Initially at least Belzebuth’s second offering is a big departure from the original Xasthur influenced demo. The sound has been boosted, overblown in fact. Tempo is up, guitars played harder and vocals sound less distorted. Drums, presumed live-not programmed, are cavernous and the toms test the limits of the recordings equipment.
The second track slows to the more familiar dragged-out pace, but the atmosphere is different, darker, to the first demo due largely to the opener. It’s a dreary track that ends where it begins, leads nowhere and lacks much variation.
Side B is an ambient piece. Swellings levels of noise and some hidden vocals. As a standalone track it works, but it would have been good to hear the integration with music tracks which worked pretty well on the debut.
This second demo is marked most by the opening track and it’s shift in atmosphere. Still unremarkable material, but it will be interesting to see which approach is favoured -if either- and how a thick, but clear production works.
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