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		<title>By: solitude &#38; badmoodman</title>
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		<dc:creator>solitude &#38; badmoodman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Review
Pitchline Zine
6.5/10
05.10.2011

Siempre que veo juntas las palabras “Death Metal” y “Rusia”, lo relaciono con la idea de que me voy a encontrar algo altamente bruto, pues Rusia tiene la extraña habilidad de embrutecer casi cualquier estilo con cada grupo que surge de sus tierras, tanto en el Death Metal como en cualquier otro estilo, pero sobre todo en el Death. Por ejemplo, todavía recuerdo cuando escuché por primera vez a los Katalepsy, pocas veces he escuchado algo tan sumamente bestia en el ámbito del Brutal Death (que ya es decir). 

 Con Beheaded Zombie pensé que me encontraría algo similar, pero cuál fue mi sorpresa que este grupo no tiene como objetivo sonar lo más bruto posible, sino todo lo contrario. Formados en 2002, esta banda se asienta en un Death Metal técnico y progresivo que recordará a más de uno a Necrophagist y hasta a Obscura, en pos de sonar complejos introduciendo pequeñas melodías instrumentales entre su amalgama de ritmos, subidas y bajadas de trastes y demás. 

 Schastiye Dlya Vseh (que en inglés significa Happiness For All, irónico) es su último trabajo, lanzado en 2009 bajo el sello ruso BadMoonMan Records y que demuestra lo dicho anteriormente, en donde las melodías se intercalan con una técnica justa como para hacerse amena sin llegar a ser tan compleja y, por ende, rallante. En su poco más de media hora de duración, el disco nos ofrece 11 temas, la inmensa mayoría de ellos bastante cortos, pero que encierran dentro de éstos una gran variedad de ritmos, paradas y complejidad que dejan bien claro que la palabra “simple” no es algo que se pueda asociar con ellos. Gran parte de los temas presentan continuidad entre ellos, lo cual es de agradecer incluso, y que se puede notar en temas como Skazhi Mne, Drug o Schast&#039;ye Dlya Vseh que da nombre al álbum. 

 La producción es convincente, limpia y nítida para que se pueda distinguir perfectamente los instrumentos en todo su esplendor. El registro vocal es bastante genérico, muy típico y común, por lo que no destaca principalmente en ningún aspecto, además de ser bastante lineal sin tener mucha variación, pasando en un segundo plano, aunque también tienen algún tema instrumental en donde la voz brilla por su ausencia como en Christyi List. Aparte de todo ello, recurren a ciertos aspectos que nunca dejarán de ser curiosos, como ciertos pasajes muy influenciados por el Jazz como en Obratnaya Storona Odinochestva o en Chervi, ofreciendo incluso ese ligero toque espacial que caracteriza a los Obscura (curioso, por que el lanzamiento entre este disco y el Cosmogenesis de los alemanes en su momento difiere en unos cuantos meses). 

 Un disco que pese a no aportar nada nuevo y que tampoco destaca notablemente en ningún aspecto, está hecho con gracia y elegancia, por lo que puede hacerle la tarde más amena a más de uno. Como mínimo, es escuchable.

Author: Soulkiller</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Review<br />
Pitchline Zine<br />
6.5/10<br />
05.10.2011</p>
<p>Siempre que veo juntas las palabras “Death Metal” y “Rusia”, lo relaciono con la idea de que me voy a encontrar algo altamente bruto, pues Rusia tiene la extraña habilidad de embrutecer casi cualquier estilo con cada grupo que surge de sus tierras, tanto en el Death Metal como en cualquier otro estilo, pero sobre todo en el Death. Por ejemplo, todavía recuerdo cuando escuché por primera vez a los Katalepsy, pocas veces he escuchado algo tan sumamente bestia en el ámbito del Brutal Death (que ya es decir). </p>
<p> Con Beheaded Zombie pensé que me encontraría algo similar, pero cuál fue mi sorpresa que este grupo no tiene como objetivo sonar lo más bruto posible, sino todo lo contrario. Formados en 2002, esta banda se asienta en un Death Metal técnico y progresivo que recordará a más de uno a Necrophagist y hasta a Obscura, en pos de sonar complejos introduciendo pequeñas melodías instrumentales entre su amalgama de ritmos, subidas y bajadas de trastes y demás. </p>
<p> Schastiye Dlya Vseh (que en inglés significa Happiness For All, irónico) es su último trabajo, lanzado en 2009 bajo el sello ruso BadMoonMan Records y que demuestra lo dicho anteriormente, en donde las melodías se intercalan con una técnica justa como para hacerse amena sin llegar a ser tan compleja y, por ende, rallante. En su poco más de media hora de duración, el disco nos ofrece 11 temas, la inmensa mayoría de ellos bastante cortos, pero que encierran dentro de éstos una gran variedad de ritmos, paradas y complejidad que dejan bien claro que la palabra “simple” no es algo que se pueda asociar con ellos. Gran parte de los temas presentan continuidad entre ellos, lo cual es de agradecer incluso, y que se puede notar en temas como Skazhi Mne, Drug o Schast&#8217;ye Dlya Vseh que da nombre al álbum. </p>
<p> La producción es convincente, limpia y nítida para que se pueda distinguir perfectamente los instrumentos en todo su esplendor. El registro vocal es bastante genérico, muy típico y común, por lo que no destaca principalmente en ningún aspecto, además de ser bastante lineal sin tener mucha variación, pasando en un segundo plano, aunque también tienen algún tema instrumental en donde la voz brilla por su ausencia como en Christyi List. Aparte de todo ello, recurren a ciertos aspectos que nunca dejarán de ser curiosos, como ciertos pasajes muy influenciados por el Jazz como en Obratnaya Storona Odinochestva o en Chervi, ofreciendo incluso ese ligero toque espacial que caracteriza a los Obscura (curioso, por que el lanzamiento entre este disco y el Cosmogenesis de los alemanes en su momento difiere en unos cuantos meses). </p>
<p> Un disco que pese a no aportar nada nuevo y que tampoco destaca notablemente en ningún aspecto, está hecho con gracia y elegancia, por lo que puede hacerle la tarde más amena a más de uno. Como mínimo, es escuchable.</p>
<p>Author: Soulkiller</p>
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		<title>By: solitude &#38; badmoodman</title>
		<link>http://solitude-prod.com/blog/lang/eng/2009/10/bmm-024-09-beheaded-zombie-happiness-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-2384</link>
		<dc:creator>solitude &#38; badmoodman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Review
Forgotten Path
5.5/10

I cannot really comment on the current Russian Death Metal scene as, for some reason, some bands I heard had always put an impression of stagnation and imitation on me. This band, probably, can’t be called copycats as their sound is quite original. The riffs remind of Metal’s progressive side than Death Metal’s morbidity. They really make use of every instrument and try to make them sound as independent entities - this is quite an accomplishment. However, if you take few delicious ingredients and mix them together, the result is not necessarily delicious. This is exactly the case here - instruments do not necessarily sound like working towards a single goal. Beheaded Zombie maintains somewhat linear structure, but lacks some basic skills for unification of the song. Songs are relatively short for Death Metal (not talking about “progressive”) and they mostly sound random and soulless. Of course, those “clean” guitar passages and slow guitar soloing should impose a sense of emotion within a song, but that sounds like opposition to the context they create before (“Heartwork” anyone?). Given their technical abilities they should learn some composition, abandon those worthless ambitions of showing how good they are at playing, and put some soul in the songs. If they would study the main points of Death Metal they might become a quite listenable Atheist clone. Oh, and the vocals, growled in Russian, of course, sound brutal. 

Author: Dainius</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Review<br />
Forgotten Path<br />
5.5/10</p>
<p>I cannot really comment on the current Russian Death Metal scene as, for some reason, some bands I heard had always put an impression of stagnation and imitation on me. This band, probably, can’t be called copycats as their sound is quite original. The riffs remind of Metal’s progressive side than Death Metal’s morbidity. They really make use of every instrument and try to make them sound as independent entities &#8211; this is quite an accomplishment. However, if you take few delicious ingredients and mix them together, the result is not necessarily delicious. This is exactly the case here &#8211; instruments do not necessarily sound like working towards a single goal. Beheaded Zombie maintains somewhat linear structure, but lacks some basic skills for unification of the song. Songs are relatively short for Death Metal (not talking about “progressive”) and they mostly sound random and soulless. Of course, those “clean” guitar passages and slow guitar soloing should impose a sense of emotion within a song, but that sounds like opposition to the context they create before (“Heartwork” anyone?). Given their technical abilities they should learn some composition, abandon those worthless ambitions of showing how good they are at playing, and put some soul in the songs. If they would study the main points of Death Metal they might become a quite listenable Atheist clone. Oh, and the vocals, growled in Russian, of course, sound brutal. </p>
<p>Author: Dainius</p>
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		<title>By: lionua</title>
		<link>http://solitude-prod.com/blog/lang/eng/2009/10/bmm-024-09-beheaded-zombie-happiness-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-2214</link>
		<dc:creator>lionua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Review
Diabolical Conquest
8/10
07.09.2010

Oh I do like it when a band plays with my expectations. First of all, there&#039;s their name - Beheaded Zombie which to me screamed raw, fuzzy, kitsch, B-movie, graveyard, Grind. It&#039;s the sort of band name you usually find on Razorback&#039;s roster. Secondly there&#039;s the day-glo artwork which suggested a band who did not know what they were doing, a band that were a bit confused. Neither of which is accurate. This isn&#039;t Grind. This is Technical Death Metal. This isn&#039;t confused. This band knows exactly what its raison d&#039;être is. 

When you hit play all becomes clear. They have a thing for Human-era Death, some garnish straight from Cynic&#039;s Focus, and the robotic guitar sound from Pestilence&#039;s Spheres. The only modern trappings are the crispness of the production and the deep, and deeply European (Russian to be precise), vocals (which combined with the technicality of the music puts them in the neighbourhood of Gorod.) That said, I am of the opinion that this school of progressive Death Metal is confoundingly timeless, so it feels contemporary as much as it could also have seen the light of day any time in the past 20 years. 

It&#039;s the astral, sci-fi feel of Spheres which holds the largest sway over Beheaded Zombie&#039;s sound, and their labyrinthine and meandering compositions makes one think they could be Theory in Practice&#039;s long lost siblings. It&#039;s a very guitar driven album, the rhythm sound is restrained by Metal standards and leads and solos dominate, the work regularly hovering above the 5th fret (or so it seems). It has to be said the musicianship is of an incredibly high standard, and it&#039;s not just in the accuracy in the playing, but also in the variety of the sounds the band use, either this is the product of a very fertile imagination or they got new FX pedals at the time of writing the material and wanted to show them off (for the record I think it&#039;s the former). 

The solos as well show imagination or at least there&#039;s a novel approach here where the extended wig-outs have an undeniable free form element; often there is space where it seems the guitarist is following his nose - it&#039;s a Fusion influence Beheaded Zombie have in common with, again, Spheres. 

The drumming, once more, is accurate and nigh on impossible to follow, non-standard timings and polyrhythms reign supreme. It&#039;s the sort of seemingly random performance I associate with programmed drums. That or a dude who&#039;s spent too long listening to Confessor. 

Which is all good stuff, there&#039;s no doubt this album is a chin stroking muso&#039;s delight, and on that level I appreciate it a great deal. There&#039;s a lot here that&#039;s &quot;Hhmmm, yes, I like what you&#039;ve done here&quot;, and &quot;Oh, that&#039;s clever &quot;, but there&#039;s a dearth of true money shots where the band emphatically delivers the goods. That&#039;s not to say there are none. There are. Some great moments are scattered throughout the album, a riff here, a solo there, and from time to time they knuckle down and groove instead of dilly dallying around, but these parts a few and far between. There&#039;s too much concentration on satisfying the grey matter and not enough on our baser desires. The biggest negative is the vocals which define monotonous. Some variety, or heaven forbid charisma, would go a long way. 

As is so often the case, there&#039;s a heck of a lot of potential here, it just needs harnessing correctly with focus (sic) and not a little restraint. Do Beheaded Zombie have it in them? That this is their 4th full length suggests not. As it is, there&#039;s a long list of superior examples I&#039;d reach for ahead of Beheaded Zombie for a Tech Death fix.

Author: Ewan Gibb</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Review<br />
Diabolical Conquest<br />
8/10<br />
07.09.2010</p>
<p>Oh I do like it when a band plays with my expectations. First of all, there&#8217;s their name &#8211; Beheaded Zombie which to me screamed raw, fuzzy, kitsch, B-movie, graveyard, Grind. It&#8217;s the sort of band name you usually find on Razorback&#8217;s roster. Secondly there&#8217;s the day-glo artwork which suggested a band who did not know what they were doing, a band that were a bit confused. Neither of which is accurate. This isn&#8217;t Grind. This is Technical Death Metal. This isn&#8217;t confused. This band knows exactly what its raison d&#8217;être is. </p>
<p>When you hit play all becomes clear. They have a thing for Human-era Death, some garnish straight from Cynic&#8217;s Focus, and the robotic guitar sound from Pestilence&#8217;s Spheres. The only modern trappings are the crispness of the production and the deep, and deeply European (Russian to be precise), vocals (which combined with the technicality of the music puts them in the neighbourhood of Gorod.) That said, I am of the opinion that this school of progressive Death Metal is confoundingly timeless, so it feels contemporary as much as it could also have seen the light of day any time in the past 20 years. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s the astral, sci-fi feel of Spheres which holds the largest sway over Beheaded Zombie&#8217;s sound, and their labyrinthine and meandering compositions makes one think they could be Theory in Practice&#8217;s long lost siblings. It&#8217;s a very guitar driven album, the rhythm sound is restrained by Metal standards and leads and solos dominate, the work regularly hovering above the 5th fret (or so it seems). It has to be said the musicianship is of an incredibly high standard, and it&#8217;s not just in the accuracy in the playing, but also in the variety of the sounds the band use, either this is the product of a very fertile imagination or they got new FX pedals at the time of writing the material and wanted to show them off (for the record I think it&#8217;s the former). </p>
<p>The solos as well show imagination or at least there&#8217;s a novel approach here where the extended wig-outs have an undeniable free form element; often there is space where it seems the guitarist is following his nose &#8211; it&#8217;s a Fusion influence Beheaded Zombie have in common with, again, Spheres. </p>
<p>The drumming, once more, is accurate and nigh on impossible to follow, non-standard timings and polyrhythms reign supreme. It&#8217;s the sort of seemingly random performance I associate with programmed drums. That or a dude who&#8217;s spent too long listening to Confessor. </p>
<p>Which is all good stuff, there&#8217;s no doubt this album is a chin stroking muso&#8217;s delight, and on that level I appreciate it a great deal. There&#8217;s a lot here that&#8217;s &#8220;Hhmmm, yes, I like what you&#8217;ve done here&#8221;, and &#8220;Oh, that&#8217;s clever &#8220;, but there&#8217;s a dearth of true money shots where the band emphatically delivers the goods. That&#8217;s not to say there are none. There are. Some great moments are scattered throughout the album, a riff here, a solo there, and from time to time they knuckle down and groove instead of dilly dallying around, but these parts a few and far between. There&#8217;s too much concentration on satisfying the grey matter and not enough on our baser desires. The biggest negative is the vocals which define monotonous. Some variety, or heaven forbid charisma, would go a long way. </p>
<p>As is so often the case, there&#8217;s a heck of a lot of potential here, it just needs harnessing correctly with focus (sic) and not a little restraint. Do Beheaded Zombie have it in them? That this is their 4th full length suggests not. As it is, there&#8217;s a long list of superior examples I&#8217;d reach for ahead of Beheaded Zombie for a Tech Death fix.</p>
<p>Author: Ewan Gibb</p>
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		<title>By: lionua</title>
		<link>http://solitude-prod.com/blog/lang/eng/2009/10/bmm-024-09-beheaded-zombie-happiness-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-1848</link>
		<dc:creator>lionua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Review
Maelstorm #68
8/10

Schastiye dlya vseh might read like the cat walked across the computer keyboard, and the art is pretty suspect, but it sounds like a masterpiece. 

It’s like an old school death metal record played with some new school sensibilities. Lots of edgy-sounding clean guitar punctuates the mid-paced tech death metal songs, keeps the ear off kilter and the music fresh. A smidge weird like Pan-Thy-Monium, or Hieronymous Bosch, if it had much better production, mixed with some elements of Atheist and a little big of Necrophagist. Totally annoying aspects like a clip of a phone ringing, then being answered by a busy signal can not stand in the way of this uncommonly great album. Excellent.

Author: Roberto Martinelli</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Review<br />
Maelstorm #68<br />
8/10</p>
<p>Schastiye dlya vseh might read like the cat walked across the computer keyboard, and the art is pretty suspect, but it sounds like a masterpiece. </p>
<p>It’s like an old school death metal record played with some new school sensibilities. Lots of edgy-sounding clean guitar punctuates the mid-paced tech death metal songs, keeps the ear off kilter and the music fresh. A smidge weird like Pan-Thy-Monium, or Hieronymous Bosch, if it had much better production, mixed with some elements of Atheist and a little big of Necrophagist. Totally annoying aspects like a clip of a phone ringing, then being answered by a busy signal can not stand in the way of this uncommonly great album. Excellent.</p>
<p>Author: Roberto Martinelli</p>
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		<title>By: lionua</title>
		<link>http://solitude-prod.com/blog/lang/eng/2009/10/bmm-024-09-beheaded-zombie-happiness-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-1831</link>
		<dc:creator>lionua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Review
Metalvox

Os russos da Beheaded Zombie eram totalmente desconhecidos para mim, o nome da banda dava a impressão de ser uma banda de Brutal Gore, mas a capa estava um pouco fora dos padrões do Metal extremo, todas letras em russo, uma verdadeira incógnita!  Mas ao rolar o cdzinho fui envolvido por um fudido Technical Death Metal! Death Metal na linha do velho Atheist, meio Necrophagist e até mesmo um pouco do grande Death! 

Falar do instrumental é até brincadeira, guitarra com riffs pesados que do nada dão lugar a dedilhados, sem contar os solos, cozinha coesa, bateria quebradeira e o baixo firme e com muito destaque. “Schastiye dlya Vseh” pode parecer estranho, as melodias são lindas mas ao mesmo tempo soam bizarras,  onze músicas que resumimos em  um caos sonoro! 

Author: André Chaves</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Review<br />
Metalvox</p>
<p>Os russos da Beheaded Zombie eram totalmente desconhecidos para mim, o nome da banda dava a impressão de ser uma banda de Brutal Gore, mas a capa estava um pouco fora dos padrões do Metal extremo, todas letras em russo, uma verdadeira incógnita!  Mas ao rolar o cdzinho fui envolvido por um fudido Technical Death Metal! Death Metal na linha do velho Atheist, meio Necrophagist e até mesmo um pouco do grande Death! </p>
<p>Falar do instrumental é até brincadeira, guitarra com riffs pesados que do nada dão lugar a dedilhados, sem contar os solos, cozinha coesa, bateria quebradeira e o baixo firme e com muito destaque. “Schastiye dlya Vseh” pode parecer estranho, as melodias são lindas mas ao mesmo tempo soam bizarras,  onze músicas que resumimos em  um caos sonoro! </p>
<p>Author: André Chaves</p>
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		<title>By: lionua</title>
		<link>http://solitude-prod.com/blog/lang/eng/2009/10/bmm-024-09-beheaded-zombie-happiness-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-1704</link>
		<dc:creator>lionua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Review
Pest Webzine

Active since 2002, Beheaded Zombie released three prior albums before &quot;Hapiness for All&quot;, so we&#039;re dealing with a mature, experimented band here, but they seem to be concentrated on the Russian market/public only all their lyrics being Russian written. This album is my first encounter with Beheaded Zombie, an encounter which will leave me with lots of questions. Yes, the band plays Technical Death Metal, but it&#039;s not the new style, the fast and furious one, this is the old-school type, extremely twisted and complicated, slow to mid-tempo with very few fast rhythmed insertions. When talking of old-school type think of a combination of Mekong Delta and Pestilence, this has nothing to do with the Death kind of style. The growled but comprehensive vocals are based on a generous display of instrumental technical skills, it&#039;s like each instrument has its own path and personality, but they manage to somehow meet each other and form a whole. As a visual representation of what we get here think of a contorsionist doing his job for about half an hour, that&#039;s all.
I don&#039;t understand a thing from the booklet, and honestly I don&#039;t like its artwork, it&#039;s too alternative for my tastes, but maybe that&#039;s their point, to be different. Anyway, a solid release for metalheads in search for a different piece in their Technical Death Metal collection.

Author: Adrian</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Review<br />
Pest Webzine</p>
<p>Active since 2002, Beheaded Zombie released three prior albums before &#8220;Hapiness for All&#8221;, so we&#8217;re dealing with a mature, experimented band here, but they seem to be concentrated on the Russian market/public only all their lyrics being Russian written. This album is my first encounter with Beheaded Zombie, an encounter which will leave me with lots of questions. Yes, the band plays Technical Death Metal, but it&#8217;s not the new style, the fast and furious one, this is the old-school type, extremely twisted and complicated, slow to mid-tempo with very few fast rhythmed insertions. When talking of old-school type think of a combination of Mekong Delta and Pestilence, this has nothing to do with the Death kind of style. The growled but comprehensive vocals are based on a generous display of instrumental technical skills, it&#8217;s like each instrument has its own path and personality, but they manage to somehow meet each other and form a whole. As a visual representation of what we get here think of a contorsionist doing his job for about half an hour, that&#8217;s all.<br />
I don&#8217;t understand a thing from the booklet, and honestly I don&#8217;t like its artwork, it&#8217;s too alternative for my tastes, but maybe that&#8217;s their point, to be different. Anyway, a solid release for metalheads in search for a different piece in their Technical Death Metal collection.</p>
<p>Author: Adrian</p>
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		<title>By: lionua</title>
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		<dc:creator>lionua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 17:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Review
Shapeless Zine
9/10

Sono proprio strani questi Beheaded Zombie. Strani per davvero. Dal nome ci si aspetta un gruppo brutal/grind. La copertina -e ancor piщ la veste grafica del libretto- и spiazzante, potrebbe suggerire un gruppo alternative con un tocco umoristico. La musica, invece, и un mix fenomenale di jazz e techno-death. 
A nominare questo genere si pensa subito alla triade Cynic, Pestilence, Atheist. Se и vero che i Beheaded Zombie hanno raccolto l&#039;ereditа di alcuni gruppi importanti (i Cynic in primis, poi i Death piщ tecnici e ricercati e, infine, qualcosa degli Atheist), и altresм evidente che i nostri hanno rielaborato queste influenze in un&#039;ottica personalissima e dannatamente accattivante. 
Innanzitutto, nel loro stile ci sono parti techno-death, parti jazz e parti in cui queste due realtа coesistono e, in misura diversa, si fondono. Insomma, si passa da uno stile all&#039;altro con una naturalezza incredibile, senza il minimo stacco. 
Il gusto per la melodia deborda, ad ogni istante la band ammalia l&#039;ascoltatore con linee melodiche sinuose, intriganti. Abbandonate il concetto classico che il termine &quot;melodia&quot; ha assunto in ambito metal: qui non c&#039;и niente di sdolcinato, di commerciale, nulla и usato con il fine di ammorbidire e rendere piщ accessibile la proposta. La trama tessuta dai Beheaded Zombie и un intreccio di melodie che penetrano pian piano sottopelle, derivano direttamente dal jazz e, forse proprio per questo motivo, risultano cosм strane all&#039;orecchio di un ascoltatore metal medio. Cosм strane, eppure cosм efficaci da rimanere stampate indelebilmente nella mente. 
L&#039;album conta ben dieci canzoni piщ intro. Si tratta di composizioni brevi, della durata media di tre minuti appena; nonostante ciт, non danno l&#039;idea di incompiutezza. Ogni brano и caratterizzato da picchi di raffinata bellezza, la struttura и contorta ma non a livelli esasperati perchй il gruppo dа importanza, come detto, alla continuitа e all&#039;armonia tra le parti. C&#039;и una certa varietа di soluzioni, si passa da fasi arpeggiate ad altre piщ vigorose, con tanto di tappeti di doppia cassa e blastbeat. In generale, perт, la musica non assume mai un carattere violento, perchй anche i momenti legati in maniera marcata al death metal sono complessi e intrisi di melodia. 
Non и corretto dire che i brani sono poco immediati, perchй, non appena si riesce a comprendere i criteri compositivi che ne stanno alla base, diventano assai scorrevoli, quasi immediati. Lo so, sembra un controsenso, quando si parla di musica complicata di solito si ha sempre a che fare con album difficili da assimilare. Qui, vuoi perchй la tecnica и posta al 100% in funzione della musica, vuoi perchй i Beheaded Zombie hanno doti compositive tali da rendere scorrevole anche una ferrata sulle Dolomiti, le canzoni si lasciano ascoltare che и un piacere. Di piщ, oserei dire che hanno anche un bel tiro. 
Non ha senso descrivere brano per brano, troppe sono le variazioni, i cambi d&#039;atmosfera. Tutto il CD и un susseguirsi di poliritmie, assoli, arpeggi, controtempi. Ogni strumento fa la sua parte in maniera egregia. Le chitarre duettano in grande sintonia, ma non rubano spazio al basso, sempre presente e di frequente anche in primissimo piano. La batteria supporta gli strumenti con notevole versatilitа, optando spesso per ritmiche ingarbugliate e ad effetto. La voce, infine, и un growl basso ma non esasperato. Si accompagna bene al contesto e si mantiene sempre sugli stessi livelli di cattiveria, anche quando la musica varia di registro. Non aspettatevi, dunque, parti troppo dolci, i Beheaded Zombie non si lasciano mai andare a soluzioni morbide e di comodo. Una particolaritа: l&#039;album и interamente cantato in russo; forse anche per questo la voce risulta dura. 
La registrazione и assolutamente all&#039;altezza. Ha il pregio di essere molto ben bilanciata, cosicchй ogni strumento gode del proprio spazio. Inoltre, anche la scelta dei suoni и personale, non abbiamo a che fare con una produzione che si confonde con tante altre nel suo genere, come invece oggigiorno accade sempre piщ spesso. I Beheaded Zombie hanno una loro personalitа sia dal punto di vista strettamente musicale, sia per le sonoritа. 
&quot;Schastiye Dlya Vseh &quot; и un album coi controfiocchi. Viene voglia di ascoltarlo in continuazione e ad ogni ascolto regala emozioni. L&#039;acquisto и vivamente consigliato, sia per la qualitа della musica, sia per l&#039;originalitа. 
Vi lascio con una nota biografica: il cantante Dmitry &quot;Letarg&quot; Tolokonnikov ha lasciato il gruppo dopo la pubblicazione dell&#039;album. Al suo posto, inaspettatamente, и subentrata una ragazza, Daria Murder. Chissа come и cambiato il volto dei Beheaded Zombie con questo avvicendamento.

Author: Danny Boodman</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Review<br />
Shapeless Zine<br />
9/10</p>
<p>Sono proprio strani questi Beheaded Zombie. Strani per davvero. Dal nome ci si aspetta un gruppo brutal/grind. La copertina -e ancor piщ la veste grafica del libretto- и spiazzante, potrebbe suggerire un gruppo alternative con un tocco umoristico. La musica, invece, и un mix fenomenale di jazz e techno-death.<br />
A nominare questo genere si pensa subito alla triade Cynic, Pestilence, Atheist. Se и vero che i Beheaded Zombie hanno raccolto l&#8217;ereditа di alcuni gruppi importanti (i Cynic in primis, poi i Death piщ tecnici e ricercati e, infine, qualcosa degli Atheist), и altresм evidente che i nostri hanno rielaborato queste influenze in un&#8217;ottica personalissima e dannatamente accattivante.<br />
Innanzitutto, nel loro stile ci sono parti techno-death, parti jazz e parti in cui queste due realtа coesistono e, in misura diversa, si fondono. Insomma, si passa da uno stile all&#8217;altro con una naturalezza incredibile, senza il minimo stacco.<br />
Il gusto per la melodia deborda, ad ogni istante la band ammalia l&#8217;ascoltatore con linee melodiche sinuose, intriganti. Abbandonate il concetto classico che il termine &#8220;melodia&#8221; ha assunto in ambito metal: qui non c&#8217;и niente di sdolcinato, di commerciale, nulla и usato con il fine di ammorbidire e rendere piщ accessibile la proposta. La trama tessuta dai Beheaded Zombie и un intreccio di melodie che penetrano pian piano sottopelle, derivano direttamente dal jazz e, forse proprio per questo motivo, risultano cosм strane all&#8217;orecchio di un ascoltatore metal medio. Cosм strane, eppure cosм efficaci da rimanere stampate indelebilmente nella mente.<br />
L&#8217;album conta ben dieci canzoni piщ intro. Si tratta di composizioni brevi, della durata media di tre minuti appena; nonostante ciт, non danno l&#8217;idea di incompiutezza. Ogni brano и caratterizzato da picchi di raffinata bellezza, la struttura и contorta ma non a livelli esasperati perchй il gruppo dа importanza, come detto, alla continuitа e all&#8217;armonia tra le parti. C&#8217;и una certa varietа di soluzioni, si passa da fasi arpeggiate ad altre piщ vigorose, con tanto di tappeti di doppia cassa e blastbeat. In generale, perт, la musica non assume mai un carattere violento, perchй anche i momenti legati in maniera marcata al death metal sono complessi e intrisi di melodia.<br />
Non и corretto dire che i brani sono poco immediati, perchй, non appena si riesce a comprendere i criteri compositivi che ne stanno alla base, diventano assai scorrevoli, quasi immediati. Lo so, sembra un controsenso, quando si parla di musica complicata di solito si ha sempre a che fare con album difficili da assimilare. Qui, vuoi perchй la tecnica и posta al 100% in funzione della musica, vuoi perchй i Beheaded Zombie hanno doti compositive tali da rendere scorrevole anche una ferrata sulle Dolomiti, le canzoni si lasciano ascoltare che и un piacere. Di piщ, oserei dire che hanno anche un bel tiro.<br />
Non ha senso descrivere brano per brano, troppe sono le variazioni, i cambi d&#8217;atmosfera. Tutto il CD и un susseguirsi di poliritmie, assoli, arpeggi, controtempi. Ogni strumento fa la sua parte in maniera egregia. Le chitarre duettano in grande sintonia, ma non rubano spazio al basso, sempre presente e di frequente anche in primissimo piano. La batteria supporta gli strumenti con notevole versatilitа, optando spesso per ritmiche ingarbugliate e ad effetto. La voce, infine, и un growl basso ma non esasperato. Si accompagna bene al contesto e si mantiene sempre sugli stessi livelli di cattiveria, anche quando la musica varia di registro. Non aspettatevi, dunque, parti troppo dolci, i Beheaded Zombie non si lasciano mai andare a soluzioni morbide e di comodo. Una particolaritа: l&#8217;album и interamente cantato in russo; forse anche per questo la voce risulta dura.<br />
La registrazione и assolutamente all&#8217;altezza. Ha il pregio di essere molto ben bilanciata, cosicchй ogni strumento gode del proprio spazio. Inoltre, anche la scelta dei suoni и personale, non abbiamo a che fare con una produzione che si confonde con tante altre nel suo genere, come invece oggigiorno accade sempre piщ spesso. I Beheaded Zombie hanno una loro personalitа sia dal punto di vista strettamente musicale, sia per le sonoritа.<br />
&#8220;Schastiye Dlya Vseh &#8221; и un album coi controfiocchi. Viene voglia di ascoltarlo in continuazione e ad ogni ascolto regala emozioni. L&#8217;acquisto и vivamente consigliato, sia per la qualitа della musica, sia per l&#8217;originalitа.<br />
Vi lascio con una nota biografica: il cantante Dmitry &#8220;Letarg&#8221; Tolokonnikov ha lasciato il gruppo dopo la pubblicazione dell&#8217;album. Al suo posto, inaspettatamente, и subentrata una ragazza, Daria Murder. Chissа come и cambiato il volto dei Beheaded Zombie con questo avvicendamento.</p>
<p>Author: Danny Boodman</p>
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		<title>By: lionua</title>
		<link>http://solitude-prod.com/blog/lang/eng/2009/10/bmm-024-09-beheaded-zombie-happiness-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-1588</link>
		<dc:creator>lionua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Review
Iced Tears
7.5/10
24.02.2010

Non ho molte informazioni su questi Beheaded Zombie, ma credo che quest&#039;album (dal titolo praticamente inscrivibile) non sia un debutto, sia per l&#039;esperienza che questi musicisti dimostrano, sia perchè a quanto pare, dalle loro parti, sono un pò conosciuti. Il platter si presenta con una copertina piuttosto ridicola, d&#039;altronde il booklet è così strano, coi suoi disegni coloratissimi e un pò bruttini, a dir la verità, che nel senso più positivo del termine &quot;strano&quot;, si adegua anche il disco di per sè. 
La band russa riesce a creare un mix perfetto di progressive metal e fusion, con chitarre che si destreggiano in giri complessi ma sempre molto melodici, anche se, talvolta, freddini, supportati da una batteria piacevole e precisa, ed un basso che fa un lavoro sensazionale. Al tutto bisogna anche aggiungerci il growl del cantante, basso e potente, che da un tocco più coinvolgente allo stile del gruppo. Il cantato è in lingua madre, ahimè, senza i testi nel booklet, per cui, non chiedetemi quali tematiche trattano le canzoni. &quot;TBAPb.&quot; con il suo avanzare incalzante lascia il segno, tra beats e velocità. Pazza come poche, invece, &quot;AHO&quot;, dai solos molto belli, ed una sorta di arpeggi particolari, non si lascerà dimenticare facilmente.
Buon disco per questi russi, originale e curato negli arrangiamenti, una sorta di progressive death metal tutt&#039;altro che di facile ascolto.

Author: Hellrob</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Review<br />
Iced Tears<br />
7.5/10<br />
24.02.2010</p>
<p>Non ho molte informazioni su questi Beheaded Zombie, ma credo che quest&#8217;album (dal titolo praticamente inscrivibile) non sia un debutto, sia per l&#8217;esperienza che questi musicisti dimostrano, sia perchè a quanto pare, dalle loro parti, sono un pò conosciuti. Il platter si presenta con una copertina piuttosto ridicola, d&#8217;altronde il booklet è così strano, coi suoi disegni coloratissimi e un pò bruttini, a dir la verità, che nel senso più positivo del termine &#8220;strano&#8221;, si adegua anche il disco di per sè.<br />
La band russa riesce a creare un mix perfetto di progressive metal e fusion, con chitarre che si destreggiano in giri complessi ma sempre molto melodici, anche se, talvolta, freddini, supportati da una batteria piacevole e precisa, ed un basso che fa un lavoro sensazionale. Al tutto bisogna anche aggiungerci il growl del cantante, basso e potente, che da un tocco più coinvolgente allo stile del gruppo. Il cantato è in lingua madre, ahimè, senza i testi nel booklet, per cui, non chiedetemi quali tematiche trattano le canzoni. &#8220;TBAPb.&#8221; con il suo avanzare incalzante lascia il segno, tra beats e velocità. Pazza come poche, invece, &#8220;AHO&#8221;, dai solos molto belli, ed una sorta di arpeggi particolari, non si lascerà dimenticare facilmente.<br />
Buon disco per questi russi, originale e curato negli arrangiamenti, una sorta di progressive death metal tutt&#8217;altro che di facile ascolto.</p>
<p>Author: Hellrob</p>
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		<title>By: lionua</title>
		<link>http://solitude-prod.com/blog/lang/eng/2009/10/bmm-024-09-beheaded-zombie-happiness-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-1568</link>
		<dc:creator>lionua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Review
Pro-Rock Zine #67
7/10

Beheaded Zombie e нахъсана петчлен- на прогресив дет метъл банда от Русия, а Счастье Для Всех е четвъртият им дългосвирещ албум. Ядро на групата са братята Дмитрий (китара) и Владимир (ударни) Ляшкови. конто включват в музиката си по Opeth-ски образец тежки рифове, джазова ритмика, акустични моменти и психеделия. Интересно е да се отбележи, че това грухащо (чисти вокали няма) на заден план създание е крехка девойка - тенденция, която изглежда бързо се раз- пространява на север, имайки предвид, че дори култовата грайнд банда Anal Nosorog подмени наскоро фронтмена си с певица. И все пак на фона на техничного свирене на инструменталистите гласът на Дарья .Murder&quot; си звучи катокръпка. Момчетата изглежда имат идеи и способности, но им липсва една от най-важните съставки, необходими при сглобяването на подобна музика - кадърен продуцент. Звукът е, меко казано, ужасен или най-малкото, изключително неподходящ за претенци- озните композиции, които братята пред- лагат. Ако можеха да си позволят бюджета да записват в по-професионално студио, Beheaded Zombie със сигурност щяха да са достойна конкуренция на отдалечените на хиляди километри от тях и сдобили се с популярност банди. Засега толкова - очакваме с нетьрпение как ще се развие ситуацията на Източния фронт. За іЬенове на Cynic, Atheist, Opeth

Author: Torden</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Review<br />
Pro-Rock Zine #67<br />
7/10</p>
<p>Beheaded Zombie e нахъсана петчлен- на прогресив дет метъл банда от Русия, а Счастье Для Всех е четвъртият им дългосвирещ албум. Ядро на групата са братята Дмитрий (китара) и Владимир (ударни) Ляшкови. конто включват в музиката си по Opeth-ски образец тежки рифове, джазова ритмика, акустични моменти и психеделия. Интересно е да се отбележи, че това грухащо (чисти вокали няма) на заден план създание е крехка девойка &#8211; тенденция, която изглежда бързо се раз- пространява на север, имайки предвид, че дори култовата грайнд банда Anal Nosorog подмени наскоро фронтмена си с певица. И все пак на фона на техничного свирене на инструменталистите гласът на Дарья .Murder&#8221; си звучи катокръпка. Момчетата изглежда имат идеи и способности, но им липсва една от най-важните съставки, необходими при сглобяването на подобна музика &#8211; кадърен продуцент. Звукът е, меко казано, ужасен или най-малкото, изключително неподходящ за претенци- озните композиции, които братята пред- лагат. Ако можеха да си позволят бюджета да записват в по-професионално студио, Beheaded Zombie със сигурност щяха да са достойна конкуренция на отдалечените на хиляди километри от тях и сдобили се с популярност банди. Засега толкова &#8211; очакваме с нетьрпение как ще се развие ситуацията на Източния фронт. За іЬенове на Cynic, Atheist, Opeth</p>
<p>Author: Torden</p>
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		<title>By: lionua</title>
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		<dc:creator>lionua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Review
Metal Daze
4/5
02.04.2010

BEHEADED ZOMBIE me atacó, me mató, me comió el cerebro y se dio un festín de sangre mientras de fondo sonaba &quot;Happiness For All&quot;, su último trabajo editado el año pasado.
Formados en 2002 en Moscú, este cuarteto de Brutal Death Metal muy reconocido en el under de su país, nos entrega un devastador álbum de diez canciones enfermas, muy técnicas en su desarrollo y que, a su vez, pese a ser “extremas” en ningún momento se encierran en un solo estilo sino que poseen muchos pasajes donde bases densas y lentas conviven perfectamente y en armonía.
Imaginen que escribir los nombres en ruso no es fácil, así que me voy a limitar a mencionarles que tanto el tema de apertura, como los siguientes nueve que siguen no tienen desperdicio alguno; tanto por su composición como por su efectividad certera.
Pasajes a lo Meshuggah, Nile, y todo el Death Metal podrido que pulula por el mundillo extremo de nuestras vida.
No se lo pierdan, después no digan que no les avisé…

Author: Gustavo Piccini</description>
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Metal Daze<br />
4/5<br />
02.04.2010</p>
<p>BEHEADED ZOMBIE me atacó, me mató, me comió el cerebro y se dio un festín de sangre mientras de fondo sonaba &#8220;Happiness For All&#8221;, su último trabajo editado el año pasado.<br />
Formados en 2002 en Moscú, este cuarteto de Brutal Death Metal muy reconocido en el under de su país, nos entrega un devastador álbum de diez canciones enfermas, muy técnicas en su desarrollo y que, a su vez, pese a ser “extremas” en ningún momento se encierran en un solo estilo sino que poseen muchos pasajes donde bases densas y lentas conviven perfectamente y en armonía.<br />
Imaginen que escribir los nombres en ruso no es fácil, así que me voy a limitar a mencionarles que tanto el tema de apertura, como los siguientes nueve que siguen no tienen desperdicio alguno; tanto por su composición como por su efectividad certera.<br />
Pasajes a lo Meshuggah, Nile, y todo el Death Metal podrido que pulula por el mundillo extremo de nuestras vida.<br />
No se lo pierdan, después no digan que no les avisé…</p>
<p>Author: Gustavo Piccini</p>
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