Year : 2012
Style : Death Metal
Country : Netherlands
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 118 mb
Bio:
Sinister is a death metal band from Schiedam, the Netherlands, assembled in 1988, disassembled in 2003, and reassembled in 2005.They have released eleven albums, most recently The Post-Apocalyptic Servant in 2014.Sinister was formed in 1988 and signed up to Nuclear Blast Records in 1991. Nine albums, a live DVD and many live shows later, still very much alive and ready to kick Death Metal ass, here we are in 2011. Now with a brand new, five piece, line-up, containing constant factor Adrie Kloosterwaard and new members who have also won their Death Metal spurs.Debut CD 'Cross the Styx' was released in 1992 and stated Sinister’s intentions and capabilities in becoming an authoritative Death Metal act. During the following years, Sinister succeeded in setting Death Metal standards and in remaining popular, by releasing, amongst others:• Diabolical Summoning 1993 • Hate 1995 • Aggressive Measures 1998 • Creative Killings 2001 • Legacy of Ashes 2010. Future:Now 2011, the Dutch Death Metal band mates have burning craving to push themselves beyond what they have ever accomplished, both live and in the studio. Hope to see you on tour!!!!
Album:
Ladies and gentleman, first I wish for all of you to stand up, yeah right there in your seat and share applause of Adrie Kloosterwaard of the Dutch Death Metal veteran band of SINISTER. You probably why you have to get up and cheer, well it is pretty simple. Without Kloosterwaard’s will power and decisions, SINISTER would have succumbed to ashes. Well, this is probably not an enough reason because it is pretty general, so I will try again. Without Kloosterwaard’s patience and force of will, SINISTER would have been done for, singing a swan song and following the reaper to the shores of hell. After the band’s last album, “Legacy Of Hate”, the entire lineup, aside from Kloosterwaard went to find itself in another place, probably another band or existing project. A year afterwards, Kloosterwaard didn’t let slide south and recruited an entire new lineup that the only thing they had in common was that they came from a band called ABSURD UNIVERSE, also led Kloosterwaard, call it not by chance, I call great backup plan. Anyway, with this new lineup of SINISTER, “The Carnage Ending”was bred, also via Massacre Records. Life goes on but sadly to say that the quality didn’t.What made me a true fan of SINISTER was the fact that they are dedicated and consistent and it has been evident within their music. Along with the modernization of Death Metal music, which made it into something rather scarce and even too close to modern Hardcore, there have been these past oriented bands to set the record straight for old school Death Metal. SINISTER, along with being one of the veterans, also can be considered as giants of Death Metal in general, and in Europe in particular, has been releasing album after album sharing their appreciation to horror, occultism, unholy rituals and savagery. Their malignant approach knocked me down right on with my first listening sessions with “Cross The Styx” and my personal favorite, “Diabolical Summoning”. It didn’t sound like the band DEATH at all because the Dutch had their own personality when it comes to forging Death Metal, chunky, ruthless, low tuned, mellow and meaty. Last time I explored “Legacy Of Hate” and found it quite soothing, a continuance for a great work done. Nevertheless, as I was so please to receive their new offering of “The Carnage Ending”, I was rather disappointed in the end as the song remained the same without anything else to add.It is hard for me to say this but “The Carnage Ending” is just another title, one more signal of this great band, nothing special, no changes, always charging on and on relentlessly, oppressing the believers against their gods and feasting their flesh. Some might raise an eyebrow and would think that I am not too consistent myself as SINISTER’s musical uniformity has been the reason for my admiration, yet this is not the case. Even with the fact that “The Carnage Ending”yielded under “Legacy Of Hate” while barely reaching its level, I still admire SINISTER’s tendencies. However, the bottom line shows that everything depends on whether they hit or miss, wrote adequate music or just repeated themselves endlessly. Regretfully, this time the latter triumphed. Surly that I had the chance to taste more of this band’s malevolent riffing, defying grinding and blast beat menaces, the all so powerful grunting vocals and morbid lead guitar sections, when available of course, but I couldn’t help noticing how monotonic in general their material sounds. Kloosterwaard assembled a great crew and I am sure that ABSURD UNIVERSE have been following at least a bit of SINISTER’s direction, however there is still work to be done. Even the chosen covers, except “Dethroned Emperor” of the CELTIC FROST fame, sounded too much in the same vein of their own material, or is it the other way around.Tracks that did bring me sweet blooded memories of the old were “The Carnage Ending”, “Transylvania (City Of The Damned)“blasting like a deathly Thrash song with powerful chorus, “Defamatory Content” and “The Final Destroyer”, where the demon barfed meat right in my direction. As for the covers,“Dethroned Emperor” was a special moment where SINISTER tribute a Doom Metal track with finesse. Furthermore, I liked the album’s production as it preserved the same old sound pattern of the band that has been their powerhouse flavour for years. “The Carnage Ending” might be one of SINISTER’s weak career points, but it still showed me that with the power of will you can do anything.
Line Up:
Adrie Kloosterwaard- Vocals
Dennis Hartog- Guitars
Batiaan Brussaard- Guitars
Mathijs Brussaard- Bass
Toep Duin- Drums
Tracklist:
01. Gates of Bloodshed (Intro) 01:22 instrumental
02. Unheavenly Domain 03:26
03. Transylvania (City of the Damned) 05:12
04. My Casual Enemy 05:01
05. Crown of Thorns 05:17
06. The Carnage Ending 05:26
07. Oath of Rebirth 04:06
08. Regarding the Imagery 03:41
09. Blood Ecstacy 04:33
10. Defamatory Content 04:41
11. Final Destroyer 05:22
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