Behemoth hails from Poland, home to bands such as Decapitated, Vader, Dies Irae and Graveland. Their latest work Demigod, has
been officially released in Europe, but the rest of us are yet to see it on the shelves.

The opening track ‘Sculpting the Throne ov Seth’ begins with an acoustic silence breaker fading from the background, drawing
nearer to the listener. A thick slow riff begins over the top with crashing symbols and eventually some heavy blast beats. 
Vocals begin to bombard the user in a very full chesty manner with the thick harmonizing riffing and thundering drumming 
holding a speedy tempo. The song to me is purely introductory, highlighted by the suggesting tempo and imposing delivery of 
vocals.

‘Demigod’ the title track subtly announces itself with an awakening trumpeting which is reminiscent of the works of Bathory.
Frantic drumming and a melodic mildly paced riff begin, harmonizing with influences of death, folk and black metal combining. 
As the riff pace picks up and eventually changes pattern, pinch harmonics are used to abruptly end the grooving riffs and 
accentuate the vocals. This song is top notch and won’t disappoint.

The album is a hybrid-blackened death metal. It is far from the generic rubbish that is often produced today, which is a 
good thing, but at the same time isn’t ground breaking. Lyrically, I won’t comment too much, as I dare not interpret them in
such a public forum; however I will say there are strong themes of self-ambition, awakening spirit and instinctive strong, 
fighting mentality.

My favourite song is ‘Towards Babylon’. This song is intensity and beauty meshed into a little over 3 minutes of proclamation
and musical mastery. Thick, apocalyptic riffing, mixed with short melodic guitar overlays captivate the listener amidst the 
unleashing of fury that Negral commands. The song as I said, is a standout track; it really fucking slays and is probably the
best way to sum up the album in one song.

‘Conquer All’ seems to have a familiar ring to it as well … the melody to the song is so familiar but I can’t quite place my
finger on what it is, and haven’t been able to figure it out for a good 2 months now.

One other thing I was actually able to stumble upon were a few comments by Negral about the song ‘Xul’. Xul comes from 
Sumerian and means evil. Spelt backwards however, Lux is actually Latin for ‘light’. This reminds of the movie Seven, where 
there is significant reference to good vs evil, darkness and light and so forth. I thought it was an interesting concept in
a blackened death album, and the fact that it is consistent with the theme for the rest of the album is great.

This album will appeal to obviously Behemoth fans (the later works), Vader, Zyklon and Vital Remains fans.

Done well, far from mediocre, but nothing I`m to fall in love with yet. Although, as I type this, I`m digging the last track.