After E 605
perished for some reason in 2004, mastermind Carsten Schluch,
his mate K@I and two additional musicians by the name of J.F.
and Dread, devoted themselves to another creative process: the
ACT OF CREATION. Now they come up with their first physical
result entitled: Secret Memoirs Of A Forced Fate.
Though ACT
OF CREATION remain true to themselves. They just went deeper,
extended the stylistic width, diversified and elaborated their
approach as in E 605. Secret Memoirs Of A Forced Fate
offers a modern blend of Thrash and Death Metal and some Core-influences.
As it is characteristic for this brand, this record is filled
with brutal and energetic grooves and rhythms that sees you headbanging
all time, powerful riffing, breaks and hooklines that get stuck
in your ears (even if displeasing, while to often used). Singing
varies from deep-throated growls up to Core-like shouting and
diffident tries of clean singing. Tracks kick ass violently, especially
the middle part consisting of The Fields Of Death, At Hell’s
Door (which btw. Sounds much like Hypocrisy), Haunted By
Visions and Cursed hit on me. Furthermore, Secret
Memoirs Of A Forced Fate got treated with a powerful and
brutal production. Seems like ACT OF CREATION have done
everything right for a successful kickoff. Knowing that this genre
is somewhat of overcrowd the gents put much effort into this record
to leave an impact and to stand out a little from the masses.
But they did not succeed entirely, there are parts that still
sound too stereotype in this matter. All things considered ACT
OF CREATION though released an impressing debut record. Well-done
guys!