DARK FUNERAL – De Profundis Clamavi Ad Te Domine

I was really looking forward to listen to the newest work of the Black Metal combo DARK FUNERAL and now I'm holding it in my hands! It's called De Profundis Clamavi Ad Te Domine and is one of the best live-CDs I've ever heard. There are 15 (!) tracks on it, which are even the best songs of DARK FUNERAL. I've heard very much about some of their gigs, but I couldn't see them live yet. I've always been told, how awkward they are on stage, but I don't have to watch them, I just have to listen to them (HAHA).
The CD starts with a short and rather evil introduction - and during this intro, you can already hear the numerous fans screaming the band's name. That's the first thing I recognized, because I think it's very important to hear the audience's voices on the CD, otherwise I wouldn't even listen to it. After the intro the guys of DARK FUNERAL start with the cult-track The Arrival Of Satans Empire. With bombastic power and fine and brutal bass lines they begin the full devastation. It's well-known, that speed is a very important factor of DARK FUNERAL songs and it's not different on the new CD. But you'll hear immediately the strong triggered bass-drums and snare. But that doesn't really degrade the songs. The sound is extremely good for a live-CD and all instruments are well specifiable. Besides many classics, such as The Arrival Of Satans Empire or Hail Murder, you'll find some very nice and fully convincing new track in the old DARK FUNERAL style, which will blast away your brain! In my opinion Hail Murder is the best, strongest and most powerful track on this disk and it's also the peak level of De Profundis Clamavi Ad Te Domine. So, you'll reach the end of this CD again, and not until the CD finished I recognized, that it's actually never getting boring or hard to listen to. Apart from that De Profundis Clamavi Ad Te Domine is a good opportunity for those who didn't deal with DARK FUNERAL yet, to try this out this CD, because you can build up a rather good image of what kind of music DARK FUNERAL are playing.
All-Time DARK FUNERAL Fans will surely buy this album and for everyone else it's also recommendable.