Band: Haeresiarchs Of Dis
Title: Denuntiatus Cinis
Label: Moribund Records
Distribution: Moribund Records
Release date: October 12th 2010          
Review: CD

Damn, what a nice surprise! Denuntiatus Cinis, Haeresiarchs Of Dis’ Moribund-debut, does please me unexpectedly, so therefore: hurray!
All right, enough joy – now it’s time for reality, obscure, anti-human (and therefore also very hurray’ish) and grim realism in its ugliest sense…
What strikes me is the overwhelming approach of Emperor-influenced geniality with an own interpretation of well-considered primitivism. As from the very first assault on, the Emperor-credits are observable, yet Haeresiarchs Of Dis add their specific, and marvellous, character onto each single hymn. And they do it with a nice portion of semi-dissonant variation, however without lacking coherence.
After the sec intro Entry, Intent The Proem breathes an explosive In The Nightside Eclipse-majesty, mingled with some industrialised riffs (think Satyricon, yet without the Post-Black completion), as well as Nordic-styled ones (cf. Burzum, Darkthrone), many alterations in tempo and melody, an old school guitar solo, a few harmony chants and a rather orchestral sound. Anyway, a wonderful track to open Denuntiatus Cinis with.
And this positive (more specific: I’m usurped all right) first impression isn’t just a lucky shot. The Respite is a somewhat Oriental acoustic tune; next track, Intent Canticle, goes on in the vein of Intent The Proem: fast, grim, freezing and grand Nordic-styled Black Metal with lots of structural and tempo- changes, addition from different angles, a superb production / sound and a fabulous, oppressing atmosphere. Intent The Augury, Median Existere, Ad Baculum and so on, all of them are majestic epics of hate, fury and rage, all of them colossal monuments in the very same superior vein.
A few other songs that differ are Bemoan The Fallen, an acoustic Folk-hymn with an approach that reminds me to the British Isles, Nine Days They Fell, a calm neo-classical piece that comes with a divine spirit, Intent Concupiscence, a minimalist industrial excerpt, and the instrumental song Intent The Succedaneum. Also final seal, Exeunt, is a non-Metal outro-sample.
Total duration of this timeless cacophonous opus: sixty seven (67!) minutes.

93/100

Ivan Tibos.