Zos Kia Cultus - Behemoth

Behemoth's evolution from black- to death metal band is complete by the time of this sixth release, meaning that anyone who enjoyed the band for its original style will find no familiarity here whatsoever. So while this is a bit of a disappointment for me, I can't deny that 'Zos Kia Cultus' (aka 'Here and Beyond') is a faultless example of brutal death metal, with the volume and intensity to blow the listener's brains out. If that's all you ask from an album, it doesn't come any finer. Fortunately for the rest of us, there are enough interesting musical touches to keep this from being an overly repetitive display of how hard and fast Inferno can beat his kit. By which I ...  Read the complete review