| CD REVIEW Insidious Disease |
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Band: Insidious Disease Our website’s chief only received the promotional edition of Insidious Disease’s Shadowcast very recently, even though it got released about three months ago. But…because this album is a recording that just needs to be heard, I need to write a review on it anyway. I feel sort of obliged, you see… The history of this international band (or is it just a project?) goes back to the end of 2004, Norway. Silenoz (g), known from e.g. Dimmu Borgir, Nocturnal Breed or Malefic, and Old Man’s Child’s Jardar (g), teamed up with one of USA’s best known drummers, Tony Laureano (Nile, Naphobia, Malevolent Creation, Angelcorpse and many more). Not long after, bass player Shane Embury (Meathook Seed, Brujeria, Venomous Concept, Napalm Death, Unseen Terror etc) joined the horde. The search for a singer wasn’t that easy, but finally German throat demon Marc Grewe of Morgoth-fame (he did the vocals for Comecon too for a while, as well as Action Jackson and Power Of Expression, if I’m not mistaken) appeared… …evolving into an unstoppable force called Insidious Disease. Shadowcast, the long-waited-for debut album, has duration of 36:18 minutes (bonus tracks not included) and it has nothing to do with the blackish roots both Norwegian spirits are known for. In return, Insidious Disease bring rhythmic, groovy and violent Death Metal, based on the old school (both the European and American one have clearly been of influence), and interspersed with lots of modern elements, like technical hooks and a hammering noise, yet without sounding too progressive or too over-produced. What strikes me the most –it (almost) makes me emotional– is the fact that all of the members are experienced (and how!) and, at the same time, all of them act the best way they can in this project. I wouldn’t expect something else, but realising this might be one of the best things all band members have ever done before, well, that makes me almost forget my misanthropic predilection. And it could not have been that easy to record this album, because of the ‘importance’ of each individual member within the international Extreme Metal scene; yet in regard to this data, Insidious Disease seems to act as a real band, as a band that exists for hundreds of years in meantime, thanks to the excellent interaction and splendid inner co-operation. Oh yes, there’s a limited edition, including two bonus tracks, among which a cover, Death’s Leprosy. 81/100 Ivan Tibos. |