On first listen to Miscarriage of the Soul by Demonologists, I thought the disc was damaged. It sounded like something went wrong during the mastering process; like every track was clipping. I scanned though all the tracks and still that nasty sound persisted. Definitely damaged. Then I went over to the band's Myspace page and listened to the album's first track, Necro Prayers, and sure enough, it sounded the same. The disc wasn't damaged, this is indeed what the band intended the album to sound like -- 40 minutes of pure noise. The description given on the album's one-sheet, 'ominous black ambience veiled by corrosive hiss... a pure wall of hiss and static' is a perfect description of what Miscarriage of the Soul sounds like. Sometimes it even sounds like you're listening to a jet engine. If there are vocals, guitars, bass, percussion they are pretty much unintelligible for most the album. For about 35 minutes there really isn't a lot to hear other than hiss, static, and white noise. During those other 5 minutes, and peppered throughout the album, we are treated to something comprehensible in the form of dark and eery orchestrations, and tortured screams.

This is a very dense album that is not easy to listen to. This is definitely for fans of extreme death metal and noise. If you are a fan of the band, you'll love that Miscarriage of the Soul is an excellently packaged, hand-numbered, 250 copy limited edition CD in a DVD box that includes a very cool 28-page book, a vinyl sticker, a 1' badge.