Negation, The - Decapitated

The negation is the second album I am reviewing by Decapitated. It is their 3rd studio album and was released in 2004. This album is very different to organic hallucinosis, their most recent album, and follows a much more set pattern. The genre of this music is technical death metal.

Background of band

Decapitated are from Poland. The current members are:
Vocals: Covan
Guitars: Vogg
Bass: martin
...vocals on this album sound very different to organic hallucinosis. This is because the former vocalist, Sauron, was on this album.

The band is well known for being almost virtuosic on their instruments and playing ‘real death metal’, something they term as being more technical and extreme.

Song by song review:

1. "The Fury" – 4:26

This song starts with a 20 second delay before ... more

The negation is the second album I am reviewing by Decapitated. It is their 3rd studio album and was released in 2004. This album is very different to organic hallucinosis, their most recent album, and follows a much more set pattern. The genre of this music is technical death metal.

Background of band

Decapitated are from Poland. The current members are:
Vocals: Covan
Guitars: Vogg
Bass: martin
Drums: Vitek

You will notice the vocals on this album sound very different to organic hallucinosis. This is because the former vocalist, Sauron, was on this album.

The band is well known for being almost virtuosic on their instruments and playing ‘real death metal’, something they term as being more technical and extreme.

Song by song review:

1. "The Fury" – 4:26

This song starts with a 20 second delay before suddenly the guitars hit in with a huge riff. The drums are flat out blast beats. This is an excellent start to the album and really gets you nodding along. It gets quite repetitive towards the end but you have to admire the brilliance of the drums here. 9/10

2. "Three-Dimensional Defect" – 3:57

This song starts with some more excellent drumming skills on show, before going into the verse with some nice riffs. Some nice little sweep picked solos in between parts of the song. Not as good as the previous song but still very good. 8/10

3. "Lying and Weak" – 3:25

This song is similar to the fury in that it is an all out thrash assault, with some really good riffs and more blast beats. These first few songs are starting the album out in brutal style. Some more good solo parts here on guitars. 9/10

4. "Sensual Sickness" – 4:05

The whole speed is taken down a few notches here for this next song, which still has the drummer doing double pedals. A song for die hard death metal fans, of which I am not, but still a fairly good song with bits that really pick up nicely, but the overall verse riff is a bit dull. 7/10

5. "The Calling" (instrumental) – 1:17

This is just a short interlude of the guitars making strange noises, with a bit of drumming in the background. It is quite an intriguing interlude and fits in nicely to the next song. 5/10

6. "The Negation" – 5:04

The album’s title track is a bit disappointing. I was expecting this to be the best song here but it is a bit slow and dull for my liking. There are again some nice little hints of solos but overall not an interesting song. 6/10

7. "Long-Desired Dementia" – 3:21

My favourite song on the album due to its introduction. A brutal opening riff coupled with blast beat drums sounds brilliant. Another big thrash song to go with the opening few. 9/10

8. "The Empty Throne" – 4:41

Another die hard death metal song. It’s interesting to see this album have both extreme ends of the genre inside, with one end the fast thrash and at the other end the slowed down heavy part. This sits somewhere in between with it not being slow but not being fast either. Some good riffs and more excellent drumming. 7/10

9. "Lunatic of God's Creation" (Deicide cover) – 2:34

This song being a cover of a band I don’t like, I was expecting this to be a poor song. But decapitated have really done this song some justice. Bit of a disappointing close to the album seeing as there is such a mixture of songs on offer, but this is another thrash song with break downs. Look to Decapitated’s own songs for better song writing, they did not need to do a cover. 7/10

Overall rating:

This album has been produced on a much smaller budget it would seem compared to their most recent album, as the production quality is no match for their new album. Beyond that, the songs available here are not as well rounded and tend to either be all out thrash or typical death metal, with no middle ground. As well as this, the all out thrash songs are really good, but the death metal ones are not.

I’d give this album an 8/10 for its great songs that it does have, even though with better production quality and one or two better songs, this could easily be a 9 or 10.

Also be aware that the old singer, Sauron, is a typical death metal growler with a really deep sounding voice that may spoil it for certain listeners.

This album is for fans of:

People who like any sort of death metal will love this, as well as fans of such bands as Necrophagist, Cannibal Corpse and Slayer, will all have something to enjoy.

Best songs:
The fury
Long desired dementia
Lying and weak

Worst songs:
The negation
The calling 

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