Underneath the surface, Immolation's newest album Majesty And Decay is a well-oiled machine; it works immeasurably hard to keep things going off without a hitch, with songwriting, production and musicianship working in unison to craft something which, on the outside, seems effortless and natural. The album is dynamic and fluid, taking moments of intense riffing and thunderous vocals and pairing them next to times when a slow, plodding riff rumbles along sweeping away anything in its path. Indeed, the songwriting which made Close To A World Below so memorable has returned in fine form, laying out a dozen tracks which are, cliché to say, all killer and no filler.
01 Intro 02 The purge 03 A token of malice 04 Majesty and decay 05 Divine code 06 In human form 07 A glorious epoch 08 Intro 09 A thunderous consequence 10 The rapture of ghosts 11 Power and shame 12 The comfort of cowards