Calm Hatchery - Sacrilege of Humanity (2010)

Today we find making its way up our ridiculously long review queue Calm Hatchery’s second full-length album “Sacrilege of Humanity”. While we expected a very typical and maybe even good Death Metal album, we found more that we bargained for and we completely loved this both crushing and melodic release from these Polish metalheads.

“Sacrilege of Humanity” starts of very ‘traditionally’ with the typical catchy riffs, chugging melodies, massive drumming and growls. It’s not until the middle of the song “We are the Universe” where you start noticing an unusual amount of ‘melody’ in this song. In “Mirror Giants” the band exploits some more melodic and technical sounds half-way through the song making this piece one of the most interesting of the release, and leaving us with an even more puzzled look on our faces that comes back again with the song “Them”.

After thinking we were listening to the wrong band or that our play list was on random, we started to enjoy Calm Hatchery’s ‘bipolar’ approach to Death Metal. On one side you have the very straight forward traditional approach, and on the other side you have moments of technical brilliance and high melodic content, making the band’s songs very diverse and effective.

Fans of traditional DM need not to worry, since Clam Hatchery has done their homework and plays the genre flawlessly (i.e. “Shine for the Chosen One”), but it’s when they shake things up that appeal the most to the listener. Adorning chugging riffing with fast paced solos and super elaborate drumming is how this band will surely get attention from people. While we all know that Death Metal can get a bit boring after a while, on “Sacrilege of Humanity” this never happens and the album keeps getting better and better as it comes closer to the end.

With superb guitar work, very brutal (and elaborate) drumming, and perfect growls, Calm Hatchery will surely please and impress most Death Metal fans these days. Being the band’s second full-length album, we can’t wait until they mature more musically and release even better albums, but until then we can enjoy “Sacrilege of Humanity”.

Release: November 15th, 2010

Country: Poland