Diaboliizer – Murderous Revelations

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7.5

• Band:
  Diabolizer
• Duration: 00:38:53
• Available from: 11/04/2025
• Label:

• Dark Descent

• Me Saco an ojo records

It was not easy to follow a small masterpiece such as “Khalkedonian Death”, one of the most successful Death Metal records in recent years. The Diaboliizer collect the challenge with “Murderous Revelations”, a work that does not upset the coordinates established by the debut, but which accentuates its ferocity and intensity.
Once again, at the helm we find Mustafa Gürcalioğlu, a real riff machine of contemporary death metal, already responsible for the exploit of Hyperdontia, Engulfed and Decaying Purity. With the Diaboliizer, the Istanbul musician refines his most aggressive and neurotic vision of the genre, focusing on a sharp writing as a blade, with a guitar work at times capable of recalling the approach of the best Malevolent Creation, Vader and Severe Torture, however inserted within very rich structures, with various riffs memorable to follow frantically, for a real tour de force. of the riff in balance between Death and Thrash Metal.
If “Khalkedonian Death” affected his ability to intertwine vehemence and a certain roundness – that is, songs that, despite the intense fervor and technicality, managed to be immediately impressed – “Murderous Revelations” opts for a more excruciating cut, in which the plots become more dense and the incede becomes even more incessant.
The entrance is entrusted to the excellent “Into the Depths of Diseasad Minds”, which does not give hesitations: immediately the impression is precisely that of a more tight sound, almost claustrophobic than the debut. The production is dry, focused, it leaves room for every detail without alarming the urgency of the whole. It is not an album that seeks balance, but not even the simple aggression. Rather, it sinks in its lexicon with method, building a constant tension that stands on internal dynamism of individual songs. It is perhaps here that “Murderous Revelations” stands out more: in the basic consistency, which also manifests itself at the expense of the variety. If the first full-length also presented full-bodied Midtempo and the opening moments, complete with tasty interventions of the bass, this new chapter prefers the uninterrupted assault. The result is a more compact, but also more tiring listening: the lack of pauses or deviations makes the identity of the individual songs less evident, which tend to merge into a single turbulent flow.
Yet, within this choice there is rigor, there is a clear intention. “Purulent Divinity in Black Flames” and “Deathmarch of the Murderous Tyrant”, for example, embody this spirit well: complex, stratified constructions, in which aggression is never left in the raw state, but chiseled, refined promptly, directed towards a sketched but coherent form. There is also, in filigree, a certain atmospheric inclination, a black metal shadow that fades the contours of some passages without ever becoming dominant.
The risk, if anything, is that of a certain self -referentiality: an album that speaks an uncompromising language and that requires time to reveal its qualities. But, once the surface has been overcome, what remains is the confirmation of a strong identity. The Diaboliizer do not chase the novelty: rather, they deepen their speech, lead it to a new vehemence threshold.
In short, the Turkish band continues to interpret the genre with an intensity and an out of the ordinary dedication, keeping the flag of a school high that refers to certain greats of the past but which also knows how to speak the language of the present.
Perhaps slightly less inspired than the debut, this second album is however a triumph of riffs, ferocity and technical expertise. Now all that remains is to wait for Gürcalioğlu's next step – and knowing the character, there is a bet that he will not make us wait too long.

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