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Date: 2017-05-17 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Napalm Records ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ After two and a half decades of existence, most █ █ bands gradually begin to let up and start slowing █ █ things down a bit; the tours become less frequent, █ █ the albums get a comfortable feel to them. But █ █ then again, HATE isnÆt like most bands. Embarking █ █ on relentless and incessant tours over the past █ █ few years, this Polish Death Metal machine has █ █ somehow found the time and energy to release their █ █ tenth full-length album, ôTremendumö, which shows █ █ that the band are about as far from letting up as █ █ it gets. █ █ █ █ Starting off with militant drumming, ôAsuric █ █ Dreamö sees beautiful melodies melt into a █ █ madness-tinged sound before bursting into a █ █ malignant maelstrom of an aural onslaught. Tight █ █ and skillful guitar licks compliment the darker █ █ undertows, giving the album a furious opener of a █ █ song. ôIndestructible Pillarö is somewhat █ █ ironically named; the band certainly give it their █ █ all, delivering their most destructive assault, █ █ seemingly with enough blast beats to launch a █ █ shuttle at least into lower orbit. In contrast to █ █ this, ôSvarog's Mountainö has a slower feel to it, █ █ but despite this the song retains all of its █ █ venomous furry, delivering an unstoppable wall of █ █ sound. This slower pace is carried over to █ █ ôNuminosumö, which has a wonderful swaying melody █ █ to it, that ebbs and flows its way through the █ █ song, adding variation not only to the song █ █ itself, but also to the album as a whole. At the █ █ pinnacle of the album we have ôFidelis ad Mortemö, █ █ which returns to the more frantic and vicious █ █ style. But apart from some really excellent guitar █ █ work, this song is not as captivating as for █ █ instance its successor ôInto Burning Gehennaö, █ █ which sees HATE burst back into the fray, going █ █ straight for the jugular. The roiling textures █ █ combined with machine gun like spitfire drumming █ █ makes this song really irresistible, and I can █ █ only imagine how killer it will be live. ôSea of █ █ Rubbleö on the other hand takes the pace down a █ █ notch again, allowing a more desolate and █ █ despairing tone to come to the fore. In the █ █ penultimate spot, ôGhostforceö again charges █ █ headfirst into the front-lines, redolent with █ █ searing guitar sections. This leads up to the █ █ equally powerful closer ôWalk Through Fireö, which █ █ encapsulates an unquenchable raw hunger for more. █ █ Here, a triumphant melody combined with spiteful █ █ and hostile spat Polish vocals add just the right █ █ air of defiance, ending the album off on ravaging █ █ note. █ █ █ █ Whilst their punishing touring schedule over the █ █ last few years has garnered the band a broader █ █ fanbase, I feel that the band doesnÆt get quite as █ █ much attention as they deserve. Everything about █ █ this album screams defiance and ferocity, with a █ █ clear production that allows each note to ooze its █ █ venom. Not to beat a dead donkey with this █ █ comparison, but itÆs hard to talk about HATE █ █ without drawing similarities between them and █ █ their fellow countrymen BEHEMOTH and VADER; all █ █ three have that same powerful sound, unstoppable █ █ riffage, rapid gun-fire drumming style, an █ █ affinity for songs written using the Egyptian █ █ scale, and those unmistakable compelling and █ █ annihilating vocals. However, it would be █ █ completely wrong to reduce HATE to a such a mere █ █ comparison; their music has its very own ferocious █ █ and savage sound which set them apart, and █ █ ôTremendumö is surely a crowning jewel in their █ █ discography. Definitely worth checking out! █ █ █ █ http://www.hate-metal.com/ █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Asuric Being 5:46 ░ ░ 2. Indestructible Pillar 4:21 ░ ░ 3. Svarog's Mountain 5:05 ░ ░ 4. Numinosum 5:39 ░ ░ 5. Fidelis ad Mortem 4:55 ░ ░ 6. Into Burning Gehenna 4:24 ░ ░ 7. Sea of Rubble 4:25 ░ ░ 8. Ghostforce 3:57 ░ ░ 9. Walk Through Fire 6:21 ░ ░ 10. 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