Codex Gigas was yet another short-lived death metal band from Sweden. They released only three demos in a short three year span before disbanding. Unfortunately, I don't have their last demo.
We begin with Livid. After an utterly pointless intro of what I assume is a demon raping a woman, we get to the first real song. This demo is just more of your standard Swedish death metal. Crunchy guitars, fast hardcore-inspired blast beats, but Codex Gigas manages to switch up the formula by using black metal-type rasps instead of the usual growls. There's not all that much to talk about here.
Up next is Myom. Is this a misspelling of Myon, Youmu's ghost half? Anyway, the production is clearer than it was on the last demo, but the music still consists of the same old formulaic Swedish death metal. Not much to say here. But I must admit, the insane guitar solo on "The Severed Myom" was pretty cool.
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