Doomenicus from Italy just sent their new CD called "Sacred" to my door step and it is a fine example of traditional mixed with funeral doom.This album has been a long time coming and you can tell that a lot of thought and effort has gone into producing this full length album.The opener is "Cold Embrace" which gets the ball rolling in a traditional doom vibe complete with Ozzy sounding vocals.This track features a great bass line combined with some crawling guitar work and its a fine way to open a album but i feel the best is yet to come.Track number two is "You Are Nothing" and the band really hits their stride with more angry intense sounding vocal work and more mid tempo riffing.This is actually a real catchy track with some groove and melody.One thing this band does really well is give off the feeling of sadness and despair,this track is a good example of that.Track 3 and my favorite song from the album is Remember November.Somewhat of a epic at 9 minutes this song has some menace to it,love the way the track builds to some beautiful but haunting guitar work.
Next one is the title track and its even longer this time,not many bands can produce really epic slabs of doom and keep it interesting but here Doomenicus pulled it off with ease.It has a bit more of a Saint Vitus feel than the others and yet keeps the bands sense of melody and structure.She Haunts You is another great track which opens with a killer riff,i wish they had have keep this riff going a bit longer but cant complain too much because this rules.Once again melody is the key here combined with some awesome guitar chugging.Final cut is Mercy And Forgiveness with a fitting epic to close the album.They are not what you could called original but fans of Candlemass,Saint Vitus and Sabbath will find something here that will get them hooked.The production is excellent and packaging is very high quality.
Special mention must go to the vocals and lyrics,this band is a Christian Doom Metal band but for the most part you would not really noticed because they deliver the messages with so much conviction.This album should push Doomenicus to the forefront of the Italian Doom Metal scene,i have to highly praise this one.9.5/10.....
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