Gorod — Process of a New Decline

Track Listing

1. Disavow Your God
2. Programmers of Decline
3. Diverted Logic
4. Rebirth of Senses
5. The Path
6. Splinters of Life
7. Guilty of Dispersal
8. Gilded Cage
9. A Common Hope
10. Watershed
11. Almighty’s Murderer

September 1st, 2009 at 8:01 pm by Ben Westerman

Tags: Gorod

Destroying airwaves all the way from France, comes Gorod, with their brand new album, Process of a New Decline.”Being a fan of Gorod since the release of, “Neurotripsicks” I was excited to hear this new album! After having listened to it in it’s entirety, though, did I like what I heard?

Short answer: Yes! Gorod is a technical death metal band, and they’ve nearly mastered the genre! Critics of death metal like to say that it’s just noise, or that the bands are just beating on trash cans, well, I challenge those critics to listen to “Process of a New Decline,” and still say it’s just a band beating on trash cans!

The first song on the album, “Disavow your God” sets the tone right away! This first track literally takes you several different places until the song is over. There is even a slightly progressive feel to it. This may not be for everyone, but still deserves a chance to be heard!

The fifth song on the album is called, “The Path,” which is quite fitting as each song takes you on a different path through a musical experience. One thing that really sets this album apart from a lot of other technical death metal albums is the fact that the guitar riffs are actually quite catchy, and almost melodic and hypnotic at the same time! I actually like this, but some may feel that the guitar solos take away from the rest of the song. I think, however, that it helps the song reach different places that you wouldn’t expect to go.

Some are going to say that Process of a New Decline sounds or draws from other technical death metal albums, but listening to it in it’s entirety, I can say without a doubt that it stands alone from most other albums out there! As stated earlier, I was already a fan of the band, and I’m not disappointed at all with this most recent effort!

Growling vocals, heavy riffs, blistering fast drums, and brilliant guitar work all work together from the start of the album all the way to the end! Put on this album, and just sit back and enjoy the ride!

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