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DEATH HEAVEN
TECHNO DECOMPOSITION WORLD
Schio-Vicenza, Italy
2005
Review By: TerrörgåsM Nekrøfvkk




Line-up:
Andrea Petucco- vocals,guitar
Matteo Gresele - guitar
Matteo "BRN" Bernardelle - bass
Baital - drums

Track Listing:
01. Intro - The Fusion Between A.I. And Humanity
02. Techno Decomposition World
03. Nuclear Death
04. The Cannibal of Milwakee
05. In The Name Of God
06. Shadows In Darkness
07. Sunday Of War
08. Faith In Nothing

This first full-length demo from Italy's Death Heaven is an enrapturing trip into a decaying and sinister realm of sin, horror and destruction, otherwise known as the 'Techno Decomposition World'... and it's hard to keep from being completely overwhelmed by the intense and heavily-textured brutality throughout the nearly hour-long journey. Eerie futuristic orchestral synths and mechanical noises alongside what sounds like air-raid sirens lead into a quick jolt of blasting drums and reeling guitar riffs, a nice intro to the chaos of the title track, which features excellent raspy, screamed vox as well as killer guttural spewing, both courtesy of Andrea Petucco, who also handles guitars. Lots of great talent here, including bassist 'BRN', whose standout jazzy moments and gut-churning rhythms really compliment this. The drumming is the only part that markedly needs improvement, I mean, Baital is definitely competant and keeps up the pace but there should be more fills to accentuate what's going on here... the ending part of "Shadows In Darkness" is where the neglect really stands out but otherwise it is not a bad performance. Also this is the first effort so hopefully touring and further rehearsal will bring more of a "gel" to this.
The flow of the album is really dark and consistently pulverizing, with some sick keyboard pieces adding to the atmosphere, like on "The Cannibal of Milwakee", which has some great tortured screams, making me think this guy must have scabs all over his throat, and then towards the end there's some crazy classical acoustic guitar, then back to the electric again, Petucco and Gresele teading solos back and forth (which happens alot on each song, a treat for headbangers rabid for old school guitar-driven metal) and then right before it closes out, Andrea rips out a couple more long excruciatingly nasty screeeeeaaaaaammmmmmms, which make your face red just listening to 'em.

There are elements of Black Metal here, with the dark melodies and raspy vocals, and also the afforementioned classical acoustic moments, and '...Justice For All'-era Metallica soloing, though with much more substance than anything Hammet ever produced. The final track "Faith in Nothing" is a suitably nihilistic and violent closer to this, with pulsing rhythms and neck-breaking guitar leads, as well as the duelling high-low vocal attack, eventually seguing into a reprise of the dismal n creepy sound effects, with ominous hissing whispers and distorted backmasked growls daring you to venture into these realms again... You really should...

For more on this band:
Death Heaven Official Site
and
Myspace

RATE: 98/100