DISSIMULATION – Prakeikimas
 
Label: Ledo Takas Records
Release: May 13th  2005
By: Empress
Rating: 9/10
Time: 41:04
Style: Blasphemous Thrashing Black Metal
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Lithuanian blasphemous black metallers DISSIMULATION, have released their second ode to the dark side called Prakeikimas. This time 'round the band has taken a more thrasher approach to the music. Six new tracks dedicated to war, death, destruction, and darkness; essential ingredients to a badass black metal album. The band has now reached "cult" status in its homeland and are causing havoc wherever they go. What truly makes this band more awesome is their use of their own native tongue instead of the usual boring English. Which makes it all the better! If you like Destruction, Carpathian Forest, Aura Noir, and the like, you are really gonna love this.

In 1993, in a small province town in Lithuania, a dark breeze was sweeping across the lands and with it came the horribly grotesque sounds of DISSIMULATION. In fall of 1996, they successfully recorded their first release; a 6 track demo full of blasphemy. In 1997 this demo Juodo Menulio Pasveikinta was released by Dangus Productions. A few years later, and some new ideas they released Miglose, a 7"EP/tape was set loose by Ledo Takas Records and started an even bigger invasion into the Lithuanian lands with darker, bleaker sounds than ever before. Prakeikimas has now been set loose on the masses, yet again creating ripples in the quiet waters of their native lands and causing quite an earthquake in my ears.

Track 1 As Jusu Prakeikimas an intro that puts Dimmu Borgir to shame and makes Cradle Of Filth sound like theme music from a children’s horror matinee on Halloween (they sound like that already, but you get the point...). String and horn arrangements blasting their way into your senses with the force of an atomic bomb. Exploding you with dramatic vocals, that makes the Star Wars theme music seem futile. Moving in to bombard you with thunderous guitars continuing the previous melody, speeding into a brutal vocal attack. Thrashing, rhythmic harmonies just begging to be blasted through loudspeakers. Suterim Jiems Kancia carrying on the thrash movement, the fretwork grows to a deeper level of intensity. I've now moved this disc out of my small stereo and am now blasting this loud enough to piss the neighbors off. As with most(if not all) metal records, this sounds so much better when played through 2500 watts of pure power. Could this be a thrash band under a black metal guise? Yep, there is definitely more thrash in here than your standard black metal record. And by all means, it’s for the best. Moving from one grooving attack to the next, each change in every song is meticulous and if I didn't know better-planned to be this way. This is badass!