DECEPTION - Holy Deception (Self released demo CDR 2002)
It took Deception only about a year, before
they had a new material composed and were ready to enter the Hertz Studio again
and to record the second demo. They’ve recorded “Holy Deception” in September
2002 and I must admit that while I really liked “Age of Suffering”, the first
demo, then this second one is even better. To put it simply, Deception had
improved in many aspects and that resulted in truly awesome piece of death
metal. In my opinion it is even surprising that such a strong material ended up
only as a demo, as I think many bands would be very happy having a full length
album with such production and material. The sound of “Holy Deception” is very
polished, very clean, but brutal… I may not like the drums’ sound so much, as
it is very triggered, but the guitars sound is very meaty and definitely the
whole production underlines the energy and intensity of the music, which is
good of corpse.
When I listen to “Holy Deception” I have a
feeling like this demo was even faster and more intense than “Age of
Suffering”. But what else can I write if the demo begins with such an
uncompromising and violent piece of fast death metal as “Unholy Darkness”,
which is just a constant blast beat and brutality, able to blow out the
speakers? OK, maybe not constant, as there is a slower piece somewhere in the
middle of the song, but as a whole “Unholy Darkness” is just as merciless as
you can imagine. And “Lucifer’s Legion” is also so fuckin powerful and strong
that it may actually have sense that Deception is using intros between the
songs, as this way the listener may have some time to take the breath and find
some strength, before another cannonade of drums and wall of riffs will smash
his face. “Blood Dusk of Chaotic Utopia” begins again with a fast blast beat,
but soon it slows down in order to introduce a killer and very catchy riff,
which really sticks in the head. The song turns out to be an instrumental
track, but I fuckin love it; it is really well played, destructive piece of
death metal. Finally “In Shadow of Apocalypse” completes the massacre and well…
I feel really astonished and slain. This is really killer demo.
Standout tracks: “Unholy Darkness”, “Blood Dusk
of Chaotic Utopia”, “In Shadow of Apocalypse”
Final rate: 87/100
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