Album Review: Vesania - Deus Ex Machina

20 November 2014 | 1:03 pm | Pete Laurie

Vesania prove death metal and melody don’t have to be mutually exclusive.

Vesania prove death metal and melody don’t have to be mutually exclusive.

Sure, the vocals sound like the Cookie Monster swallowed a microphone. And you might want to take a restraining order against the relentless assault of guitars once you recover. There’s a lush beauty of orchestration beneath almost all of this album that gives it real dimension. Vesania are dark, loud and aggressive, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be traditionally musical. A death metal band whose, “lyrics paint a drab picture, particularly when paired with equally bleak music,” being from Poland seems about right.