God Dethroned are back with a blast! The new album by mastermind Henri Sattler and the gang contains 9 songs and this time they deliver a tour de force in melodic, energetic death black metal. The title song provides groove beginning, later evolving into epic fast melodic black death anthem and the video was made for this, chosen as single announcing the record. Also, one of the highlights for me is Book Of Lies sounding epic and melodic at the same time. Trademark Sattler˙s vocals dominate the record, but also clean melodic vocal parts enrich the song structure in Spirit of Beelzebub, thus making this song even better contrasting between brutal and clean singing. Lyrically, God Dethroned deal with illuminati, secret societies and conspiracies of clandestine rulers of the world, adding satanic feel to it and making this album for sure one of the top three albums by these Dutch legends.

9/10

https://goddethroned.bandcamp.com/album/illuminati