On this year a lot of unstoppable juggernaut of stellar metal albums invaded our ears once again and it’s time to name the greatest achievements of 2019. Indeed this year is remarkable for metal music albums because plenty of excellent, engrossing, spectacular, rich albums released. I’ll say on this year especially black metal albums slays though this year is excellent too for other genre albums. Basically, I’ve focused on critical acclaim, creative progression, originality, songwriting prowess, technical achievements, and many more dynamics. so, it’s kinda hard to sort out. well, here is my top listed albums, Ep of 2019 from a vast checked out list. Though it's lengthy I’m pretty damn sure you’ll enjoy it. cheers.
Top Listed Albums :
1. 1349 - The Infernal Pathway
2. Abyssal - A Beacon in the Husk
3. Akrotheism - The Law of Seven Deaths
4. Alcest - Spiritual Instinct
5. Altarage - The Approaching Roar
6. Andavald - Undir skyggðarhaldi
7. Aoratos - Gods Without Name
8. Barshasketh - Barshasketh
9. Benighted in Sodom - Carrier of Poison Apples
10. Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race
11. Blut Aus Nord - Hallucinogen
12. Cosmic Putrefaction - At the Threshold of the Greatest Chasm
13. Crimson Moon - Mors Vincit Omnia
14. Darkthrone - Old Star
15. Deathspell Omega - The Furnaces of Palingenesia
16. Deus Mortem - Kosmocide
17. Dim Aura - The Triumphant Age of Death
18. Diocletian - Amongst the Flames of a Burning God
19. Drastus - La Croix de Sang
20. Dysangelium - Death Leading
21. Enthroned - Cold Black Suns
22. Frostmoon Eclipse - Worse Weather To Come
23. Haunter - Sacramental Death Qualia
24. Haxandraok - Ki Si Kil Ud Da Kar Ra
25. Helleborus - Saprophytic Divinations
26. Hellvetron - Trident of Tartarean Gateways
27. Imperium Dekadenz - When We Are Forgotten
28. Insomnium - Heart Like a Grave
29. Krypts - Cadaver Circulation
30. Mayhem - Daemon
31. Mephorash - Shem Ha Mephorash
32. Mgla - Age Of Excuse
33. Misþyrming - Algleymi
34. Mystifier - Protogoni Mavri Magiki Dynasteia
35. Nedxxx - Nedxxx
36. Nocturnus AD - Paradox
37. Onirophagus - Endarkenment
38. Panzerfaust - The Suns of Perdition - Chapter I War, Horrid War
Belorussian Melodic Heavy Metal band Logos released their debut album «What's Our Life?» (Что наша жизнь?) . The album was recorded in "Andrei Bogdanov Studio" and mixed/mastered by Dmitriy Mikulich.
Logos was formed in 2019 at Brest, Belarus by Andrei Bantysh (keyboards). After the album was recorded Yury Kharevich (vocal), Vitaly Kozlov (guitar), Vasily Rechkin (bass) and Sergei Ruchkin (drums) joined the band, and the lineup was completed.
Numerous bands have created albums based around their own ideas that take insight from creative writing, but few bands will dedicate the entire span of a release to the relevant interpretation of the belief With the emergence and escalation of the novel and notorious tendency. While some excellent, unique band attempting to sell their flavor of the month band to potential listeners, there are some that simply exist outside of pre-existing molds and take a few years to realize their full potential and thusly grasp the imaginations of many who are fortunate enough to witness their evolve talent. Shadowy, death worshipping Polish veterans Cultum Interitum's predecessor offerings are cut above the rest. Spawning from the depths of Occultism, Chaos, Knowledge, Esoteric Literature, anti-religious orthodox Polish black metal Cultum Interitum married the ritualistic fury of esoteric, occult black metal with a creeping dose of mystical, ominous, sinister madness. Let's talk with the founder member E about Cultum Interitum and his other projects too.
1. Hello E, how are you doing today? Warm greetings from India.
E : Hi, thx for the interview opportunity! Not bad at all.
2. Since black metal is in your forte, So Can you give me a brief history of your previous and how can you manage extreme bands together? When you first started the lyrical concept of the band was more leaned towards the Death, Destruction, Chaos, Misanthropy, Occultism, Darkness, Symbolism then it evolved to a more spiritual, esoteric concept along with aforementioned all things. Had you been in any bands or musical apparition before the aforementioned all bands?
E : First of all the aforementioned lyrical themes as death, destruction, chaos, nihilism, and misanthropy are still very present in our message. From my point of view, it has not got that much of an occult or esoteric vibe. I had some previous experiences with previous bands but sincerely saying from a matter of time they were just a big waste of time for me and nothing positive came from these amateur projects.
3. What bands inspired the direction that took and motivated you? Writers? Visual artists? Movies? Books? What were your main inspirations when you began and what are your main influences now? What written works helped to draw predecessor released EP, Demo, and Single into form?
E : I will not hide my big inspirations with bands like Ritual Death, 13th Moon, Mare and generally the nidrosian black metal scene. These bands have the essence in their music, what they do is sincere and every single thing is done with great devotion. The next thing that inspires our current direction is my interest in the Death aspect. It is a really a personal matter and yet very individual to interpret. The previous interests, to be honest, we're really an amateur vision for the topics that I used on demo. I realized that I would not write lyrics or create the concept I had like 2/3 years ago.
4. There are two basic ways of looking at music. In the first, there is a mechanism for the arrangement of certain tones, musical style.in the second, a narration occurs where a story is told or a poetic function completed. In your view of compositions, which is more important? Where were you when you first thought the project had the longterm potential for you?
E : Both of the ways you mentioned are for me equally important. I must have the general idea of what I want to create first and after that, the “narration” comes naturally. I treated this project seriously from the very beginning, to be honest, but it became more obvious for me that I need to push this forward after the release of Temple of Triumphant Death EP.
5. What for you is the significance of your band's name "Cultum Interitum"?
E : It means a cult of destruction, a cult of death. Its strictly connected to the lyrical aspect that is touched in our music. Moreover, it is a really personal meaning for me.
6. If you could tour with other bands in metal, who would you pick if you were looking for bands similar to your acts?
E : It is a really difficult question cause there are several bands I would love to tour with someday…
First 3 bands that come to my mind: Darvaza, Ritual Death and 13th Moon.
7. If I choose "Cultum Interitum" Since starting year Cultum Interitum released unblemished EP, Demo, Single and shaped the style of music. How do you maintain this consistency yet keep developing with each release? How do you write your riffs, songs? What is the most difficult part of composing songs as you do? Many of the mysteries that Cultum Interitum allude to appear rooted in occultism, knowledge, darkness. Is this a fair assessment? If not, would you care to distinguish for me the avenue of esotericism that Cultum Interitum currently pursues? As well kindly give a brief for your other projects too.
E : Each of the aforementioned releases had a different background behind. Now basically I need to have negative emotions in me to write music, I want it to be as sincere as possible -also the lyrics. It is something that comes suddenly. I can not just sit beeing in a positive mood and start jamming on the guitar. It is not the way I prefer my music to be created. The most difficult part for me is when you have a few ideas to finish the track and you don’t know which way is the best and you need to choose… To be honest I can not call myself occultist as well as say that I use occultism in my lyrics.
If someone sees occultism in it, ok I will not forbid anybody to understand the lyrics and all other stuff in their own way. What I can tell is that I would not seek much of occultism in Cultum. I believe in humanity as a kind of a demigod who is responsible for his own life and all decisions. If someone hurts you, don’t show your second chin, strike harder and don’t let anybody destroy you. I guess the people who have just read the 2 last short sentences will know what I mostly believe in.
8. Do you have a preference for the type of equipment? In your mind, how important is equipment for the production of music?
E : For every release, the concept of the equipment is a bit different. But for sure the equipment has to be set up properly to sound as good as possible.
9. Well, now I’m going to the main point. Already in predecessor year, Cultum Interitum released a few efforts So is there any new official video coming near future? More generally, do you see black metal as different ways of communicating the same thing or do you see them as more distinct entities?
E :It depends on what do you mean by “official video”.If we speak about the music video, I guess in that matter I would not like Cultum to release music video. If you mean a lyrics song or just a single track with few animations I think something may happen sooner or later. Generally black metal over all these years has evolved very much and some of the bands basically have nothing in common with the essence of the message that should be delivered with this music. I will not point us the names o the bands that for me make total cringe actions nowadays, cause I guess every person who listens to black metal for some longer time will surely know the drama bands I have now in my mind.
10. What's going on as far as lyrical themes on release and if you are potential, there an overarching theme to every release? Among all of your projects is there any new opus coming near the future? If yes please unleash the forthcoming incantation name of your projects?
E : Since Temple of Triumphant Death release, the main subject in CI will be Death and it will not change. There are plenty of other topics that are presented in this music but I will let the listeners seek them on their own. What I can tell is that you can expect some materials from Cultum Interitum at some time. About my other projects, time will show, the seeds have been sown, the time for fruit harvest will come…
11. I’ve categorized all of your project's significant and signature style. The elaborate, assiduously balanced orchestration of your compositions is suggestive of a great amount of discipline. Are these particular qualities as both an entity and a collective actively endeavor to hone? So, How did you get into this style of music and explain about this music genre?
E : My answer for that question would be really long and complicated so I d better not write essay hahaha :D
12. Haha ok. Well, how would you describe the sound of your project to someone who had not heard it, and what distinguishes your music from any other act in the same genre?
E : It’s raw, disgusting and rather not complicated. You know, the music we are doing now is really nothing new to the scene, I think I would rather ask someone else for this question.
13. Do you have any playthrough videos coming out soon?
E : I do not plan to post any playthrough videos of our music. For me personally, it is too mainstream for such a band as we are.
14. Who came up with the releases cover? I personally cherish every released artwork because those are truly indelible, remarkable, appreciable and meaningful too. Kindly explain about this as well the outfit is meant to have a spiritual significance or is it meant only for a visual impact?
E : Our demo’s artwork is Gustave Dore’s art. I used it because it was fitting the vision for the overall lyric concept of the Sorgspell. For Temple of Triumphant Death the artwork was designed by K.M. from Ars Magna Umbrae, he delivered minimalistic yet blunt sound with that. Basically, the outfit has to be connected with the message that each release has to deliver. Every artwork has been thought out about the message connected strictly with each release and also the appearance issue.
15. Let's talk about your early memories. What's the first gig you ever went to? Have you been to any killer live shows lately?
E : The first gig that I ever went to was polish death metal band, Vader, at those times they played quite ok. The very killer gig I went to see lately was Darvaza in Poznań. It was probably the most authentic concert I have ever seen.
16. Do you study other band's music to come up with ideas? I want to know why you turn to such esoteric and occult themes for Cultum Interitum music? Do you think there’s a risk of being seen as engaging in pure escapism?
E : It’s nothing wrong to seek inspirations among other bands music- even from the completely different music genres. What matters is that you do not rip off the style from other bands in 100 %. If I hear in some band’s music inspiration in band X or Y it is nothing bad for me unless the riffs are 1:1 equally the same. I think the world doesn’t need another 32323 copies of Blasphemy, Archgoat or Mgła. For a lot of people it is much easier to copy-paste their idols bands, but what for? They are basically narrowing their minds and not seek for a personal view of music. That is why I guess people who are blindly copying their idols should not write the music for their bands and let others compose music.
17. How do you prepare yourself before the studio or especially for live performances? Did any band, in particular, inspire you in the shrieking department?
E : 3 words: “ practice, practice, practice” until you can play it naturally. I guess like 2/3 years ago I wanted to do similar vocal styles to Mortuus from Marduk/ Funeral Mist but after some time I thought it would be pointless to sound like someone else and the world does not need another copy of some musician who worked hard on his vocal style.
18. Is there a difference in the band’s sound as compared to the other projects you’ve released in the past?
E : For now it is too early to tell people that I am also involved in other projects when I will have some material released with some project, then I can tell that I am also involved in other projects.
19. You are from Poland, so how much have you discovered about the extreme metal scene and how much of it were you aware of before aforementioned all of your band started?
E : If I have to be sincere, well it is really common that polish extreme scene is full of dickheads and elitists cunts. But from what I have heard it is also common in other countries so I guess it is nothing new in this community. Before Cultum was started I was aware that we will be turned down by the community, but after some time I realized that there is no point to be aware. I just do what I want to (create music ) and that is what matters for me. I do not bow to some more recognizable polish musicians or lick someone's ass to get more recognition, it is not the way. If someone wants to be asslicker, sure go ahead but I do not care for such type of connections. If someone is doing something I enjoy I will be eager to speak with such a person and share my thoughts. On the other hand, there are still some nice and friendly people around polish scene that pay attention to you as an individual and do not care if you have connections in the scene. But they are a minority from what I observe.
20. There is some occult imagery with your lyrics, theme, Sigil. As well the symbol especially you have painted in your forehead, Is this just an image or something you believe in?
E : Like I said before, everyone has a different perception in case of the interpretation of the imagery about this band. The symbol that is painted in my forehead is greek symbol omega meaning “the end”. For me, it’s not just an image. It is something deeper. It’s not only just “end” for me, but it is also more like the beginning of a new path, If I die I make some room for other people on this planet, I will leave something in this world- whether it is my music, my art, my family. It is a really natural state of living – you are born from the mother's womb, you live your life, then you die and your flesh is consumed also by the womb of Mother Earth. It is like a never-ending cycle -only the person is getting changed, but the cycle is still the same and pushing forward.
Omega for me is also connected with the Memento Mori theme- like live your day as it would be your last, but not like you must fear of death, for me the vision of death I have in my mind is rather a motivator that makes me want to do as many things as I can and try different options in many areas. It is also the symbol of strength for me relating weaknesses and doubts. That is why I chose the omega sign for the mask.
21. What do you do as individual band members to relax, when not working on music? Do you have jobs or business?
E : At this moment I am working and also studying at the university, the other two guys have full-time jobs. I think everyone relaxes in a different way. I usually try to meet or speak with people online or just watch some horror movies and play some computer games.
22. What albums are you listening to lately or just the bands and albums, in general, you're digging right now and tell me about your anticipated album of this year?
E : Lately I have been mainly listening to some Jesper Kyds music from Hitman game. This composer is for me one of the modern geniuses in terms of music writing. From more extreme releases I am really into 13th Moon, Ritual Death, Grave Upheaval, Necroracle and Summon lately.
23. Last one question, what are your future band goals & tell us something about an upcoming tour. Lastly, lots of teenagers aim to be full-time musicians. Many of them might be without any proper guidance, any words of wisdom for them?
E : Our goal is to keep working on new music, on ourselves and to leave something in this world when we perish.
24. That's all I've got right now.best of luck for the future. Looking forward. Thanks a lot for enduring this torture haha. Any final thoughts, comments for the readers? If I forgot anything, please insert it here.
E : Thanks again for the interview Sir, honored for that.” Do not bow to anyone.”
The interview was done and published by Souvik Basu on 20/12/2019
The obsession with anything outre is not exactly a novelty in the metal scene, but occasionally it will assume a much more complex and nuanced dimension owing to musicians who insist on addressing such topics with utmost maturity and profundity. Numerous bands have created albums based around their own ideas that take insight from creative writing, but few bands will dedicate the entire span of a release to the relevant interpretation of the belief With the emergence and escalation of the novel and notorious tendency. In this extreme metal music genre first wave black metal and second-wave black metal bands are full of reverence.
While some excellent, unique band attempting to sell their flavor of the month band to potential listeners, there are some that simply exist outside of pre-existing molds and take a few years to realize their full potential and thusly grasp the imaginations of many who are fortunate enough to witness their evolve talent. When it comes to symphonic, melodic in terms of black metal bands United Staes is usually not the first place that comes to mind to a vast majority of people. Shadowy, Sexual mysticism, Qabalah, The esoteric based US veterans Helleborus's latest offering is cut above the rest. A legacy in black metal as genuine and mighty as Helleborus's is difficult to achieve. Spawning from the depths of Knowledge, Esoteric Literature, Qabalah, mysticism is the newest record from orthodox black metal Helleborus - Saprophytic Divinations. Helleborus this US group married the ritualistic fury of esoteric, occult black metal with a creeping dose of mystical, ominous, frigid, sinister madness. The atmosphere and tightly plotted albums were based on mystical incantation while still employing their own take on black metal, a phenomenal addition to the Black metal roster.
The US has solidified its status as one of the premier centers of black metal over the course of the last decade or so. Crafting debut full-length albums of blistering darkness Helleborus play traditionally influenced black metal with symphonic, melodic and devotion and deftly navigate black metal’s token atmospherics for pureblooded passion. On this year Colorado-based US black metallers Helleborus unveiled their sophomore full-length album entitled “Saprophytic Divinations” with 50:09 min running time along with hellish, spine-chilling, skin-ripping artistry. This new album consists of 9 tracks. Helleborus was formed in 2014. They have developed into an independent mystical, occult and grand entity with their predecessor release. Now I am straight going to the point about this new opus.
When at first checked out their manifestation I was overwhelmed and infused by the track because of authentic sound, ferocious, mature and from then I was clinched that I have to check this whole for sure material and this would be a savage beast. Black metal’s broodier bands, United States' underground veteran's Helleborus's latest effort "Saprophytic Divinations" is orthodox, nihilistic presence is felt strongly right from the start of this release as well cherish impressive songwriting as well apocalyptic and sinister. Helleborus delivers a distinctly experimental, atmospherically evil, vivid, symphonic. horrifying form of black metal. Playing the type of scathing, otherworldly black metal. Their each and every musician did a fantastic job on this album in a radiant way and It’s really great when your high hopes are not misplaced. Helleborus manages to strike the right balance between raw, atavistic aggression and a more sophisticated, occult approach. This whole album reflects the grand diversity of sound brought together on this opus. It is really not easy to describe their musical style. Helleborus creates a constantly shapeshifting maelstrom of crushing chaos and disorder. A synthesis of dissonant sounds and disparate styles all combined in one bold, enlightened display of unbound creativity Despite the often crushing, fast, furious, cacophonous black metal assaults with a lots of segments of slower tempo too where Helleborus combines a symphonic, melodic, mysterious, introspective passages with cavernous drum thrashes, whirlwind guitars and those effective rasps. Appreciate their cavernous symphonic arrangements, this release will transport you to a hellish trip like no other.
Well, their latest incantations opening track starts with symphonic slow build and eerie atmospheric vibe, with some clean vox around the tones then suddenly the sound evolves into heavy, powerful, bestial grunt followed by intricate, fast, delicate riffs work, blast beating, fast soundscapes with onslaught of savage guitar and a wall of spectacular, relentless drums and then segues with evil vocals. The layered tapestry of slightly trebly and heavily laden with reverb, duo-tonal whirlwind of guitar noise laced with aggression, deliberate cadence and progression seasonings supporting the likewise crooning, almost moaning deeply in the throat, high-pitched, duo vocals drown a bit in the almost unhuman-like furiously fast though muffled drumming with ripping and snorting bass, although this evolves to a more dynamic sound on the rest of the album. Their whole composition and musical style are impeccable also borrow great atmosphere with sour, dissonant riffs work. All instruments are dynamic, clearly discerned, yet none stand out amidst the cacophony and indeed they have far surpassed it.
This new releases whole compositions are extremely filthy and unsettling pieces of sinister, grim euphoria and unearthly ambiance. “Saprophytic Divinations” commences chronologically invigorating and destructive. Their distinct entity infused me by a lot. "Saprophytic Divinations" bury the listener in an unrelenting cadence of tortured riffs that dance around the blistering drumming of Brent Boutte, while singer S.W.H recites the prophetic lyrics of the eternal night through the tracks of elite black metal. They produce unique kinds of black metal but at the same time, the vocals and other parts of the riffing are straight forward brutal, ferocious simultaneously. Honestly, after a multiple listen this album just blew me away with their ethereal abyss,multi-dimensional, the multi-layered, ominous musical style. "Saprophytic Divinations" perversely brims with an illuminating light, devouring the cosmic light of life and scurrying through the sort of black metal whose radiance is so obsidian as to consume energy as austerely as it expends it. Each musician has exuded tremendous, cohesive effort on this album with excellent diligence and nailed it. Their guitar work is the very blood that flows through the track, often adrenalized and near-boiling. Their riffs, whether pleasantly discordant or catchy as all hell and matching each other in both despondency and unremitting confidence. Honing their underlying nihilistic creed to awe-inspiring levels, this is a mixture of classic, mid-paced black metal, and equilibrium-ruining lurches. The cosmic sphere falls from this track. At this moment which is eternal yet transitory, new and pure energy grows within the womb of chaos, and which ignites the source of a new aeon, a flame needless of air to exist. Helleborus really does the trick for the overall murky, mysterious, Juxtapositions of darkness and light, a misty sound that comes from the music. A new true god that breeds its new self, purified and sanctified in chaos without an end nor a beginning. I highly cite and embrace this release.
This is filled with a slew of cadence, apocalyptic, pummeling, ominous, hellish, powerful riffs work. As well bass line up is whopping, intense, strong, rumbling, slithering. Drumming, the percussion line up is bleak, frantic, solid, clattering and powerful. The guitars are solely focused on creating a grandiose atmosphere but predominantly rely on walls of sound and swerving rhythms. In each track morbidly delicious, macabre, soaring, dark eerie, ghastly riffs, bass lineups matched in a good manner. Perfectly balanced in the mix, all elements shine alike, creating a very intense and poignant aural abuse. This whole album sound delivers a dissonant, grim feeling, sinister, melodic, gruesome black metal with raw emotion and pure energy. “Saprophytic Divinations” endures the beauty of black metal. This album indulges strong songwriting and brilliant musicianship. This album has a hypnotic effect on the listener. Vocals decently large voice that does well for Helleborus. Especially his menacing and hoarse voice are excellent. Vocals howling scream, immense, deep rasps voice emerged on this album in a good manner adds a thick murky sound and intertwined perfectly with their utterly spellbinding, obtuse, bizarrely arrogant, mysterious, fully blistering black metal, a distant musical style with a lot of melodic accompaniment and embedded perfectly. Their sound, the musicianship is absolute prime, with every song unleashing a seething torrent of scalding dissonance and insidious melody, scorching distortion, and barbaric, blasphemous invective, all of which combine to produce an overarching atmosphere of creeping, crippling dread. Overall you will get a sinister, gloomy, desolate, mysterious, symphonic black metal vibe from this whole album. I really worship this band.
Each song has energy, fluency and draws a savage landscape. Stand out tracks are all of them. Every song, every hellish, skin-stripping riff, and vile vocal incantation is delivered with the righteous fury and unwavering conviction of the true believer. The vision of the album cover is Pretty neat, solid, atrocious, grisly, macabre, gorgeously hideous. Overall “Saprophytic Divinations” whole album is Spectacular, engrossing, significant and goes all the way through with a relentless rage from the beginning. Helleborus is surely the apotheosis of everything. The sound has a depth to it, with brief distortion. "Saprophytic Divinations" is an elite black metal sophistication in their music without sacrificing the feral, ugly core of the style. This album sounds so authentic and a truly remarkable sonic journey from beginning to end. "Saprophytic Divinations" is a deep and winding journey throughout the mysterious and stifling occult. Indeed this album is such a true gem of this year. The production is absolutely impeccable, capable of handling both the massive atmospheric, melodic and gargantuan heft. Outstanding another one release of this year so far .“Saprophytic Divinations” is shattering culmination in black metal evolution. Helleborus can effectively capture a pristine essence of bloodthirsty transcendent abandon, disenchanted delirium, or perhaps even a very inhuman strain of mystical experience. The United States bruisers still possess all the necessary skills and hard-won experience to put younger, newcomer challengers in their place With " Saprophytic Divinations", Helleborus writes another chapter in their book of successive masterpieces. This is astral projection through a viscous dense black cosmic ocean. The band's ability to craft tasteful crescendos, catchy melodies while unleashing very ethereal atmospherics With top-notch and stellar execution throughout and a clear vision behind the music Helleborus have nicely elevated the dialogue around the band. Helleborus realizes and re-imagines the great flurry of transcendent black metal and looking down from the pulpit with satisfaction on the desolation wreaked by their immense slab of rasping black metal. The stuff nightmares are made up of, there is no escape as Juniper Legacy’s ferociously heavy rhythm shows that this is an album that will haunt you, be you asleep or awake. If you looking for something different, epic this album will take you on a sophisticated and weighty black metal journey into another universe where music has the power to transcend the spoken word.
My Rating – 4.9/5 Review done by - Souvik Basu. Published on 16/12/2019
The band «Tegeran» released their second album «Остаться собой» in October 2019. The band was formed by Viktor Karmazki in 2013 at Moscow, Russia as a Hard Rock/Post Hardcore band.
Tracklist:
1.Вера или дело 2.Время гасить экраны 3.Воины света 4.Тревожный батальон 5.Верь мне! 6.А ты сможешь? 7.Проехали! 8.Остаться собой 9.Время действовать! 10.Вырваться из плена 11.Много не надо 12.Миг нашей победы
This is a prism of unlight. Unspeakable primal traditions are generated upon a diverse yet interdependent polarity, the sinister archetypes of the Witch and Warlock, the daemonic Initiators to the Black Arts and twin-bearers of the Key of NOX. A ruthless, demonic plunge into the cold arms of death, told by the blackest of scribes and channeled through an unhallowed wavelength that makes most black metal bands shiver in fear. Unto this nemeton to the Other, the Art of Magia Negra becomes a blade, athame, and cleaver, reaping the shroud of Corpus Mundi to unveil the crimson mysteries of Hexcraft and Necromancy.
Haxandraok emerged from the brass cauldrons of the Draconian Current in 2018, drenching their blades into the crimson waters of Hexcraft and Qliphothic Sorcery, to perform relentless Black Metal incantations and enchanted by the numinous traditions of the East, the classical connoisseurs of the West and the tribal reverence across the continents, Haxandraok emanate a witching lyricism fermented in atavistic Mysticism. Finally, they have unleashed their first excerpt "The Temptress of UD DA KAR RA". Bearing the title “KI SI KIL UD DA KAR RA” of the debut release of Haxandraok is set to be revealed upon the mundane planes on 17th December 2019 through the mighty Ván Records, in a royal CD & LP format. "The Temptress of UD DA KAR RA" is perfect shadowy artistry.
Haxandraok is a new project by Chris Argyros (Acherontas, DEVATHORN, Shibalba) and Marcel Szumowski ( Ex- Inferno, Ex - Panegyrist, Besatt Horde ). The ancient locus of "KI SI KIL UD DA KAR RA" consists of a brazen mantra of Qliphothic Sorcery and primordial Witchcraft. The obsession with anything outre is not exactly a novelty in the metal scene, but occasionally it will assume a much more complex and nuanced dimension owing to musicians who insist on addressing such topics with utmost maturity and profundity.
Mixing black metal with esoteric, obscure, mysterious, introspective passages, dense otherworldly blasting, avant-garde together was always their forte. They have created a sound as powerfully evil and they intend to abuse us with a punishingly relentless display of rhythms and some overall solid riff, albeit a touch generic for the genre.
In the triumph of the occult and ritual Black Metal of the past few years, some bands lacked the necessary credibility. Numerous bands have created albums based around their own ideas that take insight from creative writing, but few bands will dedicate the entire span of an album to the relevant interpretation of the belief With the emergence and escalation of the novel and notorious tendency. In the all previous project, Chris Argyros and Marcel Szumowski both exudes tremendous, cohesive effort on every release with excellent diligence and nailed it. Looking forward to their whole studio effort, pretty damn sure that'd consist with absolute prime, with a seething torrent of insidious melody, the magic of alchemy, cryptic matters and arcane secrets and bear the torch of Malefica on the crossroad amidst the unmapped seas to the Beyond, the fiery gaze of DRAKON tearing the Worlds apart.
Their musical style has a hypnotic effect and especially ritualistic, esoteric, arcane vibe which adds to the more atmospheric kind of black metal but at the same time, the vocals and other parts of the riffing are straight forward blasphemous simultaneously.
They have poured their musical devotion into a chalice of sulphur flame where it burns with obsidian light. As well as they have injected ritualistic essence, obscure, arcane, esoteric vibes into blasphemous black metal style. Their musical representation evolves into souls wandering the vicious, crushing and ominous wasteland.
Despite the often mysterious ,furious,cacophonous ,heavy and barbarous form of black metal assaults laced with dark eerie,gloomy and occult atmosphere with a lots of segments of slower,mid-paced tempo too where they combine cavernous drum thrashes, hellish guitars etc all aspects enriched this new track very powerful, strong and excellent all at the same time along with a good balance of black metal music, melody and brutality with strangulated, filthy, horrific riffs work and those effective chants simultaneously borrow blackened, gloomy, sinister vibe.
They know how to hone their aggression to deal with some grievous wounds. Their new effort indulges strong songwriting and brilliant musicianship. Vocals howling scream, hoarse , immense, inhuman voice and effective chants emerged on this manifestation in a well manner and intertwined perfectly with their utterly spellbinding,obtuse, mysterious,fully blistering, blasphemous, ritualistic, grandiose black metal,distant musical style with a lots of melodic,atmospheric,occult,ritualization accompaniment and embedded perfectly . I highly appreciate and embrace their effort because of their distinct style.
Indeed Haxandraok will write another chapter in their book of successive masterpieces. If you looking for something different, esoteric, ritualistic, epic take a look at this pure unadulterated black metal utterance by Haxandraok for pure nihilistic negative space and black metal where music has the power to transcend the spoken word. It will pull out your soul from your body and take you on a journey into another universe. This is a Typhonian dissolving Draconian formula that acts and reacts the golden scimitar of Iblis drenched into the dessert madness, flaying the layers of reality and self to unearth despicable truths. HDHM.
Review is written and Published by Souvik Basu. Dated 23/11/2019
Over a long-running career, Cairo based Egyptian death metal group Scarab after five years since the recording of their last sonic assailment revealed their first excerpt "Coffin Texts" from their upcoming third full-length album “Martyrs of the Storm” and will release on 6th March 2020 via ViciSolum Productions. Ancient Egyptian mythology, history was always enigmatic, mysterious and ambiguous from centuries and obviously difficult to trace. Pertaining to their geographical position where Egypt prevailed for centuries spreading knowledge and reaching higher levels of progression and exhibited humility in the face of cosmic forces such as death and divine wrath. Cleansing ignorance and darkness Egypt enlightened their mysterious history through spreading knowledge and exposure to the world about ancient enormous fields of science. Scarab means a large dung beetle of the eastern Mediterranean area, regarded as sacred in ancient Egypt. I believe that the fascination over ancient Egyptian mythology will never end and for a good reason. Always Egyptian mythology concept based article, image, band whatever easily attracted me because of their epic history, magnificent theme, culture.
Nowadays most of the bands experiment on their soundscapes to create a piece of music that can be different from others and bring to them a unique identity. Death Metal colliding with Middle Eastern, Egyptian or otherwise unconventional influences enjoys indeed tend quite rare but Scarab able to gain proper attention in this complex, unrelenting, disparate musical style. Scarab became a well-established group of bands who can make a fully sound and creative and with a lot of excellence in his lyrics, with well crafted, distinct content. It’s really difficult to separate a band, their story, their legacy and their music from each other to glean some truth about the piece you presently get to witness. Scarab has triumphed musically to attain their own particular style, religious history, and sound without sounding niche or trite. Scarab delivers a very unique kind of death metal combining brutal, technical, melodic and atmospheric musical style with Egyptian, Arabic folk elements. Their musical level of complexity, technicality and obscurity are fantastic.
Their latest studio release possessed me with their extreme, chromatic,multi-layered, powerful, blasting death metal musical style with technical riffs work, paradigm shift and melodic, folk vibe with sporadic middle eastern tunes, dark, sensual and mystical soundscapes and obviously their distinguishing musical composition, the grandiose concept just blew me away. Sammy Sayed and his cohorts exude tremendous effort in a radiant way on this track with excellent diligence and nailed it. I really appreciate each and every single musician's unsurpassed ability, efficiency, and skill. This new track is a triumphant rich death metal.
This whole track reflects the grand diversity of sound brought together on this new track. Their incredibly sensitive,slightly sandy,dusty antique and disparate musical styles all combined in one bold, enlightened display of unbound creativity Despite the often fast ,furious,cacophonous, heavy and extreme form of death metal assaults with a lots of segments of brutal,technical,melodic segments,tasteful Middle eastern,Arabic musical style involvement and without sacrificing the atmospheric aspect enhanced this new tracks unique flavor and enriched this track that is very powerful, heavy and excellent all at the same time along with a good balance of death metal music, Middle Eastern music, melody and brutality with strangulated, intricate riffs work and those effective rasps, harsh vocals simultaneously . Their music is both dark and ecstatic. I highly appreciate and applaud and cite this new effort because of their distinct style. This contains a strong dose of creative, memorable death metal with a trace of a modern taste, relentless rhythmic, technical, brutal and melodic that is simply outstanding.
This track is filled with a slew of twisted, traversed, chugging, groovy, intricate, apocalyptic, crushing riffs line ups with technical prowess. As well bass line up is shifting, chaotic, deeper, roving and bludgeoning. Drumming, the percussion line up is thundering, dodgy, punishing, frantic, blast beating and rabidly insane. Individual riffs, solo sections which sound briefly something exotic.
Intricate, spectacular riffs, bass lineups matched in a fantastic way with technical orientation. This indulges strong songwriting, grandiose concept, and brilliant musicianship. Tempo changes are excellent and complicated. Vocals harsh, snarling growls, deep rasps, aggressive, vigorous, crucial voice woven in a good manner with their utterly savage, merciless, onslaught, primal organic, violent, uncanny death metal sound with a lot of technical prowess, melodic segments, Middle Eastern musical accompaniment and embedded perfectly.
I really worship this band. This new track has a fantastic sense of exoticism without any sacrifice in intensity and will take you on a journey where myth, religion, mystery, the desert and the Egyptian bright night meet. Indeed it'd be outstanding another one release of 2020 so far. Scarab able to cultivate Middle eastern music with death metal properly and garnished presented this whole as a masterpiece. Yet the subtle touches of Middle Eastern, Arabic musical style inspired flair and groove is enough to distinguish the band from the extreme metal pace and their predecessor album demonstrates it perfectly. These themes of primordial order through the chaos are mirrored in the band’s own music. There is a sense of regality permeating throughout as the chaos is articulated, defined, and embraced by native sons with a royal lineage as old as the sands of the Egyptian desert.
Metal’s pantheon is inexplicably vast. The entities that reside in the depths of the abyss outstrip the heavenly host in variety, if not in devotees. Finnish depressive black metal abusers Benighted In Sodom is indeed one of the most consistently exciting and forward-thinking acts in the depressive black metal landscape. Numerous bands have created concept albums based around their own ideas that take insight from creative writing, but few bands will dedicate the entire span of an album to an existing piece. Benighted In Sodom has attempted an unwieldy mission to set the dark sounds of their past to the typically kaleidoscopic expanses of depressive black metal for better and worse, audacity is an essential aspect. It has always demonstrated its malleability throughout its existence, being infused with elements ranging from alternative rock to Avant-Garde. Benighted In Sodom delivers both the groaning textures and deserved, overpowering climaxes. When they repeatedly cycle through riffs and valleys, that audacity starts to become an onus, turning what should be an adventure into a rote marathon through the vortex of sound and changes less than the music’s overall embrace and intensity.
Finnish Negative Existentialism, Suicide, Occult Themes based depressive black metallers Benighted in Sodom will unveil their upcoming full-length opus entitled “Carrier of Poison Apples” on December 13th, 2019 via I, Voidhanger Records label with 58:32 min running time. This new album consists of 10 tracks. Benighted in Sodom was formed in 2004. Benighted in Sodom this one prolific act is helmed by the ever-provocative my long-time friend Matron Thorn (Ævangelist, Præternatura, Ragnarökkur, Obscuring Veil) brings this to another level entirely right and then you dive into the ever-expanding abyss of pure black that has carved from the very souls of the damned whose howls wreath this album gloriously. Matron's in this particular sonic vision, things won’t end with a whimper. As the label accurately describes, this is the sound of reality crumbling, revealing a nauseating yet fascinating abstract dimension of sin, deprivation, and oblivion. The eerie, sweltering melodies that creep in the background as the slow, stomping, patterned drums and morose guitars rumble through the air like an avalanche of audio lava and brimstone, and Monstrous, vocals of the strangest combination, ranging from animalistic growls to snarling shrieks, to yells, that give me strong Lifelover and Silencer vibes along with horrible rhythms grate nerve endings. That’s the difference and that’s what separates Matron Thorn from the rest of the younger garb who are trying to innovate and keep things fresh. Benighted In Sodom invoke scenes of graveyards and ancient monuments built to honor long-dead Gods and subtle layering of harmonious and disharmonious aspects that allow the listener to choose how they want to enjoy the claustrophobic closeness of being swamped in sadness. Now I am straight diving to the point about this new album.
When at first checked out their manifestation I was overwhelmed and the track sounds so authentic, mature from then I was clinched that I have to check this whole material for sure and this would be unblemished. Benighted in Sodom delivers distinctly experimental, atmospherically evil, a vivid, horrifying, sadistic, depressive, negative, suicidal form of black metal. Spitting the occult substance out from the top where it splatters into perverse monochrome psychedelia splayed across the landscape. The wonderful skill the band possesses that ability hits its apex here. This band's brainchild musician Matron did a fantastic job on this album in a radiant way and It’s really great when your high hopes are not misplaced. This whole album reflects the grand diversity of sound brought together on this album. It is really not easy to describe their musical style. A natural synthesis of dissonant sounds and disparate styles all combined in one bold, enlightened display of unbound creativity Despite the often crushing, cacophonous black metal assaults with a lot of segments of slower tempo too where Benighted in Sodom combines with cavernous drum thrashes, melodic, morose guitars and those effective rasps. "Carrier of Poison Apples" combines the angular and rabid technicality with the experimental tinges of their previous offering. Their soundscape initially forceful and ultimately complex riffs, extremely raucous and abrasive sound, constant aural disharmony and this new album redirects the image of black metal through a dervish funhouse.
Well, their upcoming opus opening track is “Last Stop on My Way to Hell”. This track starts with eerie, creepy sound with some slow vocals. Quickly the song returns to the sonic assailment and the musical style transformed into a heavier musical direction of guitar noise laced with deliberate cadence and progression seasonings. Their whole composition and musical style are impeccable also borrow great atmosphere with sour, dissonant riffs work. They emerge undaunted, with black metal sustain, an infinite beat providing a platform for sheets of noise and the perpetual rise of the sadistic riff. This album boasts some of the most dizzying, Avant-garde tinged black metal and every single song is meticulously crafted and shows an incredible sense of tension, flow, and technical acumen. This is frighteningly hallucinatory with floods in my mind with psychoactive substances and the veins with poison.
Matron Thorn, who has created some incredibly dim and depressing black metal along with pretty uneventful depressive music and Matron masks this in layers upon layers of a haze of distorted noise. Upcoming new album whole compositions are extremely filthy and unsettling pieces of sinister, grim euphoria and unearthly ambiance. “Carrier of Poison Apples” is an incredibly rewarding album and the musical content remains highly underwhelming. Their distinct entity infused me by a lot. Their musical style has some quite soft and smooth edge in the guitar playing along with clean vox which adds to the more atmospheric, morose, melancholic, unique kind of black metal but at the same time, the vocals and other parts of the riffing are straight forward ferocious simultaneously. Honestly saying after a multiple listen this album just blew me away with their ethereal abyss, melancholic, the multi-layered, ominous musical style. Matron Thorn has exuded tremendous effort on this album with excellent diligence and nailed it. Benighted in Sodom really does the trick for the atmosphere is the overall murky and misty sound that comes from the music. I highly cite and embrace this album.
This album is filled with a slew of cadence, apocalyptic, ominous, powerful riffs work including the way in which they are portrayed and the effects used on the riffs, are precisely drawn out and rather slow, forcing it’s listening audience to feel the pain with each and every stroke of the strings. As well bass line up is whopping, intense, strong, rumbling, slithering. The guitars are solely focused on creating a grandiose atmosphere but predominantly rely on walls of sound and swerving rhythms. In each track morbidly delicious, macabre, soaring, dark eerie riffs, bass lineups matched in a good manner. This whole albums sound deliver a dissonant, grim feeling, sinister, melancholic, gruesome black metal with raw emotion and pure energy with lots of noisy arpeggios during the slow dirge moments, while the riffs picked with a little more speed contain some very catchy morose melodies. “Carrier of Poison Apples” endures the beauty of black metal.
This album indulges strong songwriting and brilliant musicianship. Lyrically, there are interesting, provoking and intellectually stimulating and still be interesting to explore. This inhuman ability, however, is inconsequential, as the music needs such a delivery. This album has a hypnotic effect on the listener. Vocals decently large voice and clean vocals as well do well for Benighted in Sodom. Vocals howling voice,immense,deep rasps ,serene chanting,watery echo effect voice emerged on this album in a well manner adds a thick murky sound and intertwined perfectly with their utterly spellbinding,obtuse,bizarrely arrogant, mysterious,fully blistering black metal,distant musical style with a lots of depressive accompaniment and embedded perfectly . His expressive voice Perfectly positioned beside the tremolo distortion presented by the sweeping guitars, determines the emotive nature of the atmospherically driven record. His vocal expressions land droplets of melancholy and sorrow over the audience like rain. Overall you will get sinister, gloomy, desolate, mysterious ambient from this whole album with hallucinogenic with a healthy dose of paranoia. I really worship this band and highly embrace Benighted in Sodom‘s heinous deliverance.
Each song has energy, fluency and draws a flawless landscape. Stand out tracks are all of them. I personally Cherish each and every single track. The vision of the album cover is Pretty neat, solid, atrocious, grisly, gorgeously hideous. Overall “Carrier of Poison Apples” whole album is Spectacular, engrossing, significant and goes all the way through with a relentless rage from the beginning. The sound has a depth to it, with brief distortion. This album sounds so authentic and a truly remarkable sonic journey from beginning to end. Indeed this album is such an true gem of this year. The production is absolutely impeccable, capable of handling both the massive atmospheric and gargantuan heft. Indeed would be outstanding another one release of this year so far. The upcoming full-length will clearly show whether this act has enough in the tank to strive on to better things, or eventually dissipate into mediocrity. The Finnish bruisers still possess all the necessary skills and hard-won experience to put younger, newcomer challengers in their place. This black metal hybrid has built up steam, showing their ultimate culmination thus far. This is as intended, music meant for submission. Frightful atmospheres bring down the curtain on another exhausting, shattering listening experience that maintains Benighted in Sodom 's status as chief purveyors of psychotic yet creative carnage. Their thick back material which maintains the claustrophobic, nightmarish ethos seems like a good place to spend time while I wait for new music. If you looking for something different, epic this album will take you on a journey into another universe. If you choose to embark on this menacing journey then good luck and don’t get lost in the dark.
My Rating – 4.9/5 Review done by Souvik Basu. Published on 23/10/2019
The obsession with anything outre is not exactly a novelty in the metal scene, but occasionally it will assume a much more complex and nuanced dimension owing to musicians who insist on addressing such topics with utmost maturity and profundity. Numerous bands have created albums based around their own ideas that take insight from creative writing, but few bands will dedicate the entire span of a release to the relevant interpretation of the belief With the emergence and escalation of the novel and notorious tendency. In this extreme metal music genre first wave black metal and second-wave black metal bands are full of reverence.
While some excellent, unique band attempting to sell their flavor of the month band to potential listeners, there are some that simply exist outside of pre-existing molds and take a few years to realize their full potential and thusly grasp the imaginations of many who are fortunate enough to witness their evolve talent. When it comes to notoriety in terms of black metal bands Germany is usually not the first place that comes to mind to a vast majority of people. Shadowy, Chaos, Annihilation based, death worshipping German veterans Negator's latest offering is cut above the rest. A legacy in black metal as genuine and mighty as Negator's is difficult to achieve. Spawning from the depths of Chaos, Knowledge, Esoteric Literature, Death, Annihilation is the newest record from orthodox black metal Negator - Vnitas Pvritas Existentia. Negator this German group married the ritualistic fury of esoteric, occult black metal with a creeping dose of mystical, ominous, sinister madness. The atmosphere and tightly plotted albums were based on mystical incantation while still employing their own take on black metal, a phenomenal addition to the Black metal roster.
Germany has solidified its status as one of the premier centers of black metal over the course of the last decade or so. Crafting four full-length albums of blistering darkness Negator play traditionally influenced black metal with fury and devotion and deftly navigate black metal’s token atmospherics for pureblooded passion. On this year Hamburg based German black metallers Negator unveiled their latest full-length album on this year entitled “Vnitas Pvritas Existentia” with 54:58 min running time along with hellish, spine-chilling, skin-ripping artistry. This new album consists of 10 tracks. Negator was formed in 2003. They have developed into an independent mystical, occult and grand entity with their predecessor release. Now I am straight going to the point about this new opus.
When at first checked out their manifestation I was overwhelmed and infused by the track because of authentic sound, ferocious, mature and from then I was clinched that I have to check this whole for sure material and this would be a savage beast. Black metal’s broodier bands, Cult Germany's underground veteran's Negator's latest effort "Vnitas Pvritas Existentia" is orthodox, nihilistic presence is felt strongly right from the start of this release as well cherish impressive songwriting as well apocalyptic and sinister. The rawness of it makes it ideal for the nostalgic, bringing back the past days when Black Metal was intended to be unsettling and highly creepy. Negator delivers a distinctly experimental, atmospherically evil, vivid, horrifying form of black metal. Playing the type of scathing, otherworldly black metal. Their each and every musician did a fantastic job on this album in a radiant way and It’s really great when your high hopes are not misplaced. Negator manages to strike the right balance between raw, atavistic aggression and a more sophisticated, occult approach. This whole album reflects the grand diversity of sound brought together on this opus. It is really not easy to describe their musical style. Negator creates a constantly shapeshifting maelstrom of crushing chaos and disorder. A synthesis of dissonant sounds and disparate styles all combined in one bold, enlightened display of unbound creativity Despite the often crushing,fast ,furious,cacophonous black metal assaults with a lots of segments of slower tempo too where Negator combines a melodic, mysterious, introspective passages with cavernous drum thrashes, whirlwind guitars and those effective rasps.
well,their latest incantations opening track starts with atmospheric slow build and eerie atmospheric vibe, chanting around the tones then suddenly the sound evolves into heavy,powerful,bestial grunt followed by intricate,fast,delicate riffs work,blast beating,fast soundscapes with onslaught of savage guitar and a wall of spectacular,relentless drums and then segues with evil vocals . The layered tapestry of slightly trebly and heavily laden with reverb, duo-tonal whirlwind of guitar noise laced with aggression,deliberate cadence and progression seasonings supporting the likewise crooning, almost moaning deeply in the throat, high-pitched , duo vocals drown a bit in the almost unhuman-like furiously fast though muffled drumming with ripping and snorting bass, although this evolves to a more dynamic sound on the rest of the album. Their whole composition and musical style are impeccable also borrow great atmosphere with sour, dissonant riffs work. All instruments are dynamic, clearly discerned, yet none stand out amidst the cacophony and indeed they have far surpassed it.
This new releases whole compositions are extremely filthy and unsettling pieces of sinister, grim euphoria and unearthly ambiance. “Vnitas Pvritas Existentia” commences chronologically invigorating and destructive. Their distinct entity infused me by a lot. "Vnitas Pvritas Existentia" bury the listener in an unrelenting cadence of tortured riffs that dance around the blistering drumming of Nechtan, while singer Nachtgarm recites the prophetic lyrics of the eternal night through the tracks of elite black metal. They produce unique kinds of black metal but at the same time, the vocals and other parts of the riffing are straight forward brutal, ferocious simultaneously. Honestly, after a multiple listen this album just blew me away with their ethereal abyss,multi-dimensional, the multi-layered, ominous musical style. "Vnitas Pvritas Existentia" perversely brims with an illuminating light, devouring the cosmic light of life and scurrying through the sort of black metal whose radiance is so obsidian as to consume energy as austerely as it expends it. Each musician has exuded tremendous, cohesive effort on this album with excellent diligence and nailed it. Their guitar work is the very blood that flows through the track, often adrenalized and near-boiling. Their riffs, whether pleasantly discordant or catchy as all hell and matching each other in both despondency and unremitting confidence. Honing their underlying nihilistic creed to awe-inspiring levels, this is a mixture of classic, mid-paced black metal, and equilibrium-ruining lurches. The cosmic sphere falls from this track. At this moment which is eternal yet transitory, new and pure energy grows within the womb of chaos, and which ignites the source of a new aeon, a flame needless of air to exist. Negator really does the trick for the overall murky, mysterious, Juxtapositions of darkness and light, a misty sound that comes from the music. A new true god that breeds its new self, purified and sanctified in chaos without an end nor a beginning. I highly cite and embrace this release.
This is filled with a slew of cadence, apocalyptic, pummeling, ominous, hellish, powerful riffs work. As well bass line up is whopping, intense, strong, rumbling, slithering. Drumming, the percussion line up is bleak, frantic, solid, clattering and powerful. The guitars are solely focused on creating a grandiose atmosphere but predominantly rely on walls of sound and swerving rhythms. In each track morbidly delicious, macabre, soaring, dark eerie, ghastly riffs, bass lineups matched in a good manner. This whole album sound delivers a dissonant, grim feeling, sinister, melodic, gruesome black metal with raw emotion and pure energy. “Vnitas Pvritas Existentia” endures the beauty of black metal. This album indulges strong songwriting and brilliant musicianship. This album has a hypnotic effect on the listener. Vocals decently large voice that does well for Negator. Especially his menacing and hoarse voice are excellent. Vocals howling scream, immense, deep rasps voice emerged on this album in a good manner adds a thick murky sound and intertwined perfectly with their utterly spellbinding, obtuse, bizarrely arrogant, mysterious, fully blistering black metal, a distant musical style with a lot of melodic accompaniment and embedded perfectly. Their sound, the musicianship is absolute prime, with every song unleashing a seething torrent of scalding dissonance and insidious melody, scorching distortion, and barbaric, blasphemous invective, all of which combine to produce an overarching atmosphere of creeping, crippling dread. Overall you will get a sinister, gloomy, desolate, mysterious vibe from this whole album. I really worship this band.
Each song has energy, fluency and draws a savage landscape. Stand out tracks are all of them. Every song, every hellish, skin-stripping riff, and vile vocal incantation is delivered with the righteous fury and unwavering conviction of the true believer. The vision of the album cover is Pretty neat, solid, atrocious, grisly, macabre, gorgeously hideous. Overall “Vnitas Pvritas Existentia” whole album is Spectacular, engrossing, significant and goes all the way through with a relentless rage from the beginning. Negator is surely the apotheosis of everything. The sound has a depth to it, with brief distortion. "Vnitas Pvritas Existentia" is an elite black metal sophistication in their music without sacrificing the feral, ugly core of the style. This album sounds so authentic and a truly remarkable sonic journey from beginning to end. "Vnitas Pvritas Existentia" is a deep and winding journey throughout the mysterious and stifling occult. Indeed this album is such an true gem of this year. The production is absolutely impeccable, capable of handling both the massive atmospheric, melodic and gargantuan heft. Outstanding another one release of this year so far .“Vnitas Pvritas Existentia” is shattering culmination in black metal evolution. Negator can effectively capture a pristine essence of bloodthirsty transcendent abandon, disenchanted delirium, or perhaps even a very inhuman strain of mystical experience. The German bruisers still possess all the necessary skills and hard-won experience to put younger, newcomer challengers in their place With " Vnitas Pvritas Existentia", Negator writes another chapter in their book of successive masterpieces. This is astral projection through a viscous dense black cosmic ocean. Negator realizes and re-imagines the great flurry of transcendent black metal and looking down from the pulpit with satisfaction on the desolation wreaked by their immense slab of rasping black metal. If you looking for something different, epic this album will take you on a sophisticated and weighty black metal journey into another universe where music has the power to transcend the spoken word.
My Rating – 4.9/5 Review done by - Souvik Basu. Published on 22/10/2019
