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Weave the Apocalypse

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I won't mince words here for as you can see from the other reviews, this album doesn't mess around. It goes for the throat and takes no hostages. Sure it's over 10 years old, but it has aged like a fine wine. The production is very solid, perhaps a bit rough around the edges, but all in all tough as nails and clear like glass. These guys come from Denmark but play a unique brand of heavy metal. It's definitely not death metal, nor is it thrash, but it does have its moments of the latter. It groves like Pantera, has Jazz interludes a la Atheist, is technical like Death, and hits as hard as Morbid Angel. It is really a shame that this album is so difficult to find because it deserves to be recognized with any of the best, be it Carcass, At The Gates, Morbid Angel, etc. If you should happen upon this little piece of magic when you're out hounding the used bins, PICK THIS UP. The rad Dan Seagrave art will give it away.

This is Progressive Death/Thrash that is one of the better Metal albums of the '90's! With some stupendous riffs, it's slow and heavy musically with tough shouts, almost hardcore vocals. Buy this, as I did for 60 bucks, it's worth every penny!

I guess this would be considered "groove" thrash than traditional speed/mosh/bay area/german thrash. Its kinda in a class of its own. Vocals remind me of Machine Head/Pantera but musically its original. Ultra technical and aggressive this is mid-paced thrash that will satisfy any thrash head. These guys know their instruments and music theory very well. I'd even say hints of Meshugga as well (ie - crazy rhythms). Hard to find CD but worth the extra dough to obtain. Very rare. This was one of the most underated bands of 1993 that's for sure. They should have gotten better promotion but what can ya do.

I have been a Metal Head for 25 + years & a Metal DJ for seven. I have heard them all and this is by far one of the best recordings ever produced. The technical musicianship is awesome. Words fail me every time I listen to this album. If you listen to Metal and you don't own this. Then you are an idiot.

I'm not sure what exactly to define this album as, because Invocator doesn't sound like any other band. There's a few moments where they sound kind of like Morbid Angel (the triplet riff in "From My Skull It Rains" sounds like it inspired MA's "Nothing But Fear), Pestilence (the lead break in "Desert Sands" could have been played by Patrick Mameli, circa "Malleus Maleficarum") or even Cannibal Corpse, but this is far from death metal. The vocals are sort of shouted, but very clear and not deathly. The riffs are really cool; they weave around each other and pull the listener into the songs, as the drummer, Per M. Jensen hammers out really strong beats. In fact, the drumming is some of the best that I've ever heard, probably due to the fact that Per is fond of jazz drumming. Overall, the music is very catchy, very heavy, sometimes technical (but not too much), but always fascinating. This is definatly better than their third album, "Dying to Live," which goes more in the direction of groovy thrash. The only other band that I can think of like Invocator is Sacrosanct (featuring ex-Pestilence guitarist Randy Meinhard), who were also an obscure thrash band with some killer weird riffs, and were also overlooked...

One of the finest metal albums ever coming out of Europe. Takes the speed and ever changing riffs from Slayer and mix it with the extreme techical level from Deaths "Individual Thought Patterns". All tracks are great, but at least you should check out "Through the nether to the sun" and "Desert sands", these guys can play!

And by the way, they are NOT dutch but danish, PLEASE!

This is without a doubt the most underrated band and perhaps the finest techno-thrash/power metal album ever released. Invocator are a refreshing blend of bone-crushing heaviness with intricacy in the riffing department. This is the Dutch foursome's second release and their best ever. Superb production compliment the tremedous songwriting and aggressive approach the band take. No thrash/power metal collection is complete without "Weave The Apocalypse". You will NOT be dissappointed!