Disbelief: 66Sick (remastered)

Metal Mind Productions has re-released the 6th album from German Death/Thrash Metal band, Disbelief, entitled 66Sick. A self dubbed play on words of the Metal genres over use of the 666 devil posing and also that this was also the 6th release from the band. This already makes me cringe! Originally released in 2005, 66Sick was produced by veteran Metal producer, Tue Madsen, and is now presented in a Digipak, Gold disc limited edition to only 2000 copies.

Heralded as German Metal innovators, Disbelief combines the Cookie Monster vocals of Death Metal with the verve of Thrash and the sense of Industrial, but where the innovation is, I couldn't tell you. Vocals are no different than the generic hack and bash that we've all heard before but sometimes mixed with a melodic chant that does give the music a different flavor. Songs like "Crawl", "Rewind it All (Death or Glory)" and "Try" show some glimpses of songwriting and musical chops, with some cool Prog Metal type riffing. Somewhere in between bands like Bolt Thrower or Misery Loves Co., would you find a band like Disbelief, a Death Metal band with an Industrial feel to them.

This re-release also includes 6 bonus tracks that include cover versions of Iron Maiden's "Stranger In A Strange Land", Slayer's "Spill The Blood", Accept's "Dogs on Leads" and the very odd choice of Scorpion's classic instrumental, "Coast to Coast", complete with NO LEAD GUITAR! Why would a band pick a cover tune with classic lead guitar work from Michael Schenker and then not include ANY of it? Odd. All in all this record is decent. Once Disbelief actually begin to get away from the Death Metal side of things they actually do begin to show some promise more on the Industrial Metal side of things, once coupled with some melody and brooding. I didn't dig this record very much initially but it is a grower. The melodic nuances that are developed over the entire record do creep into you if you let them and can become pretty haunting, even reminding me at times of the feel of the great Katatonia. Not a terrible record at all, but not a great one either. You decide.

Track Listing

1. 66
2. Sick
3. Floating On High
4. For God?
5. Continue (From The Point)
6. Crawl
7. Rewind It All (Death or Glory)
8. Lost in Time
9. Try
10. Edges
11. Mental Signpost
12. To Atone For all
13. Coast To Coast
14. Dogs On Leads
15. Spill The Blood
16. Stranger In A Strange Land
17. Genocide Amen
18. Choice

Added: March 19th 2011
Reviewer: Butch Jones
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Related Link: Band Website
Hits: 2020
Language: english

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