Haiduk - Exomancer
black metal / death metal
Haiduk is an album released in October 17, by Canadian blackened death metal project Exomancer. Half an hour long, the record has ten tracks: Death Portent, Unsummon, Evil Art,
Subverse, Icevoid Nemesis, Doom Seer, Pulsar, Blood Ripple, Once Flesh and Crypternity.
With very fast, but aggressive guitar lines – which are, basically, the trademark and the strength of the virtuous style exposed on this work – the rhythm and the general consistence of the songs are great, exceedingly lucid, organic and dense. Objective, direct to the point, the songs appear to evoke the hazardous gravity of a morbid cosmogony, that will bring about an unexpected end to the entire existence. It’s like a deleterious anthem praising the inevitable downfall of humanity.
With melodies that are usually rapid, tense and intense, Exomancer is mostly instrumental, and exercises its vibrant splendor over harmonies that are greatly infused with the ever imposing density of flexible, though pungent and retractile harmonies. Though at times the album feels like an exhaustive death metal guitar lesson – despite its conciseness –, Exomancer is a very competent work. Despite its repetitiveness, there is solid coherence in the general musical tonalities of its colorful framework, graceful melodies to be appreciated, and an audacious level of originality, that deserves to be contemplated.
Subverse, Icevoid Nemesis, Doom Seer, Pulsar, Blood Ripple, Once Flesh and Crypternity.
With very fast, but aggressive guitar lines – which are, basically, the trademark and the strength of the virtuous style exposed on this work – the rhythm and the general consistence of the songs are great, exceedingly lucid, organic and dense. Objective, direct to the point, the songs appear to evoke the hazardous gravity of a morbid cosmogony, that will bring about an unexpected end to the entire existence. It’s like a deleterious anthem praising the inevitable downfall of humanity.
With melodies that are usually rapid, tense and intense, Exomancer is mostly instrumental, and exercises its vibrant splendor over harmonies that are greatly infused with the ever imposing density of flexible, though pungent and retractile harmonies. Though at times the album feels like an exhaustive death metal guitar lesson – despite its conciseness –, Exomancer is a very competent work. Despite its repetitiveness, there is solid coherence in the general musical tonalities of its colorful framework, graceful melodies to be appreciated, and an audacious level of originality, that deserves to be contemplated.
Norilsk - Weepers of the Land
black metal / doom metal
Weepers of the Land, released by Hypnotic Dirge Records, is the most recent album by Canadian blackened doom metal act Norilsk. Relatively concise – almost half an hour long –, the record has four tracks: No Sacred Ground, The Way, Toute la noirceur du monde and the title track, the ten minutes long Weepers of the Land. A very good, skilled, competent work, with an anxiously sinister, but expansive atmosphere, that seems to conduct the listener to an inadvertently doomed, agonizing untimely demise, Weepers of the Land proves to be almost an excellent and majestic work of art.
With melodies seriously elaborated at the axis of a consistent harmonious narrative, that exercises effective control over the slow pace of the rhythm, here you have fabulous authorial songs – that inspires originality – and leaves the band engraved with its own personal style.
Embracing the grace of its lenient melancholy, and disposing an unmerciful grace that brilliantly relies over the most conspicuous and savage tones of the music, sensationally pungent, though somewhat discreet and restrained guitar lines frames mortuary vocals, that are compelled to display, altogether, genuine ghostly anthems, that drives the melodies to a convergent tissue of inevitable funeral serenity, marvelously elaborated over the vicinities of sordid compassion and elusive hyperboles of insufficient eternity.
With melodies seriously elaborated at the axis of a consistent harmonious narrative, that exercises effective control over the slow pace of the rhythm, here you have fabulous authorial songs – that inspires originality – and leaves the band engraved with its own personal style.
Embracing the grace of its lenient melancholy, and disposing an unmerciful grace that brilliantly relies over the most conspicuous and savage tones of the music, sensationally pungent, though somewhat discreet and restrained guitar lines frames mortuary vocals, that are compelled to display, altogether, genuine ghostly anthems, that drives the melodies to a convergent tissue of inevitable funeral serenity, marvelously elaborated over the vicinities of sordid compassion and elusive hyperboles of insufficient eternity.
Sepitus - Ensamt För Alltid
black metal
Ensamt För Alltid is an EP by black metal project Sepitus. Only twenty minutes long, the work has seven relatively short tracks: Ensamt, S.L.F.D.G, Shores, Han Ringer På Dig, Meant to be, inf,ern,um and Forever.
An awesome record in the traditional old school style – with grim reaper vocals, pungent, but straight razor blade guitar lines and basic production values – Ensamt För Alltid is a sober and very lucid work. Ostensibly sinister at first, the listener is subsequently shaken by a large dose of hyperbolic sonorous virulence. With an aggressive, but unapologetic and lethargic style, as well as exponentially solid, but macabre harmonies, the musician really extracts a graceful hostility from his funereal and authorial style, with a genuine and lugubrious atmosphere of imminent demise.
Despite its expressive conciseness, the listener is completely submerged into a dense, primordial and rude eternal night of tempestuous darkness, that definitely summarizes and glorifies the genre, in a somber, impactful and melancholic expansion of a formidably learned lesson on how to create and execute raw black metal with competence and excellence, in the characteristically gloom and obscure low fi style so inherent to its authentic roots.
An awesome record in the traditional old school style – with grim reaper vocals, pungent, but straight razor blade guitar lines and basic production values – Ensamt För Alltid is a sober and very lucid work. Ostensibly sinister at first, the listener is subsequently shaken by a large dose of hyperbolic sonorous virulence. With an aggressive, but unapologetic and lethargic style, as well as exponentially solid, but macabre harmonies, the musician really extracts a graceful hostility from his funereal and authorial style, with a genuine and lugubrious atmosphere of imminent demise.
Despite its expressive conciseness, the listener is completely submerged into a dense, primordial and rude eternal night of tempestuous darkness, that definitely summarizes and glorifies the genre, in a somber, impactful and melancholic expansion of a formidably learned lesson on how to create and execute raw black metal with competence and excellence, in the characteristically gloom and obscure low fi style so inherent to its authentic roots.
Ur Tid - Towards Dark Endless
black metal
Towards Dark Endless is an album released by Swedish black metal project Ur Tid. With six tracks – Towards Dark Endless, Into Oblivion, A World In Darkness, Skuggfolket, Ur Tid and The Preacher And The Prophet – what we have here is almost pure black metal, that exhales an extemporal level of fidelity close to the old school style, being a dynamic and aggressive sonorous feature its most distinct qualities.
With rapid harmonies, carried out by pungent, abrasive and redemptive guitar lines, this work has a dense and intelligent sound, that definitely exhibits in a very nefarious composition the most belligerent and hostile elements of the genre. Towards Dark Endless is an involving work, that definitely doesn’t sound generic, and understands with efficacy all the organic devices inherent to an inadvertently sinister and lugubrious sonorous cosmogony. With some passages that sound more as blackened death metal, though, this vigorous and creative work of art explores with fierce intelligence the most lucid aspects of the genre, never appearing exhaustive nor repetitive.
With a decent level of originality, Towards Dark Endless is a very audacious and imperative effort, that undoubtedly reinforces with unquestionable certainty the relevance of Ur Tid for the underground community. Although it is not a wonderful masterpiece, it definitely gets very close to it, being totally worthwhile listening it.
With rapid harmonies, carried out by pungent, abrasive and redemptive guitar lines, this work has a dense and intelligent sound, that definitely exhibits in a very nefarious composition the most belligerent and hostile elements of the genre. Towards Dark Endless is an involving work, that definitely doesn’t sound generic, and understands with efficacy all the organic devices inherent to an inadvertently sinister and lugubrious sonorous cosmogony. With some passages that sound more as blackened death metal, though, this vigorous and creative work of art explores with fierce intelligence the most lucid aspects of the genre, never appearing exhaustive nor repetitive.
With a decent level of originality, Towards Dark Endless is a very audacious and imperative effort, that undoubtedly reinforces with unquestionable certainty the relevance of Ur Tid for the underground community. Although it is not a wonderful masterpiece, it definitely gets very close to it, being totally worthwhile listening it.
L'Eclat du Déclin - Mater Tenebrarum
black metal
A great, brutal and exceedingly sinister black metal EP by L'Eclat du Déclin, Mater Tenebrarum has three extensive tracks: Heuristique Agonie, L'Eveil and Le Chant des Chimères. With authentic and inspiringly authorial compositions, this EP revitalizes the genre, at its fullest, in a cosmogony of ardent splendor, that seeks darkness with all the genuine virtues of solitude.
With cutting edge hazardous melodies, that encircles all the fundamental harmonies of its nefarious tonalities, the style of the group departs from conventional elements, but takes a twist at the epicenter of its energetic, acerbic and corrosive creativity, reevaluating the genre with a more melodramatic reinvigoration of poetic melancholy. The style of the group is more clean and sober, despite the fact that filters in the despondent winds of its macabre introspective disillusions the sensational charisma of its own sonorous profound hyperboles.
With brave incursions into the realms of epic, atmospheric and melodic black metal, L'Eclat du Déclin manages to deliver a very rapturous, loyal, graceful and enthusiastic fable of the dark. With a gruesome atmosphere that whimpers over the cynical everlasting laments of existence, Mater Tenebrarum proves itself to be a formidable state of the art work all the way through. Undoubtedly, deserves all the possible compliments, by its audacious and sensible approach to the genre.
With cutting edge hazardous melodies, that encircles all the fundamental harmonies of its nefarious tonalities, the style of the group departs from conventional elements, but takes a twist at the epicenter of its energetic, acerbic and corrosive creativity, reevaluating the genre with a more melodramatic reinvigoration of poetic melancholy. The style of the group is more clean and sober, despite the fact that filters in the despondent winds of its macabre introspective disillusions the sensational charisma of its own sonorous profound hyperboles.
With brave incursions into the realms of epic, atmospheric and melodic black metal, L'Eclat du Déclin manages to deliver a very rapturous, loyal, graceful and enthusiastic fable of the dark. With a gruesome atmosphere that whimpers over the cynical everlasting laments of existence, Mater Tenebrarum proves itself to be a formidable state of the art work all the way through. Undoubtedly, deserves all the possible compliments, by its audacious and sensible approach to the genre.
Striborg - Introverted Transparency
black metal / ambient
Introverted Transparency is an EP released on November 5, by Australian black metal project Striborg. With only two tracks – the twenty minutes long Transparency in an Introverted World, and the five minutes funereal The Blue Ghost – Striborg engages in an interesting mixture of black metal and ambient music. With the grotesque and sinister presence of the first, and the expansive dimensional possibilities of the second, the artist immerses himself in the lugubrious density of a very personal sonorous dogma, that at his best is reminiscent of Drowning the Light, a marvelous BM act also from Australia, especially in the vocals, which are characteristically raw, pungent and expressively effusive.
With an intelligent, somewhat exuberant and elegant style, Striborg has definitely conceived and executed Introverted Transparency as a laborious and sensitive work of art, that departs from a genuinely dark, conspicuous and creative axis. It’s predominantly slow, sensitive and dilated harmonies display a world of perpetual darkness, where it’s impossible to avoid the consequences of being dragged into an introspective galaxy of mortal pragmatisms. With sinister melodies, and a prevalent atmosphere of somber demise, this excellent work aggregates an interesting perspective into the genre.
With an intelligent, somewhat exuberant and elegant style, Striborg has definitely conceived and executed Introverted Transparency as a laborious and sensitive work of art, that departs from a genuinely dark, conspicuous and creative axis. It’s predominantly slow, sensitive and dilated harmonies display a world of perpetual darkness, where it’s impossible to avoid the consequences of being dragged into an introspective galaxy of mortal pragmatisms. With sinister melodies, and a prevalent atmosphere of somber demise, this excellent work aggregates an interesting perspective into the genre.
Friisk - De Doden van't Waterkant
black metal
De Doden van't Waterkant is an EP released on November 16, by German black metal project Friisk. Almost twenty-eight minutes long, the work has five tracks: Flut, Ægir, De Doden van't Waterkant, Dämmerung and Kein Heiland. With furious harmonies and tempestuous musical atmospheres, this EP has a formidable level of grace, dynamic elegance and nefarious aggressiveness.
Despite the fact that the general layout of the work is thoroughly simple and ordinary, there is enough musical versatility on this work to highlight its splendorous tenacity and audacious degree of lugubrious originality. With flexible harmonies, agonizing virulent densities and sinister melodies, De Doden van't Waterkant is a mordacious material from the beginning until the end. With solid premises and a marvelously genuine sonorous wrath – full of abrasive destruction and disdainful misery – the sound definitely seems to be coming out of a giant hole of obscure, unimaginable and infinite malevolence. Undoubtedly, this is a prominent state of art work, exceedingly true to the authentic essence of black metal, though fueled by a more intense and mortal affliction.
Despite the fact that the general layout of the work is thoroughly simple and ordinary, there is enough musical versatility on this work to highlight its splendorous tenacity and audacious degree of lugubrious originality. With flexible harmonies, agonizing virulent densities and sinister melodies, De Doden van't Waterkant is a mordacious material from the beginning until the end. With solid premises and a marvelously genuine sonorous wrath – full of abrasive destruction and disdainful misery – the sound definitely seems to be coming out of a giant hole of obscure, unimaginable and infinite malevolence. Undoubtedly, this is a prominent state of art work, exceedingly true to the authentic essence of black metal, though fueled by a more intense and mortal affliction.
Cultor Noctis - Ondergang
black metal
Ondergang is an EP released on November 2, by Belgian black metal project Cultor Noctis. Thirty three minutes long, the record has three long tracks: So We Died In Vain, No Answer To Our Meaning and Nothing Will Save Us. With a more slow, restless and sinister atmosphere – intertwining clean and traditional black metal vocals – Ondergang can be qualified as a generally creative, astute and relevant work of the genre, despite the fact that resent itself a little from generic passages. Nevertheless, while there is nothing too exceptional about this EP, these three songs on Ondergang are mostly executed with a satisfactory level of competence and professionalism. With a lo-fi production reminiscent of the traditional school of the genre, Ondergang definitely lives up to its qualities, and to its quintessential proposal: to diffuse raw, morbid and macabre black metal, with a somber degree of proficiency and artistic grace, highlighting the sonorous potential of the genre, as well as all of its fundamental propensities.
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