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Lakes of Sacrifice From the very depths of the Belgium underground Dead man’s hill has been active since 1998 and has released a hand full releases already. Lakes of sacrifice is a pretty powerful release containing dark bombastic neoclassical and martial music. It sweeps you from the Somme battlefields into gothic graveyards, driven by the overpowering feeling of death. Dead Man’s Hill’s music can be compared to such artists as In Slaughter Natives and Puissance but with a gloomier feel. This gloominess comes from the effects on some sounds and vocals. without these effects this record would have sound more powerful and would really have blown your head straight off. Although Lakes of sacrifice sounds far from original this is a cool record anyway and will apeal to Cold Meat fans. There is a good balance between the tracks, after you have been pounded by a heavy bombastic track you will have a little time to take a breath before they will take you further down in to the depths of hell. Especially tracks like “Yigeal”, “In other flesh” and “Death by fire” are violent and oppressive. Towards the end there is the addition of heavy metal guitars into the mix like on In Slaughter Natives “Sacrosancts Bleed” and the atmosphere becomes spookier. This music is pitch black and that is exactly how we like it: reveal the beast! One point of criticism is the art work which is of poor quality and does not fit with the music. I am sorry to say this. I was more impressed with the design of their “Esoterica orde de Dagon” release. [7.5/10] reviewer: remco, nov 2006 |
