Hi Metal-Temple, today I’m bringing to you “
The Deathcantation” by
NEMECIC. This small Death Metal band from Finland released a solid debut album after releasing a few EP and singles over the year. They had a hiatus for 5 years between 2012 and 2017, but nothing as deterred them from finally giving us their first full-length album.
The band doesn’t take it’s time to introduce their fast and explosive tempo right at the start with “
Locomotive Tomb”. The combination of Death and Trash Metal gives us a relentless beat with deep and melodic vocals. As with “
Smoke Electric”, which follows the same tempo, the intricate structure of the songs gives us a wave of adrenaline.
The tempo of this album is already set to high octane when we get to “
Mercury Vortex Ritual”, which raises the bar even higher. With a massive drum track on top of some gripping guitar riffs, this piece will not leave you indifferent.
By all means, “
Fields of Glass” is not considered a slow song, but after what we’ve tasted so far in this album, it does feel like it is. It is a good stepping stone however for “
Void”, which is probably the slowest song of the album. Taking the tempo down a notch,
NEMECIC delivers us an emotional but riff heavy melody with a mix of harsh and clean vocals.
The best guitar moments of the album come in “
Apotheosis” around the 3:30 mark. We are treated to an intricate dance of guitar and drum that gave me goose bumps. “
The Great Dissonance” is mostly a 4 minute long guitar solo, with no vocals except some back vocals at a few chosen moments. The placement of this piece is perfect in a high tempo album like this one. It doesn’t break the momentum of the album while giving you a moment to breath.
“
Ouroboros” and “
Clockwork” finishes the album in beauty with, yet again,
Henry’s deep vocal prowess and massive guitar solo thrown around the songs. “
Clockwork” also includes some Progressive aspect with a definitive evolution of the music throughout the 7 minute long piece. Slow to fast pace with harsh and clean vocals. This song has it all.
I was really taken away with “
The Deathcantation” by
NEMECIC. It looked like a long and arduous road to get to this point for them, but it paid off in the end with a memorable debut album. Nothing seems out of place, the whole album was written as if they were veterans. The pace of the album has been just right. I plan on keeping an eye on this band for sure.
Songwriting: 8
Originality: 7
Memorability: 8
Production: 7