Nihility

Nihility on the first listen will tend to blow people away with its superb display of controlled technicality and song-writing cohesiveness. It's also excellent in how consistent it is: every single track is as inspired as the next, and there isn't a filler song to be found whatsoever. The band really targeted a certain perfection as a general motive for this album. Every riff brings a real dynamic to the tracks, the recording is flawless and the production surprisingly good for such a young band in a country not known for its metal recording studios (at least back in 2002).

The music is fluid and despite the thousands of notes being played in each song never comes across as overfilled or excessive. The riffs are seamless and feel like all the work is done by the band for the listener, as opposed to cases where the listener is doing much of the work as he has to go out of his way to grasp what the artists are trying to convey. The music is also jerky, with full instrumental stops consistently over the course of the album, and that syncopated aspect never gets in the way of the fluidity of the songs or the natural rhythmic momentum, and rather adds more edge and precision to the music. It also helps set up major grooves, or helps a riff gather more energy for its next repetition. The brilliant technicality is as engaging as the simpler 4/4 grooves and there just is no distinction in quality between the two. They complement each other smoothly and it feels like this album has been put together by grown men who had done this for a while. Instead, surprisingly it was a couple of Polish youths who wrote it, and OK they weren't really 10 but they were very young men.

Production wise the album is surprisingly robust. The guitars have a thick, round tone to them that, along with their clinical precision could bring to mind guitar tones from industrial metal. Some samples (intro to the album, or on later tracks) also contribute to the slight industrial tint on here. The power chords in particular sound like some of the chunkiest of that time. Please see: 'Nihility' verse riff after intro, or main riff to 'Babylon's Pride'. The intricate palm muted shredded riffs don't sound like indiscernible mud as might be expected given their astonishing cadence. They sound articulate, like all of the guitar playing on the record for that matter by the excellent Vogg. His leads and solos are as cleanly played, and judiciously produced. They have a nice lift to them as they hover over the rhythm guitars and their sheer shredding energy was well captured by the producer. The bass is rather inaudible and certainly doesn't have the presence it does on the later released 'Organic Hallucinosis'. The drums came out rather fantastic for the blast beats, of which there are liberal amounts of. They lock in the guitars perfectly in place and give them a powerful platform to operate on. The overheads are well audible and bring a scintillating quality and a little bit of color to the background arrangement. Otherwise the snares and the clicky kicks were given good presence as is required for this style of sharp, groovy/technical death metal. The vocals are adequate, at best. They're certainly generic, flat and monotonous, and have no aspect that could be considered distinguishable, but at the same time the guys were very young at the time so those vocals will do when the music is of that caliber anyways, but they can hardly be considered a highlight on the album.

My criticism towards this album is that despite its (quite honestly) brilliant musicality, the general feel of the album is quite two-dimensional, rather than fuller three-dimensional albums. It feels like it exists on a medium plane and lacks in depth and vision, which again, is obviously predictable for such youngsters. What I'm saying is it feels very neutral with its atmosphere where other simpler bands; much less impressive technically than this one; might instill a deeper sense of artistic vision and a more defined atmosphere and feel to the music. It's got that full body musically, but lacks in substance beyond the purely musical dimension. A good example here would be the "single", 'Spheres of madness', which title itself sounds immature and undefined in concept. It has fantastic fluidity and musicality to it, it is super fun to play on the guitar, but sounds surely more festive than dark. It's good fun, but may not be a track that'll stay with the listener as he ripens overtime, like a Morbid Angel track might. 'Nihility' does procure the minimum darkish atmosphere for a death metal album with that name, with for instance some of its more obscure harmonies, and it does supply flavor. But the major achievement on this record, and point of emphasis from the fans themselves has always been the technical proficiency on display. You couldn't expect more from barely legals, but those same guys go on to produce much riper albums subsequently and it needs to be said this record couldn't compete on the level of subversive, deep/dark energy as some of the veterans in the genre.

Decapitated's second album. A true beauty in the death metal genre. Its obvious they took a new turn in their music, but they made a great turn.

Talk about technicality and brutality! With the new direction the band has taken since their debut, they presented a new style they'd show throughout all of their future releases. On this record, they manage to keep everything structured and musically advanced while having everything brutal and heavier than before! It opens up with Perfect Dehumanization (The Answer?), and this track right here is probably the second best song off the album after Spheres Of Madness. Talk about the perfect album opener, the song blasts off with a 10/10 riff that has obviously been inspired by Morbid Angel, and machine gun drums to give it the backbone. Then the mighty Sauron growls his way into the song with his great vocals. "Rise! And look at your face!" the first lyric line off the first track of the album, that'll be sure to stick in your head once you hear it.

That's basically what you'd expect with the rest of the album, every song opens with a catchy, memorable riff with the perfect drum beat to go along with it. Its not repetitive though, the band manages to keep every song fresh and different. The musicality of the album his just perfect, great musicianship and song structures. All the songs are unique in their own way.

Now this I where I talk about the albums disadvantages. Mainly the drums; the kick drum to be exact. There isn't really an issue with the drums at all, but my god, when I first heard this album, I was disgusted by the kick drum. Sounded extremely triggered and very high-pitched and clicky. Ear-piercing kick drum right there. But since then, I've been listening to the album over and over making myself look past the awful sound of the kick, I got used to it and now I barley even focus on the noise of it. Basically what I'm saying is that when you hear this album for the first time, the kick drum will probably bother you for a little while, and if you keep listening to the album again and again, you'll soon look past that and love the album regardless.

The other "issue" which really isn't an issue but needs to be discussed are the vocals. Sauron. Sauron is a great vocalist for his then age, and in general. The ability of the vox on this track are great, no fails there. Its just the production and the dreadfullness of how he sounds on the album. Great vocal ability indeed, but they sound layered and slightly buried on here. Kind of like how you're kinda congested and you can talk, but your voice doesn't sound 100% great. Thats the best way I can describe the vocals on this album. Once again, good skill, but needs to be presented better.

Well to wrap it all up, this is a great and solid album with little fails. As I said before, if you're new to the album you'll most likely notice some flaws. But over time everything grows on you. Therefore being the reason being why I don't give this one a perfect score. Good album, but a grower for some people.


Personal Rating In The Band's Discography: The band's 3rd best album out of 7 total albums.
Best/Recommended Tracks: Spheres Of Madness, Perfect Dehumanization (The Answer?), Eternity Too Short.

For twelve years before this production was released, I can say that this album is maybe the best production of Poland's band Decapitated. Listening this album carefully, I realized that the riffs, vocals, blast beats and lyrical themes are pretty good here and all of Decapitated's members have done an excellent job here.

First of all, I think that the entire album has an excellent sound (taking into account mixing, production, and engineering) because in each song all the instruments and vocals are greatly recorded and you can hear each instrument easily and in perfect combination. Also, I think that the bass needs more volume because the guitars and drums are the instruments that you can hear more easily and I think that if the bass had more presence in the album, the sound would be more brutal and technical.

According to the music genre and style, Decapitated in this album explodes the ability of each member. For example, in the song 'Spheres of Madness' the drummer Vitek play this song so great and the double bass drum makes you do some 'fully inject' headbanging. Also in the song 'Eternity too Short', the guitar riffs and the drums' blast beats sound really powerful. The same thing happens in the song 'Nihility (The Antihuman Manifesto)' when the guitar riffs, the drums and the vocals are perfectly combined and sounds really brutal. Also, the vocalist Sauron has excellent pronunciation and a very skilled voice because they are harsh vocals, bringing an awesome, brutal style to the band.

Even the sound of this album is very good. I think that they should do a little more because when you listen the album, the songs can be a little bit monotone, but still have their great sound and style. Also, the lack of solos in the songs is maybe the most important thing because I can give a higher average to this production.

In conclusion, if you like metal fast, brutal, and technical, you must have this album. The sound, the riffs, and the powerful blast beats are really well-mixed here and the job done here is simply great. Nihility is a jewel of death metal and it's a production that you must have if you really like death and technical death metal.

Nihility was the second and final Decapitated album. Okay, that's a lie, but it was really the last to truly deliver on what I felt was so strong an aesthetic foundation, and even then the well of brilliant riffing had begun to dry. It would be a stretch to call this a 'disappointment', but it was certainly a step down from Winds of Creation, retaining only a handful of tracks that were created at that same level of quality, and seemingly watered down with some simpler chugging death metal architecture that would create a more accessible interface with their growing audience. Really, though, it comes down to a selection of riffs which are simply more banal or boring than the debut, and might have been written by anyone in the Polish scene. There were a lot more points at which my 'oohs and ahs' were replaced by 'that sounds like Vader, or Morbid Angel', or whatever, and I also felt like the production here was also a bit more arid and non-compelling.

Funny thing, though, is that I know a number of folks for whom this was the first, and remains the favorite Decapitated listening experience. These people are wrong, of course, but let them have their delusions! Nihility seems to pursue a more cosmic, philosophical side than its predecessor, which was already fairly serious in terms of its lyrical bent, but unfortunately the ideas on parade don't really take that progressive next step which would have integrated more melody or stranger song structures you might expect of a maturation effort. Instead, this is a mix of about a half-dozen of the brilliant guitar patterns off Winds of Creation with a slew of death/thrash tropes redolent of the bands I listed above. You still get that drop-of-a-dime sense of concussive stop/start precision, and Vogg can swerve off into a monstrously memorable passage that stands among the best he's ever written, but they're just not as consistent. There are 'filler' songs here, without a doubt, if not many of them, and rather than listen through the entire 35 minutes and find myself questioning my worth as a musician, I always seem to skip around to particular tunes. And even then, there is nothing quite on the level of a "Blessed", "Eye of Horus" or any of the other masterworks they produced at a younger age...though a few tunes come admittedly close.

Exceptions are "Spheres of Madness", which has an effortless punctuality to the chugging that becomes instantly recognizable once it breaks into that second, clinical muted riff. "Eternity Too Short" and "Nihility" itself also feature some of those dizzying feats of dexterity, but other tunes like "Names" and "Babylon's Pride" leave something to be desired and I could list a number of other post-Morbid Angel bands in the same scene (Behemoth, Hate) who also might have created something similar as they were eking out their own stylistic transitions. That's not to say Nihility is lazy or lacks some creative drive behind its blueprint, but having expected the band's sophomore to splatter my brains everywhere and perhaps arrive as one of the most frighteningly intelligent albums in its niche in many years, I was pretty bummed that it was at best more of the same and at worst evidence of the 'sophomore slump'. The production itself, while technically not bad, seems to work against the seismic wonders of the performance...louder drums and a less warm guitar tone give it less depth, and Sauron's vocals felt rather dry, dull and might have been contributed by just run of the mill guttural guru, though they use some panning and other techniques to blend them into the atmosphere.

Still, I don't wanna seem too 'down' on this one, because if I were to pick some random gore splatter tech death record off the shelf in this period, Nihility would have still proven superior. The band fires on most cylinders and retains its concise and exciting impressions at times when the material isn't at the particular standard I expected, and surely they don't embarrass themselves, or experiment with the djent or groove-like elements that populate their more recent recordings. I can't help but wonder if the successful buzzing of the debut kept them so occupied that they simply didn't have the time to let a number of these tunes fully gestate, but then that material had been around years prior to the Wicked World signing, so I doubt it. I should also note that, while remaining sort of lame, abstract and computer generated, the color scheme and imagery on this disc were more welcoming than on Winds of Creation; the lyrics are also on the same plane as the first effort, if occasionally hinging on philosophical gibberish. Ultimately, Nihility hovers below that horizontal border of greatness, and has not improved with age, but if I were to collect a 'career best' I might snap up 2-3 of these songs, remix them, tag them onto the tail of the debut and call it a day.

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“Nihility” is the sophomore release by Polish technical death metal band Decapitated. And on this album, they pretty much live up to the “technical” aspect. There are so many complex riffs and weird time changes going on, it kind of scrambles your brain and amazes you. But it’s not just the guitar riffs that impressed me: I’d say the star of the show is their late drummer, Vitek. I was amazed at how fast he could play on their album “Winds of Creation”, and he continues to live up to my expectations on this album. His drumming style mainly consists of blast beats and fast double bass with some drum fills here and there. He’s no Tim Yeung or Derek Roddy, but he was definitely one of the best drummers around. He will be missed.

The bass lines are completely inaudible if you ask me, so I’ll just forget about it. I am very impressed by Vogg’s guitar work here. It’s highly advanced and possibly ahead of its time. He’s that good. I also noticed that there are brief pauses between the instruments here and there, whether they are just a short pause that lasts only a fraction of a second, like in “Nihility (Anti-Human Manifesto)” or “Mother War”, or a noticeable half-second of time in between notes, like in “Perfect Dehumanisation (The Answer?)” or “Spheres of Madness”. I believe that these brief pauses allow the instruments to breathe and create their own brutal statement.

Speaking of brutality, I have to say this is not their most brutal offering. Probably because they focus too much on the riffs that they kind of forgot about the heaviness, which wasn’t a problem on their debut, “Winds of Creation”. Sauron’s vocals also sound a bit weaker on this album compared to the deep gutturals he had on their debut. Sure, it’s not the heaviest of Decapitated’s albums, but it’s a technical riff fest, so it’s not really important.

When it comes to the individual songs, I’d say the standouts would be “Nihility (Anti-Human Manifesto)”, “Mother War”, “Perfect Dehumansation (The Answer?)”, and the super-fast technical riff fest “Symmetry of Zero”. “Nihility” is probably the best song on the album. It’s got a great intro/main riff that’s actually quite catchy, and Vitek is once again doing a great job on drums. “Symmetry of Zero”, like I said above, is a super-fast technical riff fest, and when I say technical, I mean technical. I bet even the most advanced guitar players out there would have difficulty learning how to play the song. It’s that amazing, and surprisingly progressive for a two-and-a-half minute song. In my opinion, the weakest song on the album is, shockingly, “Spheres of Madness”. It’s a little too repetitive for my taste, and it’s much slower compared to the rest of the album, which is filled with many progressions in time change and both fast and highly advanced guitar riffs. But it’s still an awesome song.

Overall, this is a strong album and a must-have for any death metal fan.

Decapitated, in a very short period of time has become one of the most talked about metal bands today. The band shot to fame with their debut release, “Winds Of Creation”. With this album they have achieved a monumental leap in metal ranks, such that bands can only dream about and this monumental rise in success may be attributed to the fact that in not many bands, the average age to be around 18! The band features Sauron on vocals, Vogg on guitar, and Martin on bass and Vitek on drums.

Two years on things have changed, well except for the band line-up, which I hoped would have changed because the band was going nowhere with their previous effort and a fresh mind would have bought new ideas, or at least some ideas. But how much have the changed? Let’s find out.

Sauron has improved. His low, raspy growls are no more and they have been replaced with a harsher and throatier one. This suits the music much more since they are more aggressive and quite frankly, playing aggressive is all the band knows.

The massive improvement though is in the guitars department. It’s more technical and cuts through you. The relentless shred assault by Vogg is quite a surprise here compared to his damp performance in the band’s debut record. He has bought to his music, a lot of variation and so we can hear a lot of riffs throughout this LP. The riffs are more expansive and complex and he has come up with a lot of good ones this time in tracks like, “Perfect Dehumanization (The Answer?)” and “Spheres Of Madness”. There is a definite improvement in the quality of guitar solos too, though the quite solos are sparse as well as far and wide between each other.

As for the “mighty” Vitek, he has improved as well. Though he plays very fast through out the record, there are for a change mid-tempo sections too, something that was not seen in the debut of the band. He however still has the annoying tendency to try and hog on the limelight, though it may not be as powerful as in the debut release. His work on the double bass has improved and he has matured but still the same weakness that was in the debut album still haunts him. His drum fills are gutter worthy. They are horrendous and the perfect example can be seen on track 2, “Eternity Too Short”.

What can be said about Martin and his bass work? It’s just like he doesn’t exist or the band doesn’t bother to acknowledge his presence. His bass is always lost in the mix and is hardly audible. Whenever the bass can be heard it seems completely out of sync with the rest of the band and you realize that the non-existent bass phase was better off anyway.

The production however is a sort of thumbs up since the production is better and the instruments clearer, but just one thing the producer forgot along with the rest of the band. The bass. The song writing prowess though an improvement over last time still isn’t satisfactory and this the reason for the low score I decided to give this album. Yes, there is variance. Yes, there are lot of tempo changes and yes, the band has attempted to try out something new rather tan use the formula they used in the last record that gave them gargantuan amounts of success. But, ah yes, the but. The music is just forced together into a single piece most of the time for the majority of the tracks. The shifting between the fast-tempo and the mid paced tempo seems disjointed and always seem out of place thus maintaining not even a slight degree of fluidity. If this wasn’t bad enough, tracks like “Names” and “Symmetry Zero” add to the agony of the listener. An overdose of aggression backed with no variance amounts to a lot of boredom and it’s just best if you skip these track altogether.

Overall, this effort is an improvement over the last album. The guitar work is rather good and there are few tracks that are good. They are, “Perfect Dehumanization (The Answer?)”, “Spheres Of Madness” and the title track. These tracks, especially Spheres Of Madness consists of harmonious melodies and isn’t overtly technical and provides the listener a breath of fresh air. However, the band needs to alternate between the different tempos a in a better way so that they seem surprisingly connected rather than forcefully jointed just for the sake of introducing some variation. There are also a few good moments on the effort, like when the tempo was slowed down in, “Mother War” but the consistency, or more specifically the sheer lack of it results in the presence good moments rather than many good tracks or a good album. This album is worth a try though, and is worth a couple of spins.

Extreme metal as a whole is crammed with alot of formulaic boredom. Occasionally however there's something that's really quite special. This album then, is representative of extreme metal as a whole. Certain songs really have that sense of energy and intensity that makes death metal great; others are just insipid and monotonous.

It's difficult to tell what they had in mind for this album, some sections seem to have an almost 'it'll do' mentality. You could be forgiven for not noticing Babylon's Pride and Symmetry of Zero are different songs, as the sound of both are so similar. Many of the riffs fit the death metal cliché and that’s about it.

When you get to songs like "spheres of madness" or "eternity too short" it's almost worth all the previous dross, as the quality of the writing is very high. The guitar uses some interesting harmony and the songs twist and turn in unexpected ways; refreshing compared to most of the album.

However despite these merits it's all for nothing why you notice how unbelievably dull the drumming is. The double bass is utterly relentless and not in a particularly good way. They bash away in the back of every track almost identically, when the sheer unoriginality of the drums becomes apparent, the rest of the album becomes annoying. This is really what turns the album from average to irritating.

The vocals are barely even worth mentioning for the most part, as they fail utterly to produce anything memorable. Is there a bass in this album? It appears to be absent for some unknown reason, probably totally mixed out, so it can’t really be commented on.

Not the worst death metal you could find, simply an example of good and bad; with the drumming shitting on all of it. You could really make alot better use of your time than listening to this, get Organic Hallucinosis instead.

Nihility was one of the first death metal albums I picked up, and I am very grateful for that. Decapitated for me, is a band that will alwyas view how I see death metal. This albums is an intense, fast, furious, ride that only takes about a half hour to listen to. The first time listening to it, it does not really seem to stop at all, but after listening for awhile, things start to make more sense.

The technical aspect of this album is one that can surely not be overlooked. I know it is not the most flashy or astounding tech death albums out there, but it definately has the power to wow you at some points. The guitar parts are very cleanly played and leave little to be desired in tone and clarity. The drums are also a huge part of this album, Vitek shapes the enitre sound of the album with his ferocious drumming and unrelenting blast beats and double bass drum. The vocals on the album are not the greatest, but they definately are not the worst. They are mixed relatively low anyway so if they really get on your nerves, they are not the focal point of the album. The harmonies on some of the guitar parts are also fantastic, they give the album a much richer, more evil sound than if it had just been one guitar. The almost sickening amount of minor thirds also helps to add to how evil and bitter the guitar riffs sound.

The songwriting on this album is also something that I believe must be given credit. Most death metal bands are accused of sounding the same, and I'm not going to lie, this album has its share of similar riffs, but the songs are distinguishable in some parts, which I think is a very important thing for a death metal album to have.

Now this may sound completely cheesey and lame, but my favorite song on this album by far is Spheres of Madness. It is just completely unrelentingly brutal. It is hard to listen to that opening riff and not headbang or nod your head, its almost makes you think of a groovey riff. It is one of the catchiest riffs in death metal I've heard, and the rythm pattern is always stuck in my head.

Some not-so-great things about this album is the length of the songs. Many of them could be trimmed down to a more listenable size. Also, the vocals add to the fact that the songs sound similar, like I said before, the vocals aren't the worst, but they can detract from some of the more appealing aspects of the album

Overall, there are very few songs on this album that I would reccomend staying away from. If you are looking for a brutal album that will get you pumped up to go fight someone, I would highly suggest giving Nihility a quick listen through, you will not be dissapointed.

Here’s a great crushing technical rollercoaster from Poland’s Decapitated. It’s extremely sad that we may never hear anything from these death metal masters again due to the tragic accident last year resulting in the death of their young and legendary drummer Vitek and the severe injury of their new vocalist Coven. It’s sad because they were a very young band and an enormously talented one. In my opinion they never put out a bad album and 2002’s Nihility is no exception.

From the crunching guitars, thunder drums (RIP Vitek), and simply fierce vocals that this album opens with (Perfect Dehumanization) the listener is thrown into a war zone of technical mastery. The riffs are complex, the drums are blasting, and the tempos are everywhere. This is truly the work of underrated and truly talented musicians. Mother War features a great solo and the title track’s menacing riff will have you replaying the song several times before moving on to what’s to come. And what’s to come is massive. Spheres of Madness may be my personal favourite Decapitated song. It just has everything you could ask for in a technical death metal song with the inclusion of a great chorus with the lyrics “Salvation is nothing, nothing is salvation!” Truly genius. The rest of the album continues the onslaught and never lets up. All that I could ask for is more than eight tracks, but honestly there is no filler.

I don’t know what goes on in Poland but they sure seem to put out some heavy fucking bands (Behemoth, Vader, Vesania). So if you are in the mood for some neck breaking, ruthless, in your face heaviness I would recommend Nihility or any other Decapitated CD to you. It sounds quite different than their latest masterpiece, Organic Hallucinosis but I guess just because of the new vocalist. In honour of their fallen warrior pick this offering up and embrace the nihilism.

Nihility sees Decapitated take a slightly more definite direction towards their own sound. Where their previous and much acclaimed album Winds of Creation flowed in a brutal yet somehow ‘organic’ way, this album has a more mechanical edge to it, the crisp production replacing the more natural, warm sound of the previous release.

I’m not sure I like this different edge as much production wise, as I feel it is a bit tinny at times, but in other ways the triggered drums and full-bodied guitars add a lot to the aggressive style. The songs are consistent, and are relentlessly driven by both the precise drums and wild but accurate riffs. The technical elements that we heard in Winds of Creation are still very much present, and add an exciting element of creativity, giving some tracks an unpredictable, original quality. On the other hand, on some occasions I do find the song structures a bit repetitive, with sections being repeated identically and at times predictably, detracting from the enjoyment of the song after a few listens, even to the point of tedium now and again.

Overall though the song writing can hardly be knocked, and the musicianship is of the highest standard. The combination of groovy, powerful concepts and more intricate, perhaps thoughtful passages is one thing I really enjoy about the band, and this album showcases this at its best. All members add their own elements to the recording - the deep, brutal but controlled vocals of Sauron, the solid, pulsing bass of Martin (well…I tried!), the inventive, intense and quite brilliant guitar work of Vogg, and the always precise, energetic drumming of Vitek – all are on top form.

Decapitated are a young and still developing band, and this album marks a surer step towards the technical, precise death metal that they are making their own. Is it as good as Winds of Creation? Well in my opinion I would say not. It lacks the same level of excitement, liquidity and just pure enjoyment of listening from my perspective, but nonetheless this is a confident and very solid slab of intense, technical, aggressive death metal from a band that no one – fan or band alike - can afford to ignore.

This is the second album of the Polish Death Metal band Decapitated, not counting the The First Damned release, which is basically a collection of their first demo?s.

Musically this band reminds me a lot of Morbid Angel, very technical and filled with lots of riffs, melodies and a lot of instrumental passages, which however never get boring due to the very inventive and tight playing. What impresses me a lot is the fact that, even though the average age of the band members is around 20 (!!) they already manage to deliver an album which puts a lot of fellow death metallers to shame. Just listen to a track like "Mother War" or my absolute favorite "Spheres of Madness".

All four of the musicians are obviously very skilled at their instruments, and even their vocalist Sauron has a grunt which I would call pleasant. (normally with most death metal bands, the singer/grunter is my main point of complaint). There?s really not a thing about this album wich I can talk about in a negative way.

It seems that that other Polish band Vader might have some serious competition on their hands and should better come up with something very impressive if they don?t want to loose their title of best polish metal band ! (and the same goes for most other death metal bands around !) Mark my words, if Decapitated manage to keep this quality up, we will hear a lot from them in the future...