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During the past decade there have been an intense extreme
metal scene growing in the Baltic countries and some of these bands are now
starting to get their names known in the rest of Europe such as Skyforger,
Must Missa and Obtest to mention a few. None of these bands have made such an
impression on me though as this Lithuanian black metal band called
Dissimulation. Having been active since 1993 in a small province town of
Lithuania called Anykšciai they have now finally been able to release a
full-length album through the native label Ledo Takas Records who have been a
well known force in the extreme metal underground for some time now. From
track one this album blasts away with their black and thrash metal assault.
They sound rather similar to what Carpathian Forest have been doing lately if
you take away their slower and more atmospheric songs. Other bands that come
to mind are Barathrum, Darkthrone and early Bathory. Early German thrash metal
has certainly also been a major influence on Dissimulation and their debut
album ends with a well executed cover version of Kreator's "Tormentor". The
release of this album was somewhat delayed because Ledo Takas had made an
agreement with a famous studio in Berlin for mastering but the owner of the
studio gave them the cold finger because of the Hitler speech sample in the
song "Genocidas". The band and label however state that neither of them are
fascists nor nazis. Instead the album was mastered by Vytautas Stankus at the
Ophis studio in Kaunas. Be that as it may, Dissimulation has recorded a solid
debut album that should without a doubt appeal to fans of rawer old school
black / thrash metal. The sound quality is much better than I would have
expected thanks to the Skyforger sound engineer Gints Lundbergs at the Phoenix
studio in Riga. The vocals are mostly done the usual early black style but
there are also some occasional clean ones, the latter not sounding too good
except for the killer song "Tamsiu Nakti, Juodu Ugni" which has more of
Mithotyn viking metal vibe. All lyrics are in Lithuanian but they also come
with an English translation. Several killer tracks but also a few less
interesting ones inbetween make up the Dissimulation debut which is not
exactly groundbreaking but still recommended. Stand-out tracks: "Šauksmas
Lapkricio Miglose", "Maras", "Tamsiu Nakti, Juodu Ugni",
"Tormentor".
| Tracklist |
1. Šauksmas Lapkricio Miglose |
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2. Blogio Triumfas 3. Maras 4. Mintys I Nakties Tyla |
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5. Miglose 6. Demoniška Audru Naktis 7. Genocidas 8. |
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Pazadintas Ritualu 9. Viesulai Kraujuojanciame Danguje 10. |
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Tamsiu Nakti, Juodu Ugni 11. Tormentor |
: 39.58
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