Only one year after releasing monumental masterpiece "Into Eternity" Desultory needed to unleash the successor. His name is "Bitterness". Of all the early death metal bands that tried to achieve the most melody, this album would be the crowning jewel. What we have here is a full-length built solely around the classically stimulated leadwork and the atmosphere that becomes projected because of it. The vocals, bass, and drumming merely feed off of it since the riffs really capture the heart of the listener. This is what Sentenced's Amok could have been, had it not pushed too hard away from death metal. This is what Amorphis' Tales From the Thousand Lakes could have been if streamlined and without the keyboards. This is surprisingly melodic, catchy death metal. This is 100% pure headbanging material!