My expectations were sky high to the new Malevolent Creation release Warkult still having fresh in mind their previous album The Will to Kill which was a phenomenal combination of both brutality and catchiness. My first impressions were that the new album didn't quite live up to it's predecessor but now I'm not so sure anymore 'cause the more rotations I give Warkult the better it becomes and it darn close to being equal to The Will to Kill.

The opener "Dead March" does in a way remind of "Memorial Arrangements" from their debut The Ten Commandments I guess it's mainly due to the slow and spoken piece in the beginning of the song but from there on there's absolutely nothing slow about the music. Malevolent Creation doesn't really surprise in any way this time either. The band continues to deliver their somewhat unique blend of old school death metal with a few references to thrash metal like they've done for the past thirteen years. And seriously this doesn't bother me the least 'cause why should you begin to tamper with a well oiled machine that runs steady and smoothly 'cause that's exactly what Malevolent Creation does. Warkult is some sorta concept album obviously dealing with war but the topic war isn't exactly a new one within the framework of the band so there's really nothing surprising here either.

Like the previous effort Warkult is produced and mixed by Kataklysm guitarist Jean Francois Deganais and this has naturally resulted in an impressive production that obviously isn't really any different from The Will to Kill. All the material on the album is fairly diverse and memorable but in my opinion songs like the opener "Dead March", "Supremacy Through Annihilation", "Murder Reigns" and "Shock and Awe" are the ones that stick the most out and therefore also the best. The band have chosen to finish it all off with cover of "Jack the Ripper" who was originally written by Australian thrashers Hobbs Angel of Death.

Warkult may not surprise at all but it still lies in the better end of the scale and there's no doubt that Malevolent Creation consist of competent musicians and the album does also seem pretty flawless. If you like the previous works from the band then I see no reason why not to purchase Warkult 'cause it's far from being a bad release.