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Release Date: 2012
Label: Self Released
Genre: Death, Technical
1. Spirit Of Birth
2. Birth
3. Solitude
5. One Day
6. D Day
7. Eightfold Path
8. Opposition
9. The Fall
10. Death
11. Horror
12. Sidestep
13. Run Away

Review by Allan on April 7, 2002.

Out there in that underground death metal world, Pessimist has been around since 1989. It’s still quite obvious why the band is underground, even today. “Slaughtering The Faithful” is pretty much an all out brutal death metal storm of monotony. There isn’t even once minute of material here that can be considered innovative or new. Honestly, if I want a record that is sick and brutal, and that the songs all sound the same, ill stick with Krisiun.

Pessimist play that brutal death metal we all know too well. They do it with not so decent musicianship, but really it’s not that bad. If in over ten years they couldn’t get it right, I don’t think there is much hope for these guys. “Slaughtering The Faithful” moves its way through nine tracks of music that sounds exactly the same. First off, the drumming does absolutely nothing to help the album. He can play fast, sure, but I don’t think he even understands the concept of variation. For him, it is a constant race to play as fast as possible. The guitarist plays riffs that are somewhat technical, but there isn’t anything on this album to be amazed by. If I heard a great riff on here, I would have to listen to the entire album again to find it because I wouldn’t even know what song it was on. I suggest the guitarist learns to do a bit of experimenting on the guitar and to get off the idea of making riffs that are extremely heavy. Thankfully, the band did one thing right. The vocalist is fairly low in the mix. There is nothing special about his vocals though. They are growled exclusively, and he does nothing to stand out from the rest of the vocalists in the scene. Lastly, I don’t really know what to say about the bassist. He’s lost in the mix of boring wall of noise created by the rest of his band members. The band has absolutely nothing going for them on this album.

The funniest thing about the band besides their music is that they are one of those bands that are stuck on the idea of being “brutal” and “evil”. With creative song titles such as ‘Baptized in Blasphemy’ and ‘Resurrected Torment’, one can only guess where the band went wrong. The album cover shows demons in the depths of what can only be perceived as hell. Oh, I’m scared.

Bottom Line: Being a big fan of death metal, I was quite disappointed by this band. If I want the same repetitive song reconstructed nine times on a CD, I’ll find one of the much better bands out there to listen too. “Slaughtering The Faithful” is an utterly pointless record that serves best as a coaster. Severely not recommended.

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship: 4
Atmosphere: 2
Originality: 1
Production: 4
Overall: 3

Rating: 2.8 of 10

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Review by Maciek on March 12, 2013.

I've read comparisons to Death and Cynic in few reviews for this album. I would probably add some Pestilence between "Testimony Of The Ancients" and "Spheres". So these are the basic similarities which first come to mind.

The growling is a little lower than in all those mentioned and sometimes you can hear harmonies similar to Behemoth when it comes to mixing growling with clean vocals, done quite well. All tracks here are compositions quite complex, mixing many styles and melody lines. Thanks to musical skills of guitarists and bassist you can also hear many calmer passages which definitely remind of Death, especially last album. Guitarists use even the same guitar effect during some of their solos, but there is a solid amount of harmonies used in Cynic. It seems France is quite good place to produce bands which like to experiment (I'm still waiting for Symbyosis to wake up from hiatus, Misanthrope is also good example). And because of the mixture of various tempos and musical styles this is not the album to be fully heard for the first time. I just realized that quite similar effort was made by Polish band Sceptic, so if anyone likes this kind of metal mash, this is a position I would strongly recommend. Is this album lacking anything? Bearing in mind that it's the band's first full album this is definitely a successful attempt to record such complicated material. And I guess if you have so many ideas for riffs and compositions, the choice to choose the right ones and melt them together in one album is a hell of a challenge. I would personally prefer to hear more catchy passages and some riffs were just screaming to me "we are the perfect background for an awesome solo!!!", but the solo was not there. And definitely musicians need more courage in using some elements which are used just once or appear for a tiny amount of time as if the band wasn't sure if it sounds good.

Piano in 'Everywhere Of Nowhere'? Yes, perfect choice. Keyboards in 'One Day'? Awesome. But leaves an unsatisfied hunger. It's like eating just one Twix or watching "Flash Forward". But I definitely look forward to their next album and hope there will be more.

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship: 10
Atmosphere: 9
Production: 10
Originality: 8
Overall: 8

Rating: 9 out of 10

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