Dååth: Dååth – new album

When a band names itself דעת and its guitarist's and founder's name could be your neighbor's you should take notice, dear visitor, heh. DAATH, Atlanta, Georgia-based quintet's fourth self-titled album is being released upon this world today. Released through Century Media Records, the album was produced by Mark Lewis and the group's guitarist Eyal Levi. Three new songs, ‘Indestructible Overdose’, ‘Double Tap Suicide’ and ‘N.A.T.G.O.D.’, can be played via players available below. Eyal Levi had the following to say about the new album: “In retrospect, I will say that more sacrifice was put into this record than anything I’ve ever been involved in. The content is extremely dark, distraught, and completely honest. The timing is appropriate as well considering how lacking music has been in the creative department for the last year or two. I'm not hinting that we are going to become some pop culture phenomenon. We have no interest in that. As long as someone completely hates it, loves it or is moved in anyway be it positive or negative, our job is done. We have no interest in middle ground. You would have to be deaf to not hear that.”

DAATH: Indestructible Overdose – courtesy of Century Media Records

DAATH: Double Tap Suicide – courtesy of Century Media Records

DAATH: N.A.T.G.O.D. – courtesy of Century Media Records

“The self-titled ‘Dååth’ represents a step forward by means of a step backward, since it sees the Atlanta, Georgia-based quintet cautiously flirting with the symphonic, electronic, and industrial elements that so dominated its first two efforts, after virtually abandoning them on [their] third album. Caution is the operative word, however, because these elements rarely exceed the role of embellishments on what are otherwise some of the most brutal quasi-black metal assaults of DAATH's career (see ‘Destruction/Restoration’, ‘Exit Plan’, ‘Accelerant’ etc.) and, in the case of bipolar opener ‘Genocidal Maniac’ almost comical in moving from ‘Lick My Love Pump’ [SPINAL TAP] territory to gratuitous violence with troubling ease. In essence, this state of affairs is another reminder that now it’s the guitar-wielding duo of Eyal Levi and Emil Werstler (whose superlative lead work remains a must-hear proposition in its own right) running the DAATH show, instead of the band's original Kabbalah-inspired keyboard player and chief composer, Mike Kameron,” [commented the release Eduardo Rivadavia, AllMusic – more here]

DAATH was formed in 2003 by childhood friends guitarist Eyal Levi, vocalist and keyboardist Mike Kameron and vocalst Sean Farber. Perfecting their unique blend of death, thrash, and black metal with symphonic and electronic elements, DAATH self-released their debut album, ‘Futility’, in 2004. Their second full-length, 2007's ‘The Hinderers’, was released through Roadrunner Records. Produced by James Murphy, the ambitious album's lyrics were based on the Kabbalistic concept of an inverted “Tree Of Life”, with each of the thirteen songs representing one of the points on the tree.

“ ‘The Hinderers’ largely succeeds solely on its aforementioned musical merits [“meshing ample symphonic and electronic elements into an otherwise archetypal death metal sound”], providing equally satisfying physical catharsis for the head-banging faithful, as it does cerebral stimulation for those who actually care about all of this thematic mucky-muck,” [commented Eduardo Rivadavia, AllMusic – more here]:

DAATH: Subterfuge – courtesy of Century Media Records

DAATH: Ovum – courtesy of Century Media Records

DAATH's third album would be the group's first without vocalist and keyboardist Mike Kameron, whose replacement was found in Sean Zatorsky. ‘The Concealers’ was released in 2009 through Century Media Records:

DAATH: Sharpen The Blades – courtesy of Century Media Records

DAATH: Silenced – courtesy of Century Media Records

DAATH: Day of Endless Light – courtesy of Century Media Records

DAATH features: Sean Zatorsky – vocals, Eyal Levi – guitar, Jeremy Creamer – bass guitar, Emil Werstler – guitar and Kevin Talley – drums