The Ordher "Weaponize"

Tracklist: 01. Weaponize 02. You've Become My Enemy 03. The Poison 04. Rise 05. Won't Stand Behind The Line 06. These Hatred Deeds... 07. Father 08. Shot 09. Through the Walls 10. When The Storm Arrives 11. Blessed Be All Wars Release: 2007 Genre: Death Metal URL: www.theordher.com Label: www.uniqueleader.com

When two kings of Brazilian blasting brutality are about to ally with each other one is easily able to divine that they are not specializing on shit like Emo-Rock. From the ashes of the genius but unfortunately underrated Death metal bands Rebaelliun and Neppasth anew dangerous threat for the peace-loving population is arising. On "Weaponize" the proverbial war is dominating because on The Ordher one is following the same bloody blast beat brutality path in the vein of band like Krisiun that has been smoothed already in the past with the previous bands. Yeah even the cover artwork and the lyrics on this album are about weapons and mankind's best friend called war. Musically seen there is beneath the Brazilian Krisiun also a big influence of Morbid Angel shining through which one can notice especially in the slower parts. Yes you didn't read wrong then in opposite to the previous bands slower parts are also used by The Ordher and they are more appreciating on varied song structures. So one is able to find also one or two sluggish songs like for example "Father" on the debut album called "Weaponize". This troop is also not afraid of using some melodic guitar solo parts and that's why this album is not only limiting on the Brutal Death Metal fan fraction. The guitars are as well offering a nice Thrash Metal touch, but overall this album is definitely an extreme Death Metal album. When these guys are starting their blast attacks, the make Krisiun look like some old grandpas who are trying to win a race against a Ferrari with their walker. Particularly remarkably is also the fact that the double bass from drummer Mauricio is non-stop blasting similarly like we know it from the Death Metal legend Morbid Angel. Talking about the vocals in The Ordher one will very fast know how they sound if one knows the band Nephasth as both bands are sharing the same singer. There are no ultra guttural vocals done here but only powerful death growls in the vein of Morbid Angel. "Weaponize" is showing us the whole spectrum of Brazilian Death Metal going from high-speed Death Metal tracks like the great opener "Weaponize" or "Shot" to old school styled headbanger tracks like for example "Father". However the greatest thing on this album is the fact that their repertoire of killer riffs, great drum fills and guitar solo parts doesn't stop during the whole runtime. If one combines the best elements from Rebaelliun, Nephasth and also Krisiun, add some Morbid Angel and also Sepultura Thrash into this mix the final result will then be a great album like "Weaponize". Even the sound production has been done very well; heavy and also powerful like it should be done for this kind of music. Especially the drum sound owns as it doesn't sound artificially but is still smashing. On this album almost everything has been done right; the music is bursting with energy and goes straight forward, the sound production simply kicks ass and the runtime of over 40 minutes is fantastic. The only point which I don't like at all is the cover artwork, but besides that everything is all right. On this CD the music performed by this trio really owns high potential and the standard of up-to-date Unique Leader Records releases is easily held. Simply great!

Rating: 89 % | from Gore | Date: 26.03.08 | Time: 23:25	shut down