Bitterness - The Final Declaration Of The End (Swansongs For The Faithful)
Bitterness are from Germany and man they can really play! They are labelled as melodic death metal but they have a generous twist of thrash making a totally mind blowing scenario possible. This is the closest thing to classic ‘Coma of Souls’ era Kreator I have ever heard and if you further mix it with early Arch Enemy (pre-‘Burning Bridges’) you have the hammer nailed purposely in your worst enemies coffin. Vocally and musically this engulfs you, especially notable on songs like ‘Killing Mind’ that really is a pure joy to listen too. There is a constant high degree of enthusiasm, power, aggression and many other emotions, the main one would be the ability of Bitterness to expel a massive stroke of energy, better than any drug or energy drink that is really attributed to the production of these enduring swansongs for the faithful (I really hope this is not the end!).
The title track ‘The Final Declaration of the End’ begins with a strange varying volume in the mix, but the guitar riff is bliss in contrast. Bitterness do delve into a fair few melo death areas on this one, even some black metal tempos, but this is weaned out of their blood later as there is still commanding thrash metal explosion in plentiful supply. The drumming is thunderous, like a hammer blow in fact, the whole delivery verges into many genres, but with Frank Urschler’s vocal sound, I still draw my earlier comparison to Kreator even though musically they have more in common to the Swedish scene during the mid to late 1990’s. When you connect with epic numbers like ‘Misanthropic Love’ that stand out head and shoulders as amongst some of the greatest pieces of aggression with melody I have ever heard, then you have a real gem of an album.
‘The Final Declaration of the End’ is a masterstroke that delivers an attentive high blood pressure listening experience, this sounds really fresh, I think this an amazing effort, and I say to myself that this has the uplifting qualities similar if not the same to the first time I heard such classic bands like The Forsaken and At The Gates. Bitterness are certainly worthy of much more attention.
The title track ‘The Final Declaration of the End’ begins with a strange varying volume in the mix, but the guitar riff is bliss in contrast. Bitterness do delve into a fair few melo death areas on this one, even some black metal tempos, but this is weaned out of their blood later as there is still commanding thrash metal explosion in plentiful supply. The drumming is thunderous, like a hammer blow in fact, the whole delivery verges into many genres, but with Frank Urschler’s vocal sound, I still draw my earlier comparison to Kreator even though musically they have more in common to the Swedish scene during the mid to late 1990’s. When you connect with epic numbers like ‘Misanthropic Love’ that stand out head and shoulders as amongst some of the greatest pieces of aggression with melody I have ever heard, then you have a real gem of an album.
‘The Final Declaration of the End’ is a masterstroke that delivers an attentive high blood pressure listening experience, this sounds really fresh, I think this an amazing effort, and I say to myself that this has the uplifting qualities similar if not the same to the first time I heard such classic bands like The Forsaken and At The Gates. Bitterness are certainly worthy of much more attention.
- The End
- Killing Mind
- Face The Lie
- Misanthropic Love
- Sleepless Dreams
- Psychotic Disorder
- The Final Declaration Of The End
- One Way Ride
- Forbidden Depression
- The Coursing
- No Life Inside
- Confused Justice
Label: http://www.guc-area.de
Reviewer: twansibon
Aug 7, 2012
Aug 7, 2012
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