Demiurg - Breath Of The Demiurg

Hmmm... I don't know what Demiurg means, and the only thing I can dig up on google (besides the band) is that there was some demiurg virus and this wikipedia article on the Demiurg.

In the tabletop miniature wargame Battlefleet Gothic, the Demiurg are an alien race of squat semi-humanoids, who share many traits with the typical fantasy dwarf stereotype: they are avid miners, expert traders, and, in some ways, further technologically advanced than humans. They also bear a particular hatred for goblinoids (Orks in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, of which Battlefleet Gothic is a part).

I have to admit that I used to play Warhammer, so I find this incredibly humorous. However, this album is nothing close to humorous; it is a face-melting assault of death metal. Wow! This band feautures Dan Swanö of Edge of Sanity fame. He's not doing the vocals, but according to their myspace page, he did drums for this first album and now plays guitar.

In any event, this is some heavy, somewhat slower paced (for death metal), grooving album. The vocals remind me of Michael Akerfelt from the first Bloodbath album, or possibly Dismember's vocalist, whose new CD I should be coming up to sometime soon. I think we've got here a new powerhouse in the death metal scene.

EDIT: Ok, this is much more likely for their inspiration for the bandname.

Demiurge (from the Greek δημιουργός dēmiourgós, Latinized demiurgus, meaning "artisan" or "craftsman", lit. "public or skilled worker" (from δήμιος demos (common people) + έργον ergos (work)[1]) is a term for a creator deity, responsible for the creation of the physical universe.