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Lakes of Sacrifice Appearances can be deceiving. In case of the act Dead Man’s Hill it certainly is! When I first looked at the gruesome artwork, I thought that the album Lakes of Sacrifice would be another mediocre release. Luckily I was wrong. Dead Man's Hill, a Belgium project started in 1998 with the intension of making dark and ice cold music, is especially influenced by The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud and early In Slaughter Natives. There are also some traces of Puissance and Will in the music but apart from some slow peaces of music the sound is much more gloomy and aggressive than these bands. The themes of Dead Man's Hill revolve around Haitian voodoo cultists (Culte des Morts) and the sickness/cancer of mankind itself. This album is black, pitch black and the overall feeling that Dead Man’s Hill is one of utterly despair and damnation. The music isn’t very original but Dead Man’s Hill has done such a good job on this album that it doesn’t bother one bit. Just sit back and play this album a few times and it will suck you right in its dark/occult world and won’t let you go. [8.1/10] reviewer: erik, nov 2006 |
