The Lodge @ Dissimulation's Prakeikimas Review

Dissimulation
Prakeikimas

Prakeikimas is another attempt at combining the aged Thrash Metal vibe with Black Metal's adamant approach; and, to my surprise, it succeeds quite well. Generally, let's just say that if it were to be compared with other widely held, though exceedingly substandard releases, it'd score effortlessly (even if hindrances were to be spotted along the way).

Starting with a heroic intro that easily takes you back to an old Bernstein soundtrack, the first track more-or-less sets the pace to the primeval savagery and grim vocal attitude that are both featured on archetypal eighties and early nineties gems. Oddly enough, the drums even remind of Horgh's former work in Immortal (back in the days of At the Heart of Winter) together with Ventor's drum licks on Pleasure to Kill. Vocals are usually in the vein of those within several Black Metal albums from Germany and Norway (Skjellum's "softer" screaming isn't a bad comparison here) and are available in Lithuanian dialect (but given the fact that they're on "screaming" mode, it's quite beside the point). The overall guitar noise is predominantly akin to the barren and heartless racket on which most of today's extreme Metal is based upon - but the again, I believe this won't place a big quandary to the guys in Dissimulation, as I trust this was deliberately decided on post-production (or so it seems).
Parting judgments: stick your heads for an analogical sound next time (as these type of blasts will forever entail unforgiving approaches in the end) and mind the bridges between tempos (as I've gathered quite a few in detriment on occasion).

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