Disinter ‎"Demonic Portraiture" CD

- Issued with sixteen page booklet & jewel case.
- Two untitled hidden tracks lurk at the end of the disc, following track 11 after two gaps of silence in-between.

Now signed directly to Berlin's Morbid Records which signed the band directly after initially licensing the second album from Dead Sun Records, American band Disinter is back with its third full length album (initially called Beyond The Grace Of God) and a new line up. Firstly allow TUR to extend kudos to the band for persevering for over a decade. The commitment to metal is appreciated. Musically and conceptually, Disinter are a slight surprise to this writer. Past a well composed intro, the opening song Strength & Honour (notice the correct and Canadian spelling) mixes death metal heaviness with a serving of harmonic melody unexpected in Disinter's context. The chord progressions on this song are very good and skillful. A track like An Eternity Of Pain is self-referencing however and sheer heaviness. While no lyrics are presented the text seems above average and rather knowledgeable. All in all a better album musically than the knights at Metallian Towers had expected. The cover artwork is also beautiful in its ugliness and demands a vinyl release. Especially because the edges are too dark to be clear. On the other side of the scale, the band's dual-vocal approach, while not bad, is rather standard. Finally the unlisted (yet ever so cliche) cover - this time courtesy of At The Gates - is also on this CD. Speaking of cliches the band also includes a 'hidden' track which by now is almost standard fare. All in all though, and despite the last two negative strokes, Demonic Portraiture is an album worth owning and may surprise a few of you.

Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...