No, no, no!!!!! This is NOT a praise and worship album. I really don't like this title because it doesn't appeal to me and I think it doesn't appeal to people who are into the music on this sampler either. When I received the parcel containing this CD, my eyes fell first on the cover of the record. I thought it was a techno/trance CD I had received! Oh man, this is bad marketing. If you look at the cover you see a computer designed picture like you might expect on a CD of Hydro or a Plastiq Musiq Produqt. That's not the kind of music here and let me tell you then what's more in our line. This is a sampler with five bands, each supplying two songs. Tefilla brings technical deathmetal with one song from their awesome Grievous Anguish album and a song that should have been on that album: Scenes Beyond The Grave. It gives you a good idea of this talented band with music affiliated to Decision D. Sculpture is a deathmetal band with two remixes of songs from their Spiritual Matrix album. It's a good band but the production could have been better. The sound is still not fat enough. The third band, Salutary, has two new songs which are way better than their demo-CD Violated Holiness. The production is good and the songs are very well done. This is good thrashcore. All bands on this sampler are Dutch except the fourth: Jacks Of All Trades (Finland). Their two songs come from the EP Give Way. Music-wise it sounds like the latest Deuteronomium but the vocal style is more the rap-style. The fifth band, Salida, is hardcore and though they have songs that are well-structured, the quality is not so good. This is just demo stuff. They bring a funky hardcore in the first song. Overall, this CD is a nice introduction to the Dutch scene.....and a Finnish band. The presentation should have been better.
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HM Magazine #82Reviewed by David M. PoggeAnd amen! Here are five neck - breaking bands from the man made land of the Netherlands wanting to rock you silly. We've got some metalcore, some rapcore and even some straight ahead heavy metal. While not every band on here would make it to my top ten list, this is still a solid release that's sure to bring a smile to the faces of Metalheads everywhere. (Editor's note: after the review of this…
