HEGEROTH - 'Sacra Doctrina'
Silesian black metal veterans - Hegeroth - come to MetalHellvolution again, with another full-length. This time, we got minimalistic and mystical artwork with a very elegant layout, which visually fits the band's previous releases.
Diving right in, I have to say that the guys really to their true musical style - melodic sound with a pinch of technical guitar riffs. I think that the album leveled up the band - vocals were fitted greatly to the music, they didn't feel as if they were pushed to the front too much, and they were way more black metal-like, not like on the previous album.
What makes me confused is the fact that Hegeroth is a melodic BM band, but I cannot find that in their music. They are something in a genre of technical black metal, with some death metal influences.
The band released an extensively furious and anger-driven album, which is closer to black metal than the past ones, with varied dynamics and more extensive creativity.
What stole my attention and saved the release at least a bit, was the polish version of 'In Torment' - polish lyrics fit better to Hegeroth's music - they feel elegant, complex, and not so plastic. The vocalist seems to feel more at ease with the mother-tongue lyrics, rather than with the English ones.
The flaw that has been present in every album by Hegeroth is the repetitiveness and kind of boring riffs. You won't find anything groundbreaking on that album or their previous releases. Hegeroth still focuses on making music in the mixed genre they feel comfortable with. The band won't get elevated in the polish black metal scene because their material could be collected into one big album and you won't see a difference. It's a bit boring, for me at least, all I hear is the same, not creative material, which is supposed to be a new album, but sounds like past songs with a few new riffs.
Nott
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