Saturday February 11 2006, by :Vragh:

Arsonist - 2006 - Therapy in Violence

Here we have the second demo of this Swedish Death Metal outfit, and this is quite a piece of work. They have progressed since their their 2004 demo, and the new material is very good indeed. We are presented with three tracks of extremely wellplayed Death Metal, sounding like a mix of Swedish and American Metal of Death. The first demo had musically some similarities with Immolation, but these similarities are now in the background, and there is more of a feeling of Insision, slower Deranged and earlier Cannibal Corpse to their music here.

The vocals are more audible on this release, sounding similar to the vocals in Immolation and Morbid Angel while also sounding like Chris Barnes at times. Very nice!

The production on this demo is extremely good, sounding like a fullblown studio recording in my ears, at least. The material feels a bit more structured than on the first demo, and the drumsound is greatly improved, as is the bass. This is a band that can, and will go far. The only bad thing about this demo is that it only contains three tracks. Standout tracks are "Sadistic Necrophile Bed-Pleasures" and "Divine Art of Killing". Most definitely worth checking out!

Links:

• Buy it directly from the official site