Review Summary: One of Centinex's finest moemnts.
Centinex is one of the most underappreciated death metal bands from Sweden. They've been producing consistent content since 1990 and have made considerable progress since then. Decadence - Prophecies of Cosmic Chaos, compared to their previous releases, is their most technical album and it's the album where they use their melodic aspects to the full.
The album kicks off with
Arrival Of The Spectrum Obscure. It's one of the fastest tracks of the record and it incorporates most the musical themes explored in the rest of the album but to a lesser extent. It's possible to find elements like growling backing vocals that would later be featured
Mechanical Future in greater depth.
While the ideas on each track are different, the album's motif is a future overruled by fear. It's mostly present on the tracks
Mechanical Future,
New World Odyssey and
Cold Deep Supremacy , where it takes the spotlight. It's execution is a bit overdone, making some tracks feel cheesy because of the lyrics.
My main gripe with this record is the drumming, on most tracks it's plain and I feel like it could've been a lot more. It shines on
Target: Dimension XII and
Misanthropic Darkzone where it does a great job at leading the rhythm and helps create the album's ever present opressive atmosphere.
Recommended Tracks:
Arrival Of The Spectrum Obscure
Target: Dimension XII
Mechanical Future
