Dawn Of Demise - Hate Takes Its Form
Review By : Mindsaver
Added : 20/02/'08
Views : 474
Score
  80 %
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Label : Deepsend Records
Genre : Death Metal
Tracks : 10
Playtime : 44:43
Release : 20-09-2007
Dawn Of Demise is a Danish death metal band that I already knew from their 2006 demo ...And Blood Will Flow. The three tracks on that disc as well as seven new ones were now (re-)recorded for what is their debut full-length: Hate Takes Its Form.

This album was recorded in a small studio in their hometown, but mixed and mastered by no one else then Jacob Hansen (Aborted, Hatesphere, Yyrkoon). His skills caused Dawn Of Demise an almost overproduced record on which all of the instruments are damn good audible. During all tracks featured on Hate Takes Its Form we are treated on a (un)healthy dose of accurate riffing, good solo’s, heavy triggered pedal-work and speedy drumrolls, not to mention Scott’s brutal death growls.

All ingredients for a great death metal record where I can hardly reprimand anything on about. The titletrack features guest vocals from ex-Hatesphere frontman Jacob Bredahl while Koldborn’s vocalist Lars Bjørn-Hansen gave act to presence on ‘Domestic Slaughter’. Koldborn is by the way a good comparison as a band from the same country, while Dawn Of Demise’ sound also tends to the NY-death metal style that is played by bands such as Suffocation, Internal Bleeding and Inveracity.

The only reason to advice against checking this disc out is because of its production, if you like your death metal raw and unpolished you should stick to their demo. For any other death metal fan I can surely recommend this band’s excellent debut record!

Line Up:
Scott Jensen - Vocals
Martin Sørensen - Guitar
Bjørn Jensen - Bass
Kim Jensen - Drums

Track Listing:
01. Hate Takes Its Form
02. ...And Blood Will Flow
03. Degrading The Worthless
04. Within The Flesh
05. Intent To Kill
06. Impurity
07. Beyond Murder
08. Malice - Kill To Conform
09. Domestic Slaughter
10. Regain Our Masochist


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21-02-2008 13:28 - Neurotic
Thanks for this very clarifying review! I have read divers reviews and at first I thought that this would be something I might like, but reading this review and the comparisons you make this is definitely not my cup of tea!
21-02-2008 22:14 - Mindsaver
Do you prefer old school DM, or rather no DM at all? ;p

22-02-2008 08:45 - Sledgehammer Messiah
Almost overproduced? so it is just over the edge, but not too bad?
22-02-2008 13:29 - Neurotic
It depends, normally I don´t like the US death variant. Too complex and more aiming on speed and technique then on writing good songs. I like melodic death (though this has sometimes nothing to do with death metal), grooving death metal (read Obituary, Six Feet Under or Daath) or some old school Swedish death (like Grave or Unleashed, though both in small doses).
22-02-2008 16:36 - Mindsaver
people who criticise the nowadays well produced metal sound won't like DOD, but I guess you and me will. just check it out Sledge

and Neurotic, you might like Facebreaker then (just like 100 other bands)

22-02-2008 20:00 - Neurotic
Mindsaver, I checked Dawn of Demise and Facebreaker on Myspace. I have to say both doesn't appeal to my liking....Though I indeed find Facebreaker better to digest than Dawn of Demise....