There are just seven days until the release of the debut Exorcism album I Am God. We already saw two songs from it – Voodoo Jesus and I Am God itself. In them it is evident how happy the band is to do what they’re good/gods at – music. Fine music.

Heavy Doom. This is the official tag the grown-up boys have given obligingly in favour of their current and future fans. It is heavy, though. Eitherway I was impressed by the manner the at times typical power vocals (comparison: Edguy’s Tobias Sammet in, er, every Edguy album) entwine in the typical doom melodies. Generally, tipicality is widely distributed in I Am God and despite that the effort is somehow original and distinguishing. Maybe because of the slightly progressive sound that kept me intrigued the whole time.

One step at a time. The songs have the abnormal lenght between five and eight minutes and just when something is about to happen, it doesn’t. Absolutely no culmination – neither in the album nor in any of its ten components. I’m not sure if this is for good or for bad. Yes, I have nothing against the flowing riffs. After all those guys must sound hard. The catchy melodies are more than just enjoyable. For example, Voodoo Jesus was the reason I got interested in hearing more of Exorcism. In it the quitar solo is a serious requisition for a high tide. The next one Last Rock ‘n Roll is both opening and closing with a different but yet so involving drum and bass symphony.

Each one of the songs is a voyage to the centre of the Earth. In such long a journey one finds individually something new and unknown. Master of Evil leads us in temptation with major teases. The rockerish Higher redeems the sin. Self-titled Exorcism is the buffer zone I don’t want to stop passing through. If this album was on a casette, the tape with this song would have been well-worn.

The combination electronics/guitars has almost always been a wining strategy. Stay in Hell just confirms this theory of mine. And since not everything can be perfect and there must be something wrong, Fade the Day melts in the general background; the song is somehow easily lost among the compositions.

As I already said, a culmination in this album there is not. That can mean only two things: either I Am God is very bad, or it is really good. As for a debut, it is awesome. Exorcism have ensured their jumpstart and started making their own personal path in the field of metal.

7/10