Well I have to admit I didn't know CENOTAPH so far. The more I was interested in what will coming up to me now. The intro seems a little bit strange to me but afterwards the opener Iron Peaks And Fists goes straight to the point. Very nice Death / Thrash with some Hardcore influences. I like the vocals, because they have to be placed in the Hardcore region. Not a growling everyone's doing. That directly places some pleased grin on my face. The second song Holocausto Riot is as good as the first one, even different. The speed changes in the songs are very good. Even with a nearly all-time double bass there are midtempo, fast and blast speed parts in it. Alright, some of the riffs remind me of old Slayer style, but this won't lower the quality. Although, who hasn't taken some Slayer parts in the music? Well then, the highlights of this CD have to be Hurricane Cenotaph , Lambs For Wolf's and the title track Saga Bélica.

Altogether a very nice album, nice and fat Death / Thrash Metal which will not be boring even listening a second time. According to a good production this will come to 9 points. Highly recommended for everyone who doesn't take everything above Blind Guardian as "noise".

Cenotaph