Dew-Scented - Intermination

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#FOR FANS OF: Death/Thrash

This some intense material! I'd say that this one is more "thrash oriented" than "death oriented" but definitely a mixture of the two. Being the outro album from the band, they sure wrapped it up with the clincher. It's the best one that I've heard from them or riffing oriented it is! I admire their unique style to approaching songs. They seem to have their "own" sound to this past releases as well but I believe this is one of more aggressive ones to their discography. I enjoyed it from start to finish. You have to give them credit for being a part of the metal community with a certain wit to their songs. At least scoring two genres into one.

I did notice the fact that every album of theirs starts with an "I". Not sure why they did this but it is rather unique. Everything about this album and band is unique. I believe that this one again is their strongest to date. They did it all right on here. Such aggression! The vocals go well with the guitars. Everything seemed to fit well into each song. I liked all the songs on here. They sure as hell blew my eardrums away! More thrash as I said than death oriented metal. I think that they really did want to go out with a "bang" here. Whatever the reason, it's a great album!

Music was well orchestrated, production quality quite well done and mixing was top notch. They seem to lure you in with a quiet intro which segues into brutality. This one literally is LOUD. The riffs are the best things on here though everything fit in with the compositions. I believe that this band was truly unique. They wanted to do something that no one else has done before. Of course, showing their influences like Slayer for example it's relevant that this band was fueled with fire! They molded their influences into their own sound. Really good musicianship here. I don't have anything bad to say about the band or album.

I went ahead and bought this CD even though I think it may be on YouTube or Spotify. I like to collect CD's and this one I wanted to have for my own collection. I would say continue to support the music community and get it too, but not everyone nowadays is eager to collect CD's anymore. If it wasn't for a friend, I wouldn't have known about this band. She was quite appalled to hear that they broke up. As was I when I saw their status. I can still appreciate this release musically a masterpiece. They were a really good band with a decent track record this one again being my favorite. Check it out! (Death8699)

(Metal Blade - 2015)
Score: 75

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Dew-Scented - Issue VI

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#PER CHI AMA: Death/Thrash, Slayer

'Issue VI' è stato il sesto lavoro ufficiale per la band teutonica, esponente di punta dell'ondata di death/thrash band provenienti dalla Germania a inizio anni 2000. Attivi dal 1992, i Dew-Scented uscirono nel 2005 con questo album scavezzacollo, un disco prepotente, prodotto egregiamente da Andy Classen (Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Disbelief). Da sempre la band palesa il proprio amore smisurato per 'Reign in Blood' degli Slayer e così, mixando il death a elementi thrash metal, granitici riffoni ed aperture melodiche, il quartetto tedesco ha così partorito questo lavoro. Album che, come sempre, mostra un’ottima tecnica individuale (secondo me, è spaventoso il lavoro dietro le pelli di Uwe Werning). I dodici pezzi (46 minuti) sono ideali per una serata in compagnia, all'insegna del pogo più massacrante. Il cd non dà tregua: ritmiche incalzanti, un mosh continuo a sfiancarci e poi assoli taglienti in puro stile Slayer, sebbene vi siano anche reminiscenze di scuola Over Kill. L’unica cosa che stento a soffrire dell'act della Bassa Sassonia, è la voce di Leif Jensen, troppo alta per essere gutturale, e troppo rauca per essere pulita, pertanto quello che ne viene fuori è alla fine un ibrido poco convincente. 'Issue VI' è il tipico album da headbanging, super tirato, adrenalinico, che lì per lì è anche piacevole, ma che alla fine può risultare anche abbastanza monotono, a causa della ripetitività del proprio sound. D’altro canto 'Reign in Blood', in 29 minuti se l'è cavata con una certa classe. (Francesco Scarci)

(Nuclear Blast - 2005)
Voto: 65

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