All's Third Coming (Demo)

Holy crap it's been a long time! Seems an age ago, since so much has changed, though the format of this site won't. I was sent this demo by a friend who asked me to do a review. It took me a while (Sorry!), but here it is. Since the demo is fairly short, I'll write a little about each song and then sum up my thoughts.

If there's one word that could some up this demo, it would be "diverse". Each of the four tracks featured on Third Coming are vastly different, yet still sound like the same band. The first song, Treasure, opens with a very eerie and cool riff, that carries throughout most of the song. As the vocals kick in, I was struck by the huge improvement over their first demo/album ph:ALL-us. The chorus is a little weak, mostly due to the very Rock-y riff, but overall serves to contrast the rest of the song well.
The second track, Scarmaker, is an extremely short affair, lasting about a minute and thirty second. It's a shame really, since it's fast and hard-hitting with some decent (and only) growling.
Life (Staring back at you) starts like a bat out of hell, it's grooving along, reminding me of all the good qualities of GWAR. The vocals on this track are particularly great, as is the awesome solo that lasts for about a quarter of the song which leaves you begging for more. It's a very Thrashy song with a good balance between the dissonant clean guitar and the harmonic rythm guitar. It's easily the best song on the demo.
The last song on the album is also called Life (But with a subtitle like the previous song: (Changing all the time (So yeah, it's slightly different (In name (parenthesis))))). Despite the similar title, the fourth track couldn't sound less like the previous song if it tried, as it's it's slow, long and almost Doom-ish. There are no vocals to be found, and the riff remains the same, though does evolve over the course of 12 minutes. While this might sound boring, it still manages to completely captivate by the droning, eerie riff. The song keeps adding layers, then strips them away, creating almost a landscape with its sounds.

That about does it. In conclusion, I was very impressed with the improvements in the vocal department, the production quality and musicianship. The songs on the demo all have good qualities, some better than others, but overall my impressions were very good. I'm definitely looking forward to hearing more from these guys.