Between Roots and Darkness

I like such debuts! The Greeks from Blessed By Perversion not only wisely approached death metal kept in not too fast paces, while avoiding any fancy experiments or pretty melodies, but also made sure that they managed to record something much more interesting and with greater panache than the most of average bands from this genre. Well, on "Between Roots And Darkness" there is one more thing that distinguishes Blessed By Perversion from other "younger" bands from this style and...which seems to be a delicate contradiction of old school in classical reasoning! The quintet took quite a radical approach on its debut, because...a lot of late Deicide in their music (ie. since 2006)!

So it's quite admirable (but also some fears), because there were not so many inspired by more melodic Deicide albums, and it's also not easy to change in such a style. Fortunately, Blessed By Perversion was different and it's safe to say that the Greeks coped with the task satisfactorily and without embarrassment. It's even more impressive, because the album, although totally unremarkable (which is understandable), makes a lot of fun, can be interesting and wants to wade into its further part after the beginning of album. And most of all, musicians know when to use melodies and when to apply harder (although they have no problem with the proportions here anyway), they do not focus on continuous blasting, they can do a more meaningful, longer track and do not go on a double track of growling and screeching as in Benton's band. Another thing, "Between..." it can boast not only the influences of the late Deicide! You can also hear a bit of inspiration from Cannibal Corpse (especially in parts with a ride) or Morbid Angel (in some riffs), which is also a plus in this case - there is a lot more combination within these styles.

This is confirmed by such songs as "Close To The Devil's Borders" (which even included a bass solo!), "Brainwashing The Unborn", "Lamentation Of Soul" or "Heretic Seeds Of Salvation", which - in my opinion - the best they represent the whole cd. You have to bear in mind, however, that virtually every track on "Between Roots And Darkness" is at a high level, all of the tracks have some catchy patents, others may like melodies. For example, the guitars are great for them (if not the best), but the growl of Andreas Moschopoulos and a bit sublime (i.e. without madness) percussion are similarly well received here. So everything that was not always in the "starting band" turned out to be one hundred percent. About "Between Roots And Darkness" you can not generally say that it was a totally captivating album, on the level of classics or - on the other side - above the patents of Benton's band, but it's good to listen to, it's well composed and you can hear from Blessed By Perversion that they have gone a long way to make the songs - despite the clear inspiration - in their own way.

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