Fame within the music scene has led people to be able to give birth projects that would have otherwise been unachievable. Owing to the helping hand of technology Fredric Lecrerq’s brain child Sinsaenum began to take shape. Aiming to mirror the likes of a soundtrack each song is followed by an instrumental suite. Enlisting the help of some world class players the band had finally created their new opus Echoes of The Tortured but does it fall into the nameless supergroups of late.
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- Materialization
- Splendor And Agony
- Excummunicare
- Inverted Cross
- March
- Army Of Chaos
- Redemption
- Dead Souls
- Lullaby
- Final Curse
- Condemned To Suffer
- Ritual
- Sacrifice
- Damnation
- The Forgotten One
- Torment
- Anfang des Albtraumes
- Mist
- Echoes of The Tortured
- Emptiness
- Gods Of Hell
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[length]62:00[/length]
[record_label]Century Media Records[/record_label]
[release_date]July 29th 2016[/release_date]
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A super group of unlikely candidates, the DNA of Sinsaenum is a compound of Fredric Leclerq know for his bass contributions to Dragonforce, Slipknot’s own hero Joey Jordison and some other familiar faces the foundation is laid firm for a deadly first strike. Wanting to create somewhat of a theatre of Horror, an interesting idea sees each track introduced with an atmospheric introduction. “Inverted Cross” the only blasphemous track on the record works much like classic Morbid Angel in the vein of Old School Death Metal, dive bombs are welcome, squealing solos are openly invited but it’s the band’s midsections that truly get the fire going.
With the rhythmic machine that is Jordison the man can keep a beat remaining firmly in comfort zones on the likes of “Army Of Chaos” a mid paced riffer but when the man goes full pelt and exhibits more experimentation for example on “Anfang Des Albtraumes” seeing blast beats come to fruition it shows a side somewhat dormant awaken. Created, like most bands on the pure joy of performing music together there isn’t an agenda here in Sinsaenum, meaning that the feel of the record although contrite is actually very natural.
Fredric LeClerque‘s guitar work nonetheless is impressive, despite holding the fort at bass camp in his other band here the man has free reign. Creating tight knit song structures that have been refined to ensure the band have indeed weeded out the weak. However as much of an interesting idea as the little introduction sections are it seems to somewhat break the album’s pace. From the all out assault of “Condemned To Suffer” featuring some Slayerific minor chords before we’re thrown to the lions. The anvil crash of “Sacrifice” rightfully conjures images of multidimensional armageddon coupled with the atmospheric whining creates a delightful deranged sound. Perhaps not creating the album of the year Sinsaenum have proven that eclectic mixes from the likes of Atilla Cshar to Fredric Lecerq, have birthed a pretty devastating debut, fans of Death Metal might check it out though not quite something that will engage everyone.
[verdict]Maybe[/verdict]
[why]If you are a fan of death metal and not deterred by the likes of many intro tracks potentially breaking up the album the Sinsaenum have done well.[/why]
