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Khold - Masterpiss Of Pain
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| Pissing All Over The Place. |
| By: |
Waffen
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| Date: |
4 Oct 2008 |
| Rating: |
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I remember the first time I heard the Khold sampler tracks off the Moonfog website. I had never heard anything like the 1 minute 20 seconds of Rovnatt before and was blow away. I ordered the CD the next day and ever since have been a stringent supporter of Khold.
The medium paced to slow paced 'groovy' (I hate that phrase) arrangements and riffs really offer something that was new and so uniquely Khold. Like a sountrack to your own suicide or theme tunes for people who go scuba diving at sewage farms, its a black sludge fest with evil doom and dirty black cauterized together by underground scientists.
The cover is totally funny and great too, like it is Khold being shit into existence. Just the name Masterpiss made me guffaw with laughter. You can't knock Khold.
Well...you can actually. As much as I like them Khold are inconsistent. There are some songs here that are a little boring and feel like thery are just there to fill up the album. Its the same with all Khold's albums to date. But having said that the good songs really make up for that and you can concrete them into the wall of black metal like the dead bodies in a house of horror.
On the whole this album was a good solid start to Khold's discography and one which still draws me back.
3.5/5
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3 of 3 found this review helpful |
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Marduk - Rom 5:12
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| Surprise? |
| By: |
Daniem
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| Date: |
26 Sep 2008 |
| Rating: |
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Well, well, where should I start?
After the unexpected exit of Legion, people were worried. His work as frontman in Marduk was beyond any kind of judgement; easily his name appeared in every top list of the best vocalists in the Black Metal scene. And then he leaves... the fans started to have doubts about the future of Marduk.
The new vocalist was announced: Mortuus. Right after that, Marduk releases Plague Angel, an album full of controversies. It was clear that Mortuus' vocals were quite different than Legion's. Lots of people were disapointed with the new face of Marduk; they said no one could replace Legion, that Marduk was over... Well, they were wrong.
Here we have Rom 5:12. I can't write about this album without mention Mortuus' performance. It is just OUTSTANDING (yeah, with capital letters). The recording quality is better than Plague Angel, and his voice was highlighted. Then we could see what Mortuus was able to do; to make a fine definition, seems like a mummy woke up after thousands of years in deadly sleep and started to vomit words. It is pure violence and wrath, just what Black Metal demands.
The rest of the band, we all know them well. Fast, heavy, brutal Black Metal... 1st class material. To own this CD is almost an obligation for all who knows a good stuff. Listen it from the beginning 'til the end is quite an experience. The playlist selection is great, seems like we're listening to one big song, mixing fast moments (Cold Mouth Prayer, Through The Belly Of Damnation, Limbs Of Worship...) and slow groovy songs (Imago Mortis and the excellent Accuser, Opposer, with the nice participation of Primordial's Naihmass Nemtheanga).
I wasn't so impressed by a particular album in a long time. Rate 5/5.
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8 of 9 found this review helpful |
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Tulus - Biography Obscene
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| Tulus - Biography Obscene |
| By: |
Waffen
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| Date: |
19 Sep 2008 |
| Rating: |
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Remember taking LSD as a teenegaer? I do...remember it well. The highs, the lows, the wierdness! With the exception of Pan Thy Monium, Tulus is the audiable equivalent of tripping.
Sure this is their 4th album, and most accomplished. Two of the 3 members from Khold gaining more writing experience from several years away from Tulus. This shows in the song writing right from the start. On the whole a more consistent and refined affort.
Biography Obscene is nuts! You don't usually associate piano, violin, female vocals and acoustic guitar in the same song where black metal is concerened, but Tulus make it work in a grim, gritty and nekro style that is truly unique.
Mainly mid-paced this album defies all the know 'rules' of this genre. Sure parts of it sound similar to khold but that soon evaporates into streamers of darkness that linger while the ears are elsewhere (just like tripping). It is probably a good thing that acid is no longer available where I live...maybe irule can volunteer for some shrooms and a night on Tulus!
The singing is routine Khold/Tulus stuff but the arrangements are berzerk with classical style string instruments beefing up the atmosphere. The riffing is really interesting and varied with each song ofering something different.
I read that they take their influence from Norse Fairy Tales and Stories, if thats the case all these must be about Trolls ritually fisting each other and Krakens head-butting collosal breasts with vikings being slaughtered wholesale on a bed of special lettuace!
Anyone wanting a different black metal experience would do well to check this album out. For originality 9/10
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2 of 2 found this review helpful |
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Taake - ...Doedskvad
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| ...Doedskvad |
| By: |
Waffen
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| Date: |
18 Sep 2008 |
| Rating: |
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For me Taake has reinvented Black Metal and rekindled the old flames from the early 90's with a devastating new agenda.
You can say goodbye to verse/chorus/verse structure and be baffled and amazed at what Host can conjour. Just when you think you know whats coming; Blam! A totally unexpected key, tempo or riff change smacks you in the face like a frozen kipper.
All the way through this album, there are riffs all over the place, wierd little bits of singing along with the guitar and downright strange arrangements. Blastbeats, slowbeats, audible bass lines and catchy melodies. Sounds a bit dodgy the word melody and I hate associating it with Black Metal but that's essentially what drives the songs here. Old school sounding riffs from the majestic to the raw, rocking riffs that really have no place but oddly they work....Taake always keeps you guessing.
Personally I think this album only has one weak point, Part IV is weaker that the other tunes on the menu. If it was as good as the other songs this would be a perfect album.
Aside from that 'blip' this album is right up there on Waffen's BM rostrum with Shadowthrone and Opus Nocturne. 9.5/10
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10 of 10 found this review helpful |
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Winds Of Plague - Decimate The Weak
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| Diverse and Skillful |
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This cd crushes with brutality and articulate playing all at once. They range from fast paced grind-core then swing into slow sludge grind and even a little hard-core for an added flavor all in just one song. And this is all done with great dexterity among each one of the musicians. Killer new stuff. I recommend highly. \,,/
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6 of 6 found this review helpful |
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Cannibal Corpse - Gore Obsessed
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| AWESOME! |
| By: |
skatman
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| Date: |
14 Sep 2008 |
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this is one of Cannibal Corpses Best. from start to finish this album is incredible, great, fast paced death metal. George CorpseGrinder Fisher on vocals who is the better of the 2, corpsegrinder can go faster and higher than chris barnes ever could. standout songs - Pit Of Zombies, Drowning In Viscera and Compelled To Lacerate
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7 of 10 found this review helpful |
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Blasphemous Creation - Shadows Of Evil
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| Blasphemous Creation - Shadows Of Evil review by Mike Hochins |
| By: |
Evilone
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| Date: |
20 May 2008 |
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Blasphemous Creation-Shadows of Evil
(Independent, 2008)
This one really took me by surprise and I love every second of it. This Reno based band is a full throttle assault of evil and black metal infused thrash metal paced relentlessly and with killer riffs to spare. Vintage German thrash metal from the likes of Kreator or Destruction mixes with an early black metal edge giving the band a sound that isn't entirely all that dissimilar to a band like Nifelheim. It's fast and on the verge of collapsing which is a nice change because metal has certainly become much too safe. This is four guys giving 100% and playing some kick ass metal in the process, it's that simple.
The riffing while somewhat simple in nature, has a raw intensity that evokes the same feel as the early bands on the genre. The riffs are slightly melodic and very catchy reinforcing the old school nature but maintaining a fairly modern guitar tone as well. This is more so an old school flavored band more so than an old school sounding band if you get what I mean. Vocally the band reminds me of Abbath from Immortal and that is definitely a complement. The vocals are powerful and clear but have enough rasp to let you know that this is definitely black metal inspired music. The solos are pure Slayer worship and it fits the music perfectly. Sure there are out of key notes, but the band captures the magic of the Show No Mercy and Hell Awaits albums quite well. The band is a bit rough around the edges at times, but it only adds to the chaotic nature of the band so it is almost a positive aspect of the bands sound.
Fans of everything of the classic of the thrash genre like Kreator to Sodom and for those of you that like the genre filtered through an evil atmosphere, this is definitely a band to keep an eye on. The rapid fire approach is sure to strike a chord with all fans of whiplash inspiring metal. This is a raw and energetic 4 song slab of metal from a band that is certainly a welcome addition to the blackened thrash genre.
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