Defecto - Nemesis Review

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Concise Summary:

Well, after Beast in Black released Berserker last month, I thought I'd heard the best album of the year. However, Nemesis, from relatively new band Defecto, gives Berserker a run for its money in my book! Nemesis is incredible. The start of the album is extremely heavy and sounds amazing, but near the end of track three, I started to tire a bit of the heavy sound and began to want a reprieve. Unlike 98% of albums that would have just continued the barrage, the guys from Defecto must have realized that the heavy sound wasn't maintainable, and they brought in a style change on the fourth track to a lighter, more straight-up metal sound without tons of instrumentation. The rest of the album continued that pattern of changing styles to avoid boredom and/or ear fatigue, but it never lost coherency. Absolutely brilliant songwriting and arranging. Especially considering the fact that this is only Defecto's second album, I'm completely blown away by the maturity level of this album. On top of the absolutely incredible job the band did arranging the album's tracks, the music itself is also amazing. The vocals on this album are so good that I wouldn't be surprised at all if Nicklas Sonne made his way into my top 10 vocalists of 2018 list. The guitar work on this album is nothing short of amazing; it has everything from heavy riffs to shredding to some almost flamenco-sounding guitar on Ode To the Damned. On top of that, the guitar tone is excellent - that was one of the first things I noticed on this album. To top everything off, the bells, synth, and orchestration on the album sound amazing. Overall, I can't believe how good this album is. Even though Defecto isn't well-known, if they this up, I think they're going to have a huge following someday. Also, Nemesis is in the running for BPMR's 2017 album of the year, which will be announced at the end of this month, so stay tuned through Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BPMetalReviews/.

My Rating: 10 out of 10

Highlights:
  • Arranging is amazing
  • Songwriting diversity is excellent
  • Vocals are amazing
  • Guitar work and tone are both awesome
  • Great instrumentation/orchestration 
Lowlights:

  • The mixing seems too hot; it sounds rocky in places. 
Favorite Songs:
  • Almost every song on this album is in my saved songs on Spotify now, so there weren't really many I didn't like. 
  • Nemesis
  • Endlessly Falling
  • Savage
  • The Sacrificed
  • Ode to the Damned (might be my favorite)
  • Before the Veil
  • We're all the Enemy
  • Ascend to Heaven
  • BUY THIS ALBUM!
More Info:

 Defecto Official Website

Defecto Facebook

 Defecto Twitter

Defecto Encyclopaedia Metallum 

Comments

  1. KyOctober 3, 2018 at 8:02 PM

    Totally agreed. This album is something that belongs in any metal head's collection.

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