Azarath - In Extremis (EN)

Just like the fire brigade, the guys of Azarath release their sixth studio album in a storm and there is no sign of fatigue.

The Poles, which have been active for almost 20 years among the first founding member Inferno, spray a lot of energy and play with the anger and power of the instruments. While the texts of earlier works were held rather simple, today's content extends more clearly over the themes chaos, philosophy and the anticosmic concept. The content of these contents, however, has always remained harsh.

In general, Azarath have a lot of spirit in their songs and you can feel that very well. On the one hand, you cannot help but think of the landsmen Behemoth, which is due to the fact that Inferno is working not only with Azarath but also on the drums of Behemoth since 1997.

The parts of Death and Black Metal are relatively well balanced in "In Extremis", but they are sometimes almost in a brutal and technical area. This, of course, causes a lot of diversity on the album.

But despite all the hardness and speed, which is presented over long distances, the songs simply do not fill 100% for me. They really bang well and you also realize that this is not really worked without love, but for me the songs do not remain in my mind. "Let My Blood Become His Flesh" for example, shows how extremely well the musicians do their jobs as well as work together. And yet, when the song is over, I cannot remember the filigree solo, which just adorned the song. This may be my own disability or maybe not, but it is a pity.

Conclusion:
This turned out to be a very good album, whose biggest drawback is the hardness. What works with many productions, takes this album the chance to be perceived as impressive unicum. The comparison with Behemoth is not correctin my opinion, because the focus is still on the force of the music here, thus this leads to the fact that in the fine tuning a few percents are missing in order to really deliver a masterpiece.

Rating: 7,5/10

Recommendation: At The Gates Of Understanding, Into The Nameless Night