Murder [Import]

Gehenna (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 31, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Moonfog
• ASIN: B00004XN1G
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,520 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Murder

2. Worthy Exit

3. Devout Dementia

4. The Crucified One

5. Perfect Hate

6. To The Grave

7. Trail Of Blood

8. Master Satan

9. The Dead

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fast Death Metal w/ Blastbeats Galore!, March 5, 2003

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Azrael (Lake Forest, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Murder (Audio CD)

For those of you who are tired of death metal bands that try to put a lot of melody into their music and seem to have forsaken the idea of just making a truly devastating work with blastbeats galore, look no further than this album by Gehenna. Clocking in at only just over the 31 minute mark, this album is short but oh so good. This band is actually reminiscent of The Forsaken, only an extremely stripped down version. You won't find the kind of melodies and guitar wanks here that you would find on any albums by The Forsaken. This is simply straight-up fast as hell death metal, rivaling even Myrkskog's "Superior Massacre" in simplicity and speed. The vocals are also a bit different in that they leave behind the typical gutteral growl for an approach that sounds more like Marco Aro off of The Haunted's "...Made Me Do It" album.

As for highlights on this album, the entire disc is great. My favorite song is probably "Devout Dementia", but every song on here is more than worthy of praise. The guitar work is also pretty good. I picked this album up after having it recommended to me by one of the shopkeepers at the local underground metal store where I pretty much buy all my stuff exclusively, and I'm glad I followed his advice.

Downsides of the album would have to be how the vocals are pushed really far into the back of the mix, so you have to play it REALLY loud to hear the vocals clearly (maybe this was done on purpose?), and also the fact that, yes, the album is only about a half hour. It could stand to be at least a little longer. The bass guitar also lacks presence. I like putting this on as background music when playing video games. It makes the experience a little more intense.

Anyway, this is a good album for what is it is: a short but oh so sweet death metal experience at hyper-speed. The blasts on this album are amazing, but not necessarily something you haven't heard before. Still, I highly recommend this album.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Damn Good, August 1, 2007

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Matt D. Eckert (Coeur D' Alene) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Murder (Audio CD)

Gehenna are not as well known as some of their Norwegian counterparts. Murder is more of a thrash album than WW and some of their earlier stuff. It has some really killer songs on it though. The Crucified One is a seriously great song with a punishing riff that will make you go whoahhh! The recording is kind of funky though. I don't know if the recording level was set too low when it was mastered but I have to crank it way up to hear it decently. It is worth buying for sure but It is not a fave when it comes to what Norway puts out. Taake's "Doedskvad" and Bjoergvin" will make you drop this c.d. in a heartbeat. It's good but not significantlly great.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A strong effort with professional violence, December 26, 2001

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death metal and black metal "death metal and ... (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Murder (Audio CD)

Careerists Gehenna decided to take one further twist in their strange history and to release a mostly death metal album infused with the sonorous and engaging melodies of previous works in shorter form. Stripped down and then re-interpreted to add complexity, songs are less impact-oriented than maintainers of a consistently disturbed atmosphere. Especially relevant to fans of Belphegor's first album.