Hadeon
| Pestilence
Hadeon
Hadeon is the eighth studio album by Dutch technical death metal band Pestilence. It was released digitally on 26 January 2018, nearly two months ahead of its scheduled release date, a physical component of the album was released on 9 March 2018. Hadeon is the band's first since album since their two-year hiatus from 2014 to 2016. Wikipedia
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Sputnik music
Partly forgettable, partly fancy, fully inconsistent.
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Angry Metal Guy
What’s present on Hadeon are good death metal songs by a band that helped make the genre what it is today, plenty of opportunities to bang your head.
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Blabbermouth
With "Haedon", PESTILENCE wrote memorable, aggressive songs that are spiced with dashes of avant-garde, forward thinking that is anything but run of the mill. 7.5/10
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Metal Wani
This combination makes “Hadeon” as crushingly heavy as it is imaginative, as accessible as it is complex, and, above all, brilliant fun to listen to.
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Metal Archives
The songs aren't unanimously memorable, but I think if they use this as the groundwork to launch this particular style onto an even more insane, intense plain, then I'm looking forward to the flight.
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The Sludgelord
It is certain that Pestilence are well and truly back and firing on all cylinders.
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Louder Sound
Dutch destroyers keep it simple and weird.
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Metal Storm
This album is comfortably placed higher than anything the band has released.
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Cryptic Rock
While even Technical Metal should never be too polished, the tracks here sound a bit too disjointed.
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Metal Temple
Show case both their amazing technical abilities and their desire to also keep it old school. I can’t say it’s a classic like their earlier works but it is still a shining example.
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Wonder Box Metal
It’s simple and straightforward enough to have instant appeal, yet has enough depth and substance to keep you returning for more. Highly recommended.
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Moshville
Pestilence is the death metal epidemic that refuses to die and with awesome new albums like Hadeon, this resurrection macabre is here to stay.
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Metal Music Archives
"Hadeon" is a well produced, powerful, and detailed sounding album, and the sound production suits the material perfectly.
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Metal
Overall, "Hadeon" is a significant boost to the three previous Reunion works and the best PESTILENCE album since "Spheres". Seriously, who would have thought that possible?
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Blow the Scene
Pestilence’s latest album Hadeon is unquestionably one of the band’s most shining installments, exuding a technically grounded approach while maintaining a heavy focus on song-craft.
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KVLT
A strong position at the beginning of the year, which in my opinion should be included in the summaries of the best albums of 2018. If you have enough death metal filled with blasts, dense parties and compact masterings, this is the album for you.
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Ghost Cult Magazine
Tilen Hudrap. Calin Paraschiv‘s guitar is sharp and jagged, and the production – like the record itself – is probably the best since their comeback in 2009.
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Metal Force Magazine
Calin Paraschiv‘s guitar is sharp and jagged, and the production – like the record itself – is probably the best since their comeback.
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Worship Metal
This is album of the year material right here!
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Progarchives.com
Aren't quite as groundbreaking as the late 80s/early 90s releases by the band, they still prove that Pestilence are relevant and can produce quality music.
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Dead Rhetoric
While Pestilence’s place in the death metal canon remains secure, their recent output pales in comparison to their less-technical contemporaries.
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Two Guys Metal Review
Hadeon speaks to a larger truth and has the stripped back 90s vibe that I think so many of us crave in this world of overproduced and ethereal death metal albums getting lost up their own ass. If nothing is else - Pestilence remain real.
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Metal Imperium
This is a balanced album.
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Metal Invader
But at least now I enjoy the luxury of listening at “Hadeon” again and again. Why don’t you try to do the same? There is certainly a good reason to.
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Metal Observer
Pestilence aren’t here to take back the throne of death metal, they’re just back. That’s about it. Hardcore fans and jazz-death aficionados need not apply. Still, worth a trip or two.
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Teeth of the Divine
Pestilence are back, with hopefully no more hiatuses and this is a no brainer buy or die!
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Metal Reviews
Yet all in all Pestilence have a lot left in the tank, taking a formula that other bands would have run into the ground and tinkering with it successfully enough that it feels fresh and relevant four albums into this macabre resurrection.
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Live Reviewer
It is not bad what Pestilence shows with "Hadeon", but I do not walk very warm for this album. It all laps through nicely, but no number stands head and shoulders above it.
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Battle Helm
This is PESTILENCE in all its excellence. This is so cool that I get goose bumps.
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Heavy Metal IT
With “Haedon”, PESTILENCE wrote memorable, aggressive songs that are spiced with dashes of avant-garde, forward thinking that is anything but run of the mill.
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