I have seen this
release listed in some places as a demo and in others as an album. I
personally lean towards demo tag as it is self-released and only has
4 songs but the bands site calls it an album. It is also packaged so
professionally and presented with a DVD so I will give it the
benefit of the doubt calling it an album. H-George travels to our
ears all the way from Italy and call their sound “Alcoholic Thrash
Metal”. Which I am not sure really describes their sound that well.
As it kind of conjures up images (in my mind) of a raunchy, raw,
loose sort of band with party / non-serious lyrics. But the fact of
the matter is they play a really controlled power heavy metal
thrashy type sound with a tight crisp performance and quite serious
thoughtful emotional themes to the lyrics. It is honestly almost a
little too in control and over produced for me. But there is no
denying the talent displayed in George’s writing with some really
solid riffs and well crafted meandering and entertaining guitar
solos. This band is really George’s work and George’s baby and he
has brought in Carlos in to play drums and Trevor in to handle the
vocals. Carlos does a fine job on the kit, solid and professional
and Trevor puts in a pretty gritty late 80s sounding sort of thrashy
gruff performance. The vocals are good but buried in the mix and
less prominent than one would expect for his aggressive style and
performance. I would have liked to see him be brought a little more
up front. In fact the aforementioned intangible raunchiness the
music tag summons up is just what this release could use to put it
over the top. Just a little too controlled and over analyzed. I bet
this material comes off better in a live setting. That all makes it
sound like I do not like this release. Which is far from the truth,
as this is a nice release but it could go to another level, if it
had not been gone over so much with a fine tooth comb and just let
it all hang out a little more? The actual material itself on here is
pretty killer. Now on to the DVD... It is about 30 minutes long and
is pretty well done. It basically has interviews with the guys that
recorded this record as well as studio personnel. They talk about
their history / tastes in metal, their motivation and about the
making this record. There is some various studio footage as well as
some sprinkled stuff of the members out and about in Italy. It is
pretty cool to see and it does give you a respect for what went into
this recording. The DVD is all in Italian but there are English
subtitles so no worries there. – Dale
www.h-george.com
www.myspace.com/hgeorgemetalbeer
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Yes! Killer
grindcore with heavy death metal influence played with immense energy
and conviction - in short it will tear you apart! The compos are to the
point sick, heavy, and brutally catchy with super disgusting and
tortured vomitous vox. All death/grind fanatics feast your ears on this
14 track ball of phlemetic mayhem!
Morbid Records,
Postfach 3, 03114 Drebkau, GERMANY
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Well, if you read
issue # 1 or 2, you know how much I love this band on their early
material. My only knock on their amazing power/heavy metal style is that
they sounded too much like their heroes and not possessing an identity
you could call Hammerfall. Well they have taken a step towards that with
this mighty classic slab “Legacy Of Kings”. Joacim Cans has stepped up
his performance further putting in a superlative, first-rate vocal
display. He makes it seem so easy and effortless as he goes right
through all the ranges with silky finesse. Time honored traditional
metal with class the makes my inner flame rise! Hammerfall have still
not reached their peak potential but they are perilously close with this
album.
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Harpoon is a
three piece band hailing from Chicago, Illinoise. I immediately
thought of the band Cavity when I hit play. Though Harpoon are far
more polished sounding, more controlled and their use of feedback on
the guitars is more subtle than those maniacs. The songs are well
crafted and there is actually a lot going on, despite not sounding
cluttered. The vocals of Toney Vast-Binder are harsh, pissed off
sounding yells with a lot of conviction and energy put into the
delivery. The pacing of the music is nice as well, it has some speed
at times, but also is painfully slow and grinding sludge drone at
other times, creating some nice dynamics and emotion. I was
skeptical when I read they used a drum machine, but I must admit
this is one of the finest examples of hiding that fact I have come
across. Deception Among The Birds is the type of album that you will
keep finding new nuances you missed previously upon repeated
listening. The album is not bogged down in a million time changes or
far too busy for its own good. No Harpoon have really mastered a
balance between intricacy and subtlety on here but never forgetting
the emotive quality of their music, which is what gives it its real
personality. Controlled chaos thinking metal is what I would call
it, this is my first experience with the band and I am pretty
impressed. – Dale
http://www.myspace.com/harpoonrockin4u
http://www.seventhrule.com/
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The Hat keep the
old Norwegian classic black metal traditions alive. I never tire of
this sound, style no matter how many times I hear it again and
again. It is probably only fair that you know that about me – I
worship old school black metal. You can tell listening to this that
Hat themselves have listened to and possess great reverence for the
old bands on their early works like Darkthrone, Immortal, Emperor,
Graveland etc… It is just so hateful, cold, cutting you to pieces
with cruel torture. Yes I do not tire of their archetypal obscure bm
rasp vocals, tremolo picking and hypnotic driven drumming. Vortex of
Death is really well done and you can just feel the men behind it
are dedicated to what they are doing. I simply can not resist
recommending this album highly to you. –
Dale
http://www.officialabyssrecords.com/
http://www.myspace.com/Evighat
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So Havoc Unit
hail from the mighty lands of Finland. They recently changed their
name from …And Oceans. Now I do remember …And Oceans but it was from
their early days in the late 90s. Back then, they played solid, yet,
pretty forgettable symphonic black metal. So these days they are
playing industrial death metal hey? Interesting… Well it is good to
see a band change their name when this sort of about face happens –
more bands should follow this example. I would not call myself a
huge industrial death fan. But I do like some of the bands and have
followed it virtually from its inception as a genre. Early stuff
like Skinny Puppy to Malhovoc to Pitchshifter to old Fear Factory
and others have all graced my collection over the years. Havoc Unit
is a pretty straight forward band. To be honest they are sort of
monotone and lacking any real punch or diversity in their song
writing. Under their previous moniker they played average but pretty
good sympho black metal and now 10 years later they are still
pumping out the same quality level. Just in another genre these
days. They do little to stand out or have much staying power to my
ears and instead just blend in with the pack. It is worth a listen
if you worship this style and if not then your money is best spent
elsewhere.
– Dale
www.vendlusrecords.com
www.myspace.com/havocunit
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If you want the
cliff notes version this is basically the French version of
Halloween mixed with Gamma Ray. I hate to over paint them with that
brush. Yet the fact of the matter is they wear their influences on
their sleeve to the point it is hard to say they have much of a
sound of their own. Coupled with the fact they play a style where
you kind of need some sort of unique identity to stick out from the
crowd. It is not like they are death metal and just make sure they
are brutal to make up for the fact they are unoriginal. By deduction
I do suppose the next question would be is it well done at least?
For my liking it is a touch too clean, synth heavy and over produced
but on the whole it is well done, yes. Some engaging riffs and sweet
guitar leads. Vocalist Ben Sotto just bleeds Halloween vocals but he
sounds excellent doing so, hitting all kinds ranges and high
registers along the way. That is something Heavenly really has going
for them, in this genre you need to have a strong vocalist and they
have that part covered. If you are a fanatic of this style and can
never get enough then by all means pick this up but otherwise just
break out your “Keeper…” records instead. – Dale |
Well some years
back we had the re-formation of the classic thrash band Destruction.
During his hiatus from Destruction, mainman, Schmier formed a band
called Headhunter. A band which spat out a demo tape and 3 albums
from the early 90s to the middle 1990s. Now he has come back full
circle and both bands are going full steam at the same time for
once. The other two members of Headhunter are Uwe Hoffman (Talon)
and Jorg Michael (Rage, Running Wild, Grave Digger, Mekong Delta and
a bunch more bands) whom many or most will know about. They play
classic heavy metal. Schmier definitely has that clean and classic
80s sort of vocal style down pretty well and it is kind of cool
hearing him do this style. The music is traditional heavy metal and
it is pretty catchy and memorable. The song “Silverskull” is
tattoo’d on my brain now and is a good example of catchiness and
staying power I mentioned. It is pretty simplistic stuff overall but
sometimes that is for the best in this style. There are some solid
emotional guitar solos / fills that really grabbed my attention and
unlike some bands they do not come off as forced or out of place.
Headhunter like to mix up the dynamics every couple of songs
(energetic and fast to brooding and etc…) and it makes for a pretty
good, interesting listen. I can recommend this album. But I must
mention that the Skid Row cover kind of sticks out like a strange
sore thumb. Placing it right in middle of album (rather than the
end) amongst the rest of the tracks seems unnecessarily disruptive
to the overall flow and it is too. I could see that really annoying
some people.
– Dale
www.candlelightrecordsusa.com
www.official-headhunter.com/en/ |
We have some
dense churning black metal heaviness from France. The vocals kind of
sound an evil husky growling biker that crashed his hog a couple
times and does not believe in helmets. For me the album starts off
decently and creates a heavy brooding sort of mood. Before long it
becomes unraveled and disjointed and progressively worse. This is
not a good thing when it was not that amazing to begin with. I am a
huge GG Allin fan, despite what some say, he did made some great
music and was not all shit and piss. So without looking at the song
titles first, it surprised me hear a GG cover coming out of my
headphones. I suppose they do an alright job on the cover, though it
could have been better. But in the context of the whole album it
stands out as a sore thumb and does not help the flow one bit. This
is further highlighted by the fact that this cover is in the middle
rather than a bookend to the record. I will be honest and cut to the
chase. This is just not that good and definitely not up to the usual
Debemur Morti caliber of release. It seems all of the members of
this French band are in about half a dozen other bands as well.
Which leads one to think it is hard to do all of them right and that
appears to be the case here. Especially considering most of their
other bands are of much better quality (such as Antaeus, Mutiilation,
Arkhon Infaustus etc…). The most creative or stand out thing about
this release is the album title that kind of tells the whole story
right there.
– Dale
http://www.myspace.com/hell_militia
http://www.debemur-morti.com/
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This album is
nearly 2 years old and unfortunately, for the band the label, which
released it is now defunct. Yet the band must live on and keep
fighting. Hellacaust is doing just that and sent “Inevitable
Dementia” in for review to keep their name out there, while they
brew some new material. Hellacaust residing often quiet metal east
coast of Canada. They play a really interesting mix of black, death
and thrash metal. I can hear influences from everything from early
Mayhem & Immortal to Exhumed, Angelcorpse & Napalm Death to Kreator,
Slayer and Megadeth. One large melting pot but they know how to
smelt it all together into a solid and cohesive whole which is not
an easy feat by any means. I think we have all heard a band or ten
who attempted this sort thing, only to fall flat on their collective
faces. Hellacaust keep it evil sounding but never afraid to rumble
forward with some sick militaristic head banging sections in most
songs, not to mention some smoking guitar solos brief but regular
appearances. The vocals alternate between death metal bellows and
black metal rasps and are well done. This is a flat out a very good
album. I do not see Hellacaust being label-less for very long. –
Dale
http://welcome.to/hellacaust
http://www.myspace.com/hellacaust
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Well we have
some German thrash and yes, in case you were wondering, it is of the
classic old style of their homeland. There are so many influences
you could throw out there, but a few that come to mind, which are
influences for HC are Poison (yeah you know which one I mean), Iron
Angel, Kreator, Sodom, and especially Slayer and even a newer band
like Desaster. You can just feel how much these guys love thrash
metal through they’re playing. Bloodrust is a really excellent
record, not a lame retro attempt, but all the same very clearly
rooted in the days of old and they do manage to bring something
substantial to the genre. You can even hear some little nuances
going on at times that remind me of classic Priest or Maiden. This
is pretty unrelenting stuff with a plethora of memorable riffs and
headbanging parts to get your blood boiling. I dig those frantic
Slayer-esque guitar leads that pop up now and then. Hellish
Crossfire is not all full speed ahead all the time though. There are
slower moody moments, sort of like a brooding tank slowly creeping
along, barrel simmering with smoke, searching for victims of their
next assault. Those brooding ominous moments definitely add a little
more depth and personality to flesh out the bands sound. The vocals
complement the music nicely with their classic early Slayer and
Kreator tendencies. All that is left to say is, if you like to
thrash, then you will love Bloodrust Scythe, it is as simple as
that. –
Dale
http://www.ihate.se
http://www.myspace.com/hellishcrossfirethrash
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More metal,
sludge-core from the fine people at Rhetoric. Hellchild are cool crusty
metal with bludgeoning riffs, clear/growly vocals. This band is tops in
my books for doing the dirtiest Venom cover of “Witching Hour” ever -
Yeah bitch!! I reviewed Kilara last issue and here we have more of the
same grungy, Sabbathy metal with a hardcore flavor. These new tracks are
a bit more catchy in a laid-back sorta way - Rockin’ stuff. $8US/$12
World for the vinyl version & $10 US/$12 World for the CD.
Rhetoric Records,
P.O. Box 82, Madison, WI. 53701, USA
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Well it is odd
to me at least that these guys have been around for 15 years and
this is the first I had recall hearing of them. Praising Satan is
apparently some sort of best of / compilation release that
apparently is celebrating “15 Years Of Ultimate Satanic Sleaze”. I
can not seem get a handle on whether this is supposed to be a joke
band or something serious. Obviously the logo is a homage or simply
mocking the logo of Beherit. I seen an interview online and the guy
in the interview acted serious in it and said he was a devotee of
Beherit, Barathrum, Mayhem, Root, Darkthrone. So I guess I will give
the benefit of the doubt there is supposed to be some sort of
serious intent behind the band. The whole presentation of the band,
album and song titles such as Horns of Hell, Thunderbelial, Pure
Goat Glorification, Black Metal Overlords had me wondering though.
The music itself is decent for what is, and is simple sloppy punk
rock with a metal undertone and some definite Venom worship. Which
is always a good thing in my books, being a Venom maniac myself.
Nothing amazing here, but I could still appreciate it. Obviously any
black metal fans who pick it up that are looking for pure bm or
sympho type crap and do not care for punk, will be easily and
quickly disappointed. They are certainly unique that is for sure. I
would say fans of raunchy punk, Venom and Piledriver type stuff will
like this.
– Dale
http://www.myspace.com/hereticmaniacs
http://www.soulsellerrecords.com/
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This is an
interesting find for Red Stream. With a choice production backing them,
Himinbjorg present some of the best emotional and blazing metal in
recent memory! Similar in sound to acts like (early) Ulver, Immortal,
Dark Funeral, and a bit of Marduk. They posses a flair for creating
brooding yet uplifting atmospheres of sound that will soon release
itself from your grey matter. There are acoustics and keys in spots but
are utilized in such a way not to force themselves ahead of the
structure or beyond the materials general intent. I can fully recommend
this to fans of brutal atmospheric black metal that will inspire visions
of battlefields filled with pagan pride.
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I possess
nothing but respect for Katon W. De Pena and Hirax. They continue to
just rage after all of these years. I mean to stick to your roots,
for literally decades, is amazing and a mean feat all of its own.
What we have here is a mini-album. I am sure this is just a stop-gap
to keep the die hards from dying of thirst until the next full
length brew comes out. So yes “Chaos and Brutality” is short but
still a fine piece of work and worth owning. With the 4 tracks here
Hirax explode out of the gates right off the first note and do not
let up with their face ripping thrash attack until the disc stops
spinning. Hirax pack punch after punch of fast headbanging riffs
rhythms backed with De Pena’s wails sounding off like a siren of
successive growls. ARGH! Once it is over though you have to hit the
repeat button as this is just too short to hear just once. We need a
new full album now and the sooner the better.
– Dale
www.selfmadegod.com
www.hirax.org
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Hirudinea
– Are one frenetic death metal band. On these 4 tracks they employ a
set of dual vocals. The main set of pipes, sort of remind me to the
vox on the “Clandestine” album. The other set of vocals are harder
to pinpoint and are more frantic, angst filled volleys that remind
me a bit of old Ministry, of all things. I do not hear a lot of
bands playing this style lately. That is to Hirudinea’s benefit.
Watchmaker
– The Boston, Mass clusterfuck. If you are searching for some catchy
head bang riffs, actual song structuring and depth. Then look
somewhere else. It is no surprise, keeping with these comments that
Watchmaker used to have an Anal Cunt member. Because the 7 tracks on
this split are nothing short of a chaotic wall of thrashing white
noise. Their only purpose seems to be to play as fast and in as in
your face as they can, from a dead run, start to finish. They
destroy everything in their path. It is actually pretty good stuff
but you really have to be in the right mood for it, if you know what
I mean?
– Dale
www.bestialonslaught.com |
My deep and
lasting obsession with Horna began somewhere around the beginning of
1997. I received their first masterpiece of a record “Hiidentorni”
from their then label Solistitium records out Germany. Incidentally
this lead to an interview I did with them way back in issue # 2 of
Canadian Assault (I have put in a request for a new interview in
this issue, no word whether it is happening or not, as of yet). It
was during this period, the second wave after the rise of Darkthrone,
Immortal, Burzum etc… came to be and they have stood the test of
time as the best black metal band from this mid-90s era. This band
has never let me down, releasing album after album, seven inches, LP
and split vinyls at an alarming rate and each and every release has
been a quality work, a new splash of darkness across the UG scene.
Over the years the horde have managed to evolve and devolve in
interesting ways but never betraying their roots, never scarring
their devoted followers and never having to look themselves in the
mirror with anything but pride and dignity. They may make your head
bang with some devilish catchy riffs but they shall never stray far
from the epic melancholy longing and cold, evil sorrow that is the
foundation of their profound heartless cruelty. A very select few, a
diabolic elite, if you will, have the ability to create so many
emotions within the black metal realm, whilst relying upon on
traditional instrumentation. That includes Horna, they have the
uncanny ability to channel simultaneously through their music
emotions such as disgust, hate, sorrow, melancholy, introspection,
elation, adrenalized odium all while sweeping you away on a
journey. A vast journey outside of this pathetic existence, an epic
walk through fields of pain blanketed by black night. Horna have
always had some of the sickest rasps in black metal bar none and
nothing has changed in this respect with “Envaatnags…”, despite
member changes, the cold heart of Horna, Mr. Shatraug lives on, in
the infamous black metal conjurer. Almost a decade later and Horna
continues to haunt me! – Dale
www.woodcutrecords.com
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First I just
wanted to send out a greeting to Bear Bee, the vocalist of
Humiliation for sending this in personally. It is always good to get
a release from Malaysia. I used to have a tape trader in Malaysia,
he turned me on to a lot of great old dedicated Malaysian UG bands
like Sil-Khannaz, Brain Dead, Langsuyr, and Suffercation. There is
some straight forward but solid death metal to be found here. The
riffing is often mid paced and heavy with the odd speedy bursts that
I am sure induce some nice headbanging live. I can maybe hear some
old Bolt Thrower or Malevolent Creation type stuff, the bands is
keeping it old school, which is just fine by me. The vocals are deep
dark shouted growls with a little bit of an obscure texture to them.
Those vocals again remind me a lot to the very early 90s death metal
approach. A pretty good first release from a young band and I think
there is room for some improvement. I am left wondering why no demos
or anything were released before the mini disc? Either way this
short player leaves me wanting to hear something more. And I am in
luck as Bear Bee has sent me the follow full length album as well!
– Dale
nebiulaprod@gmail.com
humiliationband@gmail.com
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Humiliation pick
right up where they left off the year before on their mcd. They were
only in year one as a band as I understand it with that first
release. Now year two sees them already storming back with their
debut full length. Despite that short period between releases and
their infancy as a band, one can already hear a little maturity
creeping into their songwriting. They are still brutal and heavy,
their riffing and general song flow are smoother and pack more punch
this time around. I have seen the Bolt Thrower comparisons and it is
hard to deny that. They sound a lot like them and it is in a good
way. I think I can detect some early Death influence on the music as
well as the vocals and maybe a touch of Benediction (one of my fave
dm bands, quite underrated). I am not sure if I can add much more
than I have in this review and the one above. Some killer death
metal for fans of Bolt Thrower and the great 90s British death metal
bands. The one question I do have is why neither the label (which
has been around a long time) nor the band seems to have a website? I
remember my old friend from Malaysia some years back said the
Malaysian government was harassing labels that distributed any metal
music that was related to gore or satanic / occult themes etc… Some
of them seemed to be keeping a real low profile. I am not sure if
that is the reason or not?
– Dale
nebiulaprod@gmail.com
humiliationband@gmail.com
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The mini-bio
nails it when they mention Bathory as an influence. I can hear a lot
of “Blood Fire Death” on this short player (clocking in at barely 21
minutes). I admit I have a bit of a soft spot for Aussie bands and
their filthy, dirty, wicked old school ways. Hunters Moon is a
little rough around the edges, but they know how to create a strong
atmosphere with their music, that provokes emotion in the listener.
The music manages to be both epic and flowing while juxtaposed with
a certain cruelty and barbaric thrashing (especially evident on the
Angel Witch cover of the song Baphomet). I like the vocals from
Lust, yet at times they seem not to always fit the music and tend to
fade into the background of the mix. Not entirely certain if that
was intentional or not? Upon repeated listens though, I find myself
not noticing or caring as much about the vocals, which originally
struck me as a problem. All in all, I enjoyed this platter and find
myself curious to hear their full length debut. Assuming of course
that is in the plans.
– Dale
http://www.huntersmoon.cjb.net/ http://huntersmoon.hellsheadbangers.com/
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Should be “Lame In
Stereo”. I liked this once (as in formerly) black metal bands demo “Isle
Of Men” back in the day. Now they are no black metal, hell they are not
even metal anymore! This sounds like the new Ulver disc minus the
industrial parts. Maybe the two bands are incestuous lovers!? Would
explain a few things.
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The first thing
that springs to mind is for a one man band, just how full and
fleshed out the sound is. As well as how competent that one man must
be at all of his instruments. It definitely takes some vision for
one person to map all of this out and execute it. I guess technology
these days helps you do this sort of thing more easily than in the
past. Infestus play slick black metal in the newer way, generally
speaking that is not something that interests me overly much. When
they are so overproduced like most modern black metal and melodic
death style bands, it just seems to lose much of its originality and
feeling and starts to feel more like a product mass produced rather
than being built on emotion and feeling (see a Famine for an example
for the opposite of Infestus). As I said I can really appreciate
that one man managed to put this all together, but that alone does
not necessarily make this a great album. It is just an okay album
for me and that is all. – Dale
http://www.infestus.com/
http://www.debemur-morti.com/ |
Grindcore with death
influences from the Czech Republic. This is a cool album of straight on,
head down grind with maniacal vocals. The production on here is very
solid and fits to the music. 18 tracks (12 on the cassette version) of
music that is not thrilling but solid and enjoyable nonetheless. See
Shindy address elsewhere.
Tentamen Records,
P.O. Box 61, 67801 Blansko, CZECH REPUBLIC
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Inquisition
probably are a band you will totally fall in love with or you will
hate with every fiber of your being. I don't think their will be
that much in between. The music is in the vein of early to mid 90's
european black metal and is not horrible but I have heard much
better and the vocals are annoying and don't really fit the music. I
personally would say pass on this band as Hells Headbangers have a
lot more great bands worth checking out. This is a re-release of
their 1998 debut album. Also Hells Headbangers have out the US
version of their new album Ominous Doctrine… – Patrick Schroeder
http://www.myspace.com/inquisitionusa
http://www.hellsheadbangers.com/ |
A dual debut,
the first album of the band and the initial release of Forgotten
Path, with both entities hailing from Lithuania. Despite this being
the labels start up release, they have not gone the cheap route, you
get a beautiful looking digi-pak with a sixteen page booklet inside.
Inquisitor are billed as progressive black metal and they have a
penchant for epic length songs, all but one clock in at over 9
minutes long. I think I would call them more of a straight symphonic
metal band, as honestly there is not much in the way of black metal
elements and the music is not that dark. I would say only the vocals
which are dark whispers with a hint of the bm croak underneath would
be your only link to that style of music. Inquisitor employ a lot of
piano and keyboards, but I will at least say this much for them,
they do not fall into the trap of so many bands of letting the synth
dominate the mix and drown out the other instruments. The song
structures as you might guess from the self professed progressive
moniker, are quite avant-garde and free flowing. It is no secret I
am not the biggest fan of keyboards, but I will give Inquisitor
credit for employing them in a tasteful way that furthers the song
development. They do not come across as forced, in the old we need
to be atmospheric so we will insert and force them in in unnatural
ways even if they do not fit the song structure or mood. I suppose
the only thing I can fault the band for is with the length of the
songs. It almost seems like in order to keep it all free flowing at
times, they let some of the songs meander on a little longer than
necessary. Not normally my cup of tea very often, but The Quantum
Theory of Id managed to win me over to an extent, it can be an
enchanting and addictive listen. I think fans of things like
Arcturus and the like might find this of interest. The bio states
“The CD is released under ‘Creative Commons’ license – you are free
to copy and share the music without any commercial purposes”. So
apparently, if I understand correctly, if you find this review of
the band interesting, as long as you use for personal use, you have
permission to go find it and download or copy it. –
Dale
http://www.myspace.com/inquisitorlt
http://www.forgotten-path.lt/
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Insidious Omen
are from Canada and more specifically from the area I grew up and
spent the first 25 years of my life. So immediately the band peek my
interest. As near as I can tell this release was released as a 7
inch vinyl a couple years ago and there has been nothing added on
here as bonus. The recording definitely reminds to me to some of the
old low-fi recordings from the late 80s and early 90s before
everyone could record on their computer and use that pro tools shit.
Those that love a crisp, full sound on their releases will
immediately want to avoid. Think of Blasphemy on their Fallen Angel
of Doom record, where it sounds like they are in a cave and someone
is holding a microphone in the air outside the cave. I like it and
some of my fave old releases sounded much like this. I mean who does
not love early Beherit and the like?! There are only 3 songs on here
but they are long songs ranging from the 8 to 10 minute mark. I
think I have also thrown out some comparables to give you an idea of
their sound. Like I mentioned early Beherit, Blasphemy, Conqueror
possibly mixed with a little more ambient sounds and interludes ala
Acheron on Rites of The Black Mass, though without the incantations
and evocations. They also employ some more somber, reflective
sections in between the bombardment. I enjoyed this and I am sure
ardent fans of the warring metal style will also, but at the same
time this is far from essential stuff.
– Dale
http://insidiousomen.blogspot.com/
http://www.ahdistuksenaihio.com/
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