Necrophagia - The Divine Art of Torture CD Review

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2003-07-28 : Anonymous Coward
swear this is an ultimate masterpiece! A fucking masterpiece, I should add! It was damn worthy to wait 5 bloody long years to listen to this ghastly performance that has never been recorded before by anyone. Masters
of horror gore metal, or however we dare to call them, proved that they are indeed unparalleled. As a huge fan of Sigh, I have no doubts that also Mirai 's parts make the album so phenomenal. His keyboards, howling once in a while, could and should be a musical ornament to the greatest horror movies ever made. But what the hell am I talking about anyway? Everything on this album sounds awesome! The music is so strong that the oldest ghosts go out from the deepest depths to dance with the dead. Everything what's disgusting and putrid crawls to play a vicious game listening to Divine Art of Torture. There's no room for human beings here, it must have been created by inhuman creatures, and only inhuman creatures can listen to it, too. Necrophagia is a peerless band that do not care about others. But they can definitely do that, ignore the whole shit around, because "The Divine Art of Torture" is
an absolute art which makes the one who writes this review kneeling with submission.

Marcin Hilarowicz a.k.a. Herr Hil of 7 Gates Mega-Sin
2003-06-23 : Patrick
METAL OBSERVER NO RATING

The kings of gore and zombie are back, and unless you're the pope, there's no reason to complain about it! "Cannibal Holocaust", their precedent attack, was beginning to rot in your CD-cellar, and you wanted to feel the delight of pus once again, while headbanging and having a good laugh? That's going to be possible with "The Divine Art Of Torture" (what a program…), an album on which NECROPHAGIA are equal to themselves.
The guitars, and more generally the whole technical aspect is still very basic, but there's quite a feeling, and most of all the unimitable voice of Killjoy who carries out everything, and without whom NECROPHAGIA would certainly be less interesting. We can also note that Iscariah (ex-IMMORTAL) has joined the happy troop, and that at the same time, Phil Anselmo left it…

The themes evoked here are still the same, AKA B-serial gore and all the stuff that goes along. And why tell
more about it? Whether you know them and know what to expect, or you don't know them and miss something. And even if there aren't such brilliant tracks as "Cannibal Holocaust", this is gorely recommended! (Online March 4, 2003)
THOMAS
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2003-06-23 : Patrick
BRAVE WORDS & BLOODY KNUCKLES (BW&BK) 9/10

I will just say that there is no way the previous Necrophagia line up (which featured non other than Phil Anselmo) could have conjured up what killjoy and his new tchorts have unleashed with the official follow up to Necrophagia's 1998 comeback effort Holocausto de la Morte". And this was already noticeable when Killjoy played me demos with the new line-up, Sure in between Holocausto there have been a slew of EP’s, reissues, singles and mini albums, but it was worth the time and wait, for Killjoy to regroup, re-think and reassemble an impeccable line-up. Gone are the New-Orleans influenced sludge meets Celtic Frost riffs and in comes a heaving power. Guitarist Frediablo(Gorelord, Wurdulak, Deride) and Fug(Wurdulak) churn out some of the sickest, chunkiest, and meatiest riffs this side of extreme metal/ New bass player Iscariah(ex Immortal) adds his part with sinister bass rumblings, along with new drummer Titta (Daemonia, DGM) who seems to be set on crushing bones and removing skin. Probably the most notable augmentation would have to be the addition of Mirai (Sigh)on keyboards, who adds a new face of unheard horror and of course Killjoy's multi-faceted shrieks of terror which plunge the listener straight to hell. The entire album is pretty much impeccable and this easily proves that Necrophagia is a band to which no one can even compare
Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles
9/10
2003-06-23 : Patrick
KERRANG 5/5

Horror metal pioneers return with a blood-drenched masterpiece Despite being the first band ever to release a death metal album (1987's 'Season Of The Dead'), it wasn't until Necrophagia's mid-90s, Phil Anselmo-
inspired resurrection that this most seminal of extreme metal bands began to receive the credit they deserve. The Pantera frontman has now departed, but with Gorelord's Frediablo, ex-Immortal bassist Iscariah and Sigh mastermind Mirai on board, this latest incarnation of the band is clearly the strongest yet. This is blasphemous horror metal of the highest order, with all the creepy atmospherics, obscure snippets of movie dialogue and crushing, mid-paced riffage that any gorefiend could desire. With magnificent artwork, gloriously twisted lyrics and the perennially demonic vocals of frontman Killjoy, this is a truly phenomenal slice of underground extremity.
Kerrang 5/5
2003-06-17 : jgray
Best Album Of 2003
2003-03-23 : mailman : Link
i liked it
2003-03-06 : ysothoth : Link
This album is garbage.