Articles by "Deus Otiosus"


Deus Otiosus is doing what acts before them had done, such as Death or Possessed for instance. Their style of choice being a combination of death metal meets thrash metal, their material being very heavy, if not intense throughout. Upon what is their fourth album thus far, "Opposer", is the latest to come from Deus Otiosus. This album, taking on what is probably the two genres at once, but having their material sound very much like the acts that came before, as such as the one's named prior. That is the style, that is very much all over this release of their very own. This album being fast, if not going ever so faster, as the album progresses forward. Like for instance take on the tracks titled "Disturbing The Dead", "Haunter", "To The Graves" and "Greater Horror", these just some of the few tracks to take away from the album as a whole. These tracks showing off, the fasting method of form, you get guitar riffs, drum beats that blast away, as the bass chimes in, having vocal chords being fierce and just as intense with everything going into overtime at once. In other words, "Opposer", is an album that stacks on all things fast, the way a metal act should be.


"Godless" was the last album to be released from Deus Otiosus and while it's only been a short while they have return with its follow-up "Rise". A collection of assorted tunes that takes the elements of death metal, thrash metal, and even rock all fall into their proper placements. Like take songs like "Iron Rule", "Don't Fuck With the Dead", "Walk the Shadows", and "Will and Fear", have riffs and leads of that of rock, while the rest is more intense and brutal, even with the vocal chords they are even further expanded with sounding more in-depth and crushing. The songs themselves have that dynamic ability and song structure that keeps the intensity embraced with raw and aggressiveness not far off.  So if Deicide or Vital Remains is for you then perhaps these guys will be as well.


Whether or not you'd be a fan of it, old school death metal has been around for quite some time and has seen better days. Deicide, Morbid Angel, Necrophobic, and even Pestilence has been at it for a while and now that new comers are strutting it like Deus Otiosus, there is no telling as to if these new comers will make it or beat it in this particular genre.

"Godless" follows-up to their debut full-length "Murderer" released in 2010, this time around "Godless" see's much less material than what was given on their debut. The instrumentals and vocal chords are present giving it all it's worth with songs like "In Harm's Way", "Surrounded by the Dead", and "Death Dance", but the remainder of the record doesn't quite do a good job. The vocal chords could be done better, while the instruments are strung along rather slowly keeping the music in what seems like a repeating motion.

Don't get me wrong Deus Otiosus has got it going for how they approach old school death metal but it could be done a tad better than what is heard here.

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