Devastation - Signs of Life
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Artist: DevastationEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1989-10-02
Music Label: Relativity
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Free Music Review: Pseudo Slayer Speed Death
Hit: 4 Stars
Although nowhere as "focused" as Devastation were on their 3rd and final 1991 album "Idolatry" ... some extremely brutal and catchy parts exude forth on the 1989 album "Signs Of Life".
The very catchy beginning of the track "Desolation" riffs on endlessly until the song turns into a race for the end. Slayer's "Haunting The Chapel" is revisited at he beginning of "Manic Depressive" ... the "far" guitar mixed with the in your face guitar.
Singer Rodney Dunsmore does his best at his speaking/shouting "singing" style (thank God for a lyric sheet). Mid-period Dark Angel springs to mind ... with the faster than the speed of light vocals.
"Tomorrow We Die" again brings forth the Slayer-esque two guitar tandem.
Though one may assume Devastation is a "Satanic" band ~ judging by the heaviness of their sound - the opposite is true - I believe Devastation has considered themself an "Anti-Satan" band. Let's examine a song.
Tomorrow We Die
A time will come, all eyes shall see
The coming of foretold prophecies
To eliminate all future pain
Horror is the price you pay
Realistic terror through the days
Evil minds bring evil ways
War after war of man and beast
Darkness prevails
As death's unleashed
Tribulation, cast in fire
Enter the ritual, of life's desire
Revelation laid to rest
Accept the wisdom, unholy test
Wear the mark, evil sign
Symbol of a darkened mind
Suicide or salvation
Blackened heart brings deception
Confusion - am I living or dying
Searching - for my fate left beyond
Survivor of a hell on earth
Descending, I'm waiting to burn
Judgement's been passed
This day is the last
Fire from the heavens
The ultimate task
The beast shall rise out of the sea
Bringing forth words of blasphemy
Separation of powers
Of both by the law
Foretold by prophets in visions they saw
Out of the earth the second shall rise
Unsightly miracle
Death shines in his eyes
Tomorrow we die
Feel the fire burn deep inside
No escape - no reprise
Tomorrow we die
Hypocrisy, the chosen few
Words of wisdom coming true
Abomination, once left to die
Millennium twice passed by
Supremacy, the final wrath
Clear the bloodstains from the past
Countless bodies, piles of dead
Mystery now looms ahead
A time will come, all eyes shall see
The coming of foretold prophecies
To eliminate all future pain
Horror is the price you pay
Realistic terror through the days
Evil minds bring evil ways
War after war of man and beast
Darkness prevails
As death's unleashed
Tomorrow we die
Feel the fire burn deep inside
No escape - no reprise
Tomorrow we die
I believe Devastation is aware of the Grand Law Of Karma. Evil deeds will be punished. We clearly see this in songs like "Souls Of Sacrifice":
You worship Satan
Prepare to die
Eternally black
Souls of Sacrifice
You worship Satan
Prepare to die
Eternally black souls of sacrifice
Walk through the gate into flames of hell
and you see that God prevails
Now back to the music. Track 5 brings us "Retribution" .. Rodney and company are reaching Cryptic Slaughter level of grind metal here!
Well, "Signs Of Life" is a definite improvement over 1987's "Violent Termination" (although that was a "unique" album) .. But consider "Signs Of Life" a precursor to the masterful "Idolatry".
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