Time for Swedish death metal to grace the bloodied pages of this webzine. Omnicidal are hailing from Sweden and this is their debut opus with Non Serviam Records. Although this is their first spawn, members of this band are well known to the scene playing or having played in bands such as Rimfrost, Lake Of Tears, Egonaut and Devilicious. The music of Omnicidal has something just the way I love. Meaning, European school of death metal from early nineties. This means, they deliver a mixture of old school Swedish chainsaw guitar death metal, but to that they add layers of melody, being more into melodic death metal side of things, not unlike all those early Gothenburg death metal bands. If I must compare music of Omnicidal to some other bands it would be a cross between At The Gates and more melodic songs of Dismember. I love how aggression and d-beat tempo songs mix with melancholic guitar hooks and themes, angry, despaired growled vocals, apocalyptic atmosphere and almost a kind of sadness. Lyrically, Omnicide deal with death, Hell, narcissism, fighting your inner self, graveyards and a bit more death. My favorites among these songs are ‘WWD’, ‘Cemetary Scream’ and ‘Narcissistic Abuse’, but the album as a whole is death metal bomb of melody and energy just waiting to be dropped on your metal heads! Excellent!

9/10