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After two albums for Grind Syndicate Media and three for Massacre Records, Disbelief have taken a new step forward in their career by signing with metal giant Nuclear Blast for the release of their 6th full-length album. To be honest I have not heard anything from this band since they released their first album on Massacre, "Worst Enemy", in 2001. Since then a few things have apparently happened to the band. At that time they were one of the leading death / thrash metal bands from the German scene and I really loved that album. "66 Sick" have maintained the brutality in the music but other than that few things have stayed the same. As you probably know metalcore is the latest trend in the metal scene and all major metal labels (Century Media, Nuclear Blast, Metal Blade) have signed several bands from that particular genre. Disbelief have jumped onboard the ship and while there is still wind behind the sail they will certainly find many new fans in their new coating.
The usual repetetive and hypnotic guitar rhythms can be found here but to break the pattern they are cut off from time to time by calm, emotional passages that have an almost suggestive effect on the listener. "Emotional Deathcore" is the label's genre description of this album and that is pretty accurate I must say. "66 Sick" is a rather angst-ridden and melancholic disc which I can't really decide what to think of even after having listened to it several times. Perhaps that is the greatness of it, that the impression is dependent on what mood you are in at the moment. The vocalist Karsten Jäger is doing a fine job once again as long as he growls but on a couple of occasions he tries singing with his clean voice and that does not sound very good.
"66 Sick" begins very nicely but mid-way through a feeling starts growing inside of you that you have heard everything before. Making hardcore influenced music sound interesting and refreshing is a difficult task and unfortunately for Disbelief there are many bands out there who have been doing this for a much longer period of time and have reached a higher level already. By the way, the limited version of this album has four very interesting cover songs of Scorpions ("Coast To Coast"), Accept ("Dogs On Leads"), Slayer ("Spill The Blood") and Iron Maiden ("Stranger In A Strange Land"). Songs such as "Sick" and the more melodic "Rewind It All" shows promise of a brighter future for their new sound but other than that nothing really sticks with you after having heard this album. It is good but they have done better in the past.
| Tracklist |
| 1. 66 (Intro) |
| 2. Sick |
| 3. Floating On High |
| 4. For God |
| 5. Continue From This Point |
| 6. Crawl |
| 7. Rewind It All (Death Or Glory) |
| 8. Lost In Time |
| 9. Try |
| 10. Edges |
| 11. Mental Signpost |
| 12. To Atone For All |
: 49.28
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