Review by JD on August 23, 2010.

Czechoslovakian Metal is usually blatantly brutal in its delivery, maliciously sadistic in it’s messages and comes across completely unrelenting in every aspect you can get. That was why Six Degrees Of Separation caught my attention right from the first note. This is not Death Metal... it as heavy as any Death Metal, yet is more than that.

Musically smooth yet still being profoundly heavy at the same time... Six Degrees Of Separation comes across as being artists that have made an astounding framework that ends up delivering some very staggeringly impressive metal. Old school metal melts fits perfectly into some shifting Nu-metal that is painted with a Power Metal vibe which seems to fuel the whole thing. When all of these varying style become well blended together, the results is a ‘wow’ factor moment that is off the charts.

Slamming through eleven extremely well crafted metallic masterpieces that are on the CD, Six Degrees Of Separation maintains a remarkable grasp of making some of the most unforgettable melodies while still taking your head off with each and every slashing and biting guitar line. Each part of the band works together as one, each member contributing to the sound which shows that point outright.

Six Degrees Of Separation have released one of those albums that just may surprise even the most jaded of us headbangers. It is all there on one shiny little disk, power, heaviness, intelligence and just overall metallic to the maximum, what more can a self respecting metalhead possibly ask for?

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship:8.5
Atmosphere: 8.5
Production: 8.5
Originality: 8.5
Overall: 9

Rating: 8.6 out of 10

Review by Adam M on October 6, 2015.

Gorod performs a thrashy style of death metal. The song structures have a degree of dissonance to them. This allows for a unique breath of fresh air to the death metal genre. Gorod has a lot of quickness in their riffs which could be reminiscent of an album like Rust in Peace by Megadeth. This alone can be seen from the track Celestial Nature which features the same rapid fire speed riffing that said album contains.

Thankfully the song-writing present on the album is fairly tight and makes everything gel into the right place. One might think this technical metal approach has an over-indulgence attached to it, but right after a couple of tracks one gets comfortable with the band’s approach. And it is one that fits nicely into the progressive death metal genre despite the thrash references. The music here is abrasive, but it seems the speed win out over this aspect. However, since the song-writing is good, things never get out of control. Instead, we’re left with a furious death metal release. Instrumentally, the guitar work rivals the best that the genre has to offer. However, I don’t think the album has enough of a distinguishing characteristic to quite make it a classic. This album has such a high quality that it’s easy to overlook the lack of an innovative stance. The riffing and song structures are so interesting that even though the band doesn’t do anything new, they always remain compelling. Production is very good, but could be improved upon. The riffs could use a little more punch to them, considering how much impact is made by how blistering they are.

Still, this adds another tantalizing death metal offering to this year’s lineup. Those looking for fast, thrashy death metal with a technical edge should look no further than A Maze of Recycled Creeds.

Rating: 8 out of 10