Illdisposed
With the Lost Souls on Our Side

Lucky thirteen? With all the lost souls on their side, danish masters of death metal Illdisposed are set to offer us brilliance, or are they? Having charted for the last few albums in their native Denmark it seems as though the path for glory is once again laid out of this Danish band. This is their thirteenth album since the debut back in 1993, it is once again released on Massacre Records and it once again features a Subwoofer. I guess Subwoofer is danish for vocalist, I have liked this quintet before but they have been somewhat lacking that little extra to really produce that exciting album. Can they impress more this time?

Stylewise they have always been interesting combining melodies with brute force. Lots of heaviness, lots of power interacts with melodies and vocals that are very raw and growly, kind of like a subwoofer one could say. The tracks offer depth, they offer power, they offer brute force, technical death metal elements, they blend styles in a way no other band I have heard does. They don’t deviate much but they do sound unmistakeable, and this album offers all of that on ten tracks, a dozen tracks if you get the digipak version. 52 minutes with bonus tracks and mid-forties without, decent length and an album that works for the entire time. The production is brilliant, modern, melodic and yet it is powerful. A quality production just like all their recent work.

As I alluded to before, on the two previous albums I have reviewed these guys have been lacking something. This time they do not lack that, this time they blend all their exciting elements into one working creation. This is definitely a very solid production, a strong album with great tracks and maybe the best one that I have heard by this band. There isn’t really anything to complain about with it, nothing at all. Although, the vocals of this band can take some getting used to. But there is so much depth in the music that it will last you a very long time.

Sixth track A Dreaded Pursuer is the best of the album in my opinion, but it has competition from the other tracks. Such a memorable mosaic of technical, melodic and powerful death metal combining melodies and brute force in an album that inspire, impress and gives enjoyment. An album that should have something for everyone, it is apparently good to recruit all the lost souls to your side as this album is great.

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