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BLOODTHORN-
Under the Reign of Terror
This is some pretty good black metal. Mayhem is on this
album singing on a cover of Deathcrush. The guitar with
the drums are extremely tight. One of the more technical
albums I have heard. Excellent.
HIMINBJORG-
Haunted Shores
I like this. The music sounds like it could be rock. But
it is more like a Viking/pagan metal. The vocals are all
over the place, with different styles. The packaging is
pretty cool, an 8 page digi-pak. Good stuff.
HUDDEN-
Spectral Magnitude
I wasn't sure what to expect from the beginning of this
CD, but it just took a little bit to kick in. This is some
black metal. I don't really care for the vocals too much,
but the music is pretty good. They are flying, of course.
JUDAS
ISCARIOT- To Embrace the Corpses Bleeding
Black metal. The vocals just sound scary. The only thing
I don't like is I can't hear the snare drum too well. I
can tell the drummer is flying, but the snare doesn't have
the normal poppy sound.
KRIEG-
Destruction Ritual
Oh yeah, no doubt about it. This is some black metal. I
don't like the vocals though. The drummer is flying though,
one of the faster double bass I have heard in a long time.
The vocals are just ear bleeding high.
SECRETS
OF THE MOON- Stronghold of the Inviolables
Here is some more black metal from Red Stream. This has
ex members of Martyrium. They have a Darkthrone and Celtric
Frost influence to them. The vocals have a pretty cool echo
to them.
SKEPTICISM-
The Process of Farmakon
This is some obscure stuff. Extremely dark and doom sounding.
Just listening to this, I feel like I'm going to hell. Only
two songs on the disc, but they are pretty long.
CABAL-Midian
This comes in a nice little digi-pac. KillJoy from Necrophagia
is on vocals. Music is really fast, the drummer is real
tight. The first song has a really cool sounding guitar
solo, and it is rare that I like guitar solos. I would go
pick this up!
HIMINBJORG-Third
I really dig the cover of this. I think it is just a fire,
but it looks so cool. Anyway, here is some black metal.
Then there are some pretty clean vocals too. One of my favorite
bands on this label.
JUDAS
ISCARIOT-Dethroned Conquered and Forgotten
This is really good. I never knew this was only one guy!
This is some black metal. He has some pretty impressive
screams. I like it.
KOROVAKILL-Waterhells
This is Pat's biggest release yet. You get lots of good
stuff when you order the CD, the packaging is wicked nice.
Production is excellent, everything is really crisp and
clear. Black metal but the vocals aren't high pitched, or
anything annoying. The drums, especially the double bass
sounds so impressive.
ENDVRA-Elder
Signs
This is a double CD so that is cool already! This has a
lot of different stuff going on. There are a bunch of clips
and samples from things. The have an awesome sounding flute
going on in one of the songs. Really cool instrumentals
they have. They have so many different sounds going on,
it is so hard for me to even describe them. Both CD's are
more than an hour each. This is totally one for the collection!
FOREST
OF IMPALED-Demonvoid
I really like this a lot. This is death metal to me, which
some hints of black metal. The vocals sound like they could
be more black metal, but I still feel the touch of death.
This is great, they are fast, the production sounds great.
Some of the riffs are really cool. Get this!!
HIMINBJORG-Where
Ravens Fly
Some fast intense stuff. The ride cymbal is so clear, and
it really gives these guys a unique sound. Some pretty intense
black metal. Track two has a pretty cool electric guitar
instrumental, it reminds me of something from the Colonial
era.
HIMINBJORG-In
the Raven's Shadow
The drummer in this is amazing! He is flying, but it is
hard to hear. You have to listen for it. They are like a
black metal band with some actual singing. They aren't super
fast, but the vocals and the music fits in well together.
JUDAS
ISCARIOT-Heaven in Flames
Here is some more black metal. The signers vocals are pretty
eerie. They aren't real fast either, the drummer is doing
blast beats. But the music isn't hyper fast. Sounds good
to me.
NECROPHAGIA-Holocausto
De La Morte
This is the follow up to their CD "Season's of the
Dead". KillJoy does an awesome job at his growls and
just the whole bands kicks as on this intense brutal, horror,
death album. I think there could even be a hint of an old
style punk influenced here. Clips from horror movies all
over and the cover of the CD is a masterpiece. What more
can you want?
NECROPHAGIA-Black
Blood Vomitorium
I always like there stuff, because they have the BEST sound
clips from movies. You should be also on the look out for
a new video coming out from them soon. Well just check the
fucking interview. I like KillJoy's vocals a lot here. The
first song, there is some cool changes, it is real fast
and then it goes into this awesome slower part, then changes
again to another slower part. Real good shit. Only four
songs though, not enough!!!!!!!
SKEPTICISM-Aes
Some killer death metal here. This is one song, it is 27:52
minutes long too. The vocals aren't used too much either,
so he isn't singing for the whole 30 minutes. The whole
song is real slow. There are some real awesome parts to
this song. You don't get bored with this either, because
they are doing so many different things, it is unreal. This
is killer.
TO
LIVE IS EVER TO BE IN DANGER
Here is a comp Patrick put out with his best bands. Bethlehem,
Skepticism, Agarthi, Endoura, Himinbjurg, Necrophagia and
more. To check this out, send $5 to Red Stream. It's well
worth it.
VIOLATION-Moonlight's
Child
Production is real good on this, it is real crisp. You can hear everything.
You can even tell the difference between the drum cymbals he is using.
This is black metal, but again, it isn't real fast. The drummer just
keeps the double bass going through almost the whole thing. The vocals
change between high and lows. So the vocals are mixed up a bit, so you
don't get bored hearing the same tone through out. Excellent!! Get this!
