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Band: Vermin Dutch formation Vermin was founded almost eight years ago, yet Define: Divine isn’t but the second full length album. The former one, A Nihilistic Swarm, was one of the best releases from Holland in 2006, so I did really look forward to hear this second studio release. Expectations fulfilled and satisfied! Define: Divine equals the high level of the debut! Like that former album, this one stands for a rather progressive and modern form of Death Metal, yet not of the fingerspitzengefühl-kind, yet the harsh one. The quintet (original members Ron Vermunt-g and Pascal Payens-d, with Laurens Oerlemans-v, Wolf Josten-g, and Rob de Waardt-b) combines extreme and grinding low-tuned old school Death Metal in the vein of, let’s say, Disavowed, Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse, Severe Torture and Cryptopsy, with technical and modernistic elements à la The Dillinger Escape Plan, Cephalic Carnage, Meshuggah or Converge. Two remarks however: some parts completely lack of having an own face and that’s sad, and there’s less variation than on the debut. Yet again some pieces are just superb (especially the slower ones) – sometimes the band even exceeds its own craftsmanship??? Duration: thirty eight minutes. 75/100 Ivan Tibos. |