Heavy Metal Superfan Blog

Trans-national death metal ensemble Faust (not to be confused with the German avant-rock legends Faust, formed in the early 1970s and still active today, or the mid '90s "Yngwie Malmsteen of the turntables," DJ Faust) has released its first album. The group was formed by guitarist and songwriter Aleister (one name, like Lemmy...or Cher) all the way back in 1992, but it took him till 2001 to get an EP out, which he had the self-deprecating humor to call And Finally Faust. Now, eight years later, he's assembled an all-star lineup from the worldwide death metal underground for the group's full-length debut, From Glory To Infinity. Guitarist Luca Princiotta (who's played with Doro and Blaze, among other groups/artists), bassist Steve DiGiorgio of Sadus, Iced Earth, Death and Testament, and drummer Darek "Daray" Brozowski of Dimmu Borgir and Vesania are all heard on this recording. And everything here is well played - if you like melodic, somewhat progressive death metal (the press release cites Death, Vader and Necrophagist as potential sonic touchstones, and while nobody here can play guitar like Necrophagist mainman Muhammad Suicmez, that's otherwise pretty dead-on), you'll like this just fine. But then they had to saddle it with this absurd cover art (censored, because this is a family-friendly blog):



Good call, Aleister. Talk about self-selecting your potential fan base - anybody who shakes their head at a painting of a topless nun misses out on the chance to hear a better-than-average death metal release. Awesome marketing job, buddy.