Out of Portugal comes this Black Metal horde, with their second album. This here is the rereleased tape version with two bonus tracks, eleven tracks in all, one of which is a cover of "Buried by Time and Dust" featuring Necrobutcher on bass. The music presented here is not at all what I expected. Mid-paced to fast Black Metal with piano parts when you least expect it, sounding like something you'd find on an Arcturus album, and some minor industrial touches, due to the pounding drum machine. I do not mean that there are interludes with piano, they have the piano playing to blasting Black Metal. The album reminds me a bit of Reign of Erebus, due to a somewhat chaotic sound and parts sound a bit like early Koldbrann. Perhaps one could even say they sound a bit like Darkthrone and Dark Funeral on the bonus tracks.
The vocals makes me think of Mannevond of Koldbrann and Thurios of Drudkh. There are also some parts sounding like Marco Kehren of Deinonychus.
The sound on this album is rather thin, but clear, with a production that makes it sound very aggressive. The bonus material has been recorded at another time than the rest of the album, having a fuller sound. The guitars and the vocals are at the front of the mix, followed by the drums. A drum machine is used on this album, though they seem to have a live drummer on later releases. The keyboard parts are all in the foreground, above all other instrumentation and vocals. This is a strange blend of an album, and I must say I enjoyed it despite two things I usually find very annoying, keyboards and a drum machine. That is not at all bad!
Standout tracks are "The Burning", "Lusitånia (de Orghulo e Honra)" and "Reflex of Nothingness".
This release is limited to 666 copies.
Sunday August 23 2009, by :Vragh:
The vocals makes me think of Mannevond of Koldbrann and Thurios of Drudkh. There are also some parts sounding like Marco Kehren of Deinonychus.
The sound on this album is rather thin, but clear, with a production that makes it sound very aggressive. The bonus material has been recorded at another time than the rest of the album, having a fuller sound. The guitars and the vocals are at the front of the mix, followed by the drums. A drum machine is used on this album, though they seem to have a live drummer on later releases. The keyboard parts are all in the foreground, above all other instrumentation and vocals. This is a strange blend of an album, and I must say I enjoyed it despite two things I usually find very annoying, keyboards and a drum machine. That is not at all bad!
Standout tracks are "The Burning", "Lusitånia (de Orghulo e Honra)" and "Reflex of Nothingness".
This release is limited to 666 copies.
Sunday August 23 2009, by :Vragh:
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