{"id":243,"date":"2026-03-07T11:02:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"\/theoutcast\/theoutcast\/reviews\/council-of-the-fallen-deciphering-the-soul\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T17:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:58:56","slug":"council-of-the-fallen-deciphering-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"reviews","link":"https:\/\/adkoi.com\/theoutcast\/reviews\/council-of-the-fallen-deciphering-the-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Council of the Fallen &#8211; &#8220;Deciphering the Soul&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This band has come up with good balance of brutal, blasting death metal, which is the main component, though there are other elements, like melody  and catchiness. The thing I like about this is the willingness to do  something different without losing the death metal approach. There are some  tiny, brief parts with clean vocals and quite a bit of black metal  screaming. Actually, the album has a few surprises, like the recurring black  metal riffing, which with this type of production sounds more upfront than  with the usual black metal production. Council of the Fallen is turning out  to be&#8211;with this second album&#8211;quite a surprise and a band to check out, if  you like brutal death metal, but want more than the same old repetition that  a lot of bands do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This band has come up with good balance of brutal, blasting death metal, which is the main component, though there are other elements, like melody and catchiness. 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