The Meads of Asphodel - _Exhuming the Grave of Yeshua_
(Supernal Music, 2003)
by: Pedro Azevedo (7.5 out of 10)
I would never have guessed these nutters were British, but there you
go: Britain is where this Far East-tinged metallic extravaganza titled
_Exhuming the Grave of Yeshua_ was conjured. _Exhuming the Grave of
Yeshua_ is one twisted album that fits no predefined genre; I can't
recommend it to any particular type of metal listener, but somehow I
find it likely to be enjoyed by all sorts of people. It doesn't
exactly travel the beaten path of mixing black, death and doom and
coming out with something everyone's supposed to like at least a little bit.
Instead, it starts from a blackened metal base and goes off in all
kinds of musical directions. Before the album is finished, you are
guaranteed to be thrown off a remarkable number of times, yet likely
to crave going back for more. I cannot say I like everything The
Meads of Asphodel have done on _Exhuming the Grave of Yeshua_, but
amidst all the chaos the overall result is impressive. _Exhuming the
Grave of Yeshua_ is a bit like garlic to me: I have trouble digesting
it and my thoughts keep going back to it afterwards, but it doesn't
taste anywhere as bad as even a clove of that nasty thing. It's a
strange disc (as if that wasn't obvious yet): the sort where it would
be pointless to describe some of its eccentricities just because it
would only scratch the surface; the sort that as you listen you feel
successively tempted to dish out negative and near brilliant ratings.
I wish it could all have been more consistent, but then it would have
lost some of its character. My advice: well worth checking it out for
yourself.
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