Rare 2001 pressing with 4 bonus demotracks

Originatingfrom the Netherlands, this amalgamation of death and thrash metalis a brutal one indeed. The vocals are low demonic death chantswhich are nearly impossible to decipher without the written lyrics,but great for the overall context of the music they make. Dark andheavy, the guitars are tuned down considerably low in true oldschool European death metal style, reminiscent of Asphyx, who is anobvious influence. The difference between Asphyx and Thanatos isthat Thanatos adds much more of a thrash element into their deathmetal approach, making it more interesting in my opinion. The firstfour songs are all memorable and very well played. You can listento them all without wanting to skip any one of them. The lyrics onthis album aren’t particularly great, but the music makes up forit. For example, the song “In Praise of Lust” apparently is an odeto orgies and the lyrics are not going to be winning any Pullitzerprizes any time soon; “Forever forced to fuck the shit out of eachother” is an example of the lyrical retardation which is scatteredthroughout this release. The music is quite good though so theineptitude of their word play only detracts a certain amount ofre-playability. I guess with an album title of “Realm of Ecstacy”,you can automatically assume they might not be the greatest ofEnglish translators, or they really have an affinity for porn.“Perpetual Misery” luckily is a lot better lyric wise than it’spredecessor; the music is also quite a bit slower than the previousparts of the album, but the solo is quite good. “Human Combustion”is musically one of my favorite tracks on this album: sincere deathvocals over thrash influenced death metal riffs with poundingdouble bass drums. The song is metaphorically comparing heroinoverdose with human combustion and the lyrics are quite good. Theguitar playing on this song is some of my favorite on the entirealbum and it’s songs like this which separate Thanatos from a lotof other obscure European death/thrash bands. “Reincarnation”continues the gore theme and the riffs are grindcore in nature withblast beats galore, this would be the third excellent song in arow. The technical guitar solo in “Reincarnation” however shows thepredominant death metal structure contained in all of their songs.“Terminal Breath” is the last song on the album (if you have theoriginal release; the re-released version features four songs offof the demo which I cannot comment on.). The last song also verygood, and at six minutes, one of the longest songs on the albumalong with the first song on the album. This song has a very doomlike atmosphere (showing the range of musical styles containedwithin this forty minute long album), but is also very death metalin nature. As with every song on this album, the guitar solo isfucking killer and the song progresses through several riffs whichare all satisfying. After it’s all said and done, “Realm ofEcstacy” is so well musically performed that I just need to rank ithigh and its an album that undoubtedly can grow upon any deathmetal or thrash metal fan.

Tracklist:
1. And Jesus Wept
2. Tied Up Sliced Up
3. Realm Of Ecstacy
4. Mankinds Afterbirth
5. In Praise Of Lust
6. Perpetual Misery
7. Human Combustion
8. Reincarnation
9. Terminal Breath
10. War-from Omnicoitor demo 1989
11. The Meaning Of Life-from Omnicoitor demo 1989
12. Bodily Dismemberment-from Omnicoitor demo 1989
13. A-Thanasia-from Omnicoitor demo 1989

Condition cover: nm

Condition cd: nm

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