" length songs, but this is only a minor problem and a problem that can be dealt with. There is one song on this album that exceeds eight minutes in length.

Overall, this album has a very strong chance of being Behemoth's best album. It is interesting to see a one-time black metal band evolve into the death metal legends they are bound to become. This album will more than likely be the one by which all other Behemoth albums are judged, even if it is not their best.