Search - Gehenna :: Murder

A strong effort with professional violence

death metal and black metal | Austin, TX | 12/26/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"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."

Pretty Damn Good

Matt D. Eckert | Coeur D' Alene | 08/01/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"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."