Band: Icon Of Evil (PL) Genre: Death Metal Label: PRC Music Albumtitle: Syfilis Mentalis Duration: 49:42 Releasedate: 27.05.2014 Already through the intro, the Polish of Icon Of Evil make obvious that they dedicated themselves fully to the Death Metal of the old school. Starting off by ravens croaking and a siren, it increases into a short instrumental, which slowly reminds through inserts of double-bass and dissonant riffs of the rolling Death Metal, how he's celebrated by Bolt Thrower. The first song "Wood Of The Cross" also reminds of the quicker Bolt Thrower's tracks. "We Come In Peace" bribes mainly through its rolling riffing and shows that seemingly also bands such as Asphyx and Hail Of Bullets served as influences for the band. Within the middle section it's getting faster and Blastbeats are also called into action, which provides the song further diversity. "Clog Your Mouths" bribes especially with its slow gloomy ending. During the process of the album, the band doesn't leave its path for a second, whereby we're already at the weak point of the album. In the long run the album gets monotonous. All in all the the album is held in the midtempo, here and there it's getting slighty blasted or it's getting somewhat doomy as in the style of Asphyx. However, that's not groundbreaking and basically you've already heard everything somewhere else. The vocals are also very usual for the genre. Growled parts alternate with screaming, which reminds lightly of the old Deicide. The production is also very designed for oldschool and reminds me of productions such as "Death... The Brutal Way" by Asphyx or "Of Frost And War" by Hail Of Bullets. Conclusion: "Syflis Mentalis" definetly became a solid piece of death metal of the old school. However, more than good entertainment shouldn't be expected, as the album won't be beared in mind for very long because of the fact that everything that's served is already known from somewhere else. Rating: 6,5 / 10 Weblink: https://www.facebook.com/ICON.OF.EVIL.StenchMetal Lineup: Mokry - Vocal Jesus - Guitar Kamil - Guitar Folgin - Bass Grzelo - Drums Metal Only e.V. Wolfgang Steiner Hohenstaufenstr. 56 D-73779 Deizisau [email protected] www.metal-only.de Tracklist: 01. Intro 02. Wood Of The Cross 03. We Come In Peace 04. Clog Your Mouths 05. I Was Born I Will Die 06. Syfilis Mentalis 07. I Will Survive 08. Crisis = Profit 09. P.M.C (Private Military Contractors) 10. Same Old Same Old 11. War = Corporation = Business Author: Thrash Maniac 666 / Translation: Sereisa Metal Only e.V. Wolfgang Steiner Hohenstaufenstr. 56 D-73779 Deizisau [email protected] www.metal-only.de .