Paramaecium

Item: Repentance
Author: Fletch

Repentance

(1997)

Reviewed by Fletch

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death metal doom metal

After waiting four years for another release after Exhumed of the Earth, it felt good to get a new release from Paramaecium only a year after Within the Ancient Forest. Repentance contains songs from Paramaecium's 1991 demo, Silent Carnage. The first two songs were recorded in 1994 by Paramaecium's current line-up and are very brutal. The rest are the 1991 recordings. They are pretty obviously about seven years old but still are decent. For the most part, this CD is not very expensive so I'd encourage you to buy it, if you are a death metal fan. Although the songs are old, they are of very excellent quality. Jayson Sherlock is as impressive as ever on the drums and the growls are wickedly haunting. The bass and guitars maintain the heaviness I have come to expect from Paramaecium. Only a total of three songs ( played differently and recorded years apart ) complete this album but they are enough to keep your attention for a while. Any listener of Paramaecium knows how long their songs tend to be. To get an idea of the morbidness of this album, read the following lyrical excerpt from Silent Carnage.

Scraping bodies out of the gutter. Rotting corpses piled up on each other...Foul stench fills the street. Silent carnage, rotting meat.

To get an idea of the Christian message in this recording, read the following excerpt from Dead to Death.

When I saw Him I fell at his feet as though dead. Then He placed his right hand on me and said, " Do not be afraid, I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One: I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! "

Paramaecium fans will not be disappointed with this latest effort from one of the premiere Christian death metal bands.

8/10