Redemption (Redemption - Divine Empire)

Member Name: Frankingsteins

Product:	Redemption - Divine Empire
Date:	27/06/08 (30 review reads)
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Advantages: The best elements of death metal.

Disadvantages: All taken from other bands.

Formed by departed members of Malevolent Creation, Divine Empire is a death metal band intent on taking the genre to its extremes as well as back to the basics. In these comparatively short musical outbursts, emphasis is placed on speed, aggression and power, with a strong thrash undercurrent keeping it viable for old-school death metal fans.

The speed and intensity are comparable to brutal death metal, especially with Derek Roddy's pummelling drums, but the music occasionally slows down to avoid such direct categorisation, most evident in the more drawn-out style of 'Witness to Terror' and 'Induced Expulsion.' 'Pray for Deliverance' is the longest song at over five minutes, and feels comparatively epic next to the others, but none of the songs try to hammer home a point. It's all about simplistic enjoyment, from heavy sections to damn cool guitar solos, taking the best of the genre without adding anything of its own.

1. The Awakening (Intro)
2. Hidden Hatred
3. Out for Blood
4. Witness to Terror
5. Redemption
6. Silent Carnage
7. Induced Expulsion
8. Born of Sin
9. Criminal Instinct
10. Draped in Black
11. Pray for Deliverance

Summary: Divine Empire's first album (1998).