Some bands I've been listening to recently
Khors - Returned to Abandon (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Synths)
I definitely expected something different. I had some previous experience with Khors via the The Flame of Eternity's Decline/Cold compilation. Not a good experience, cause both of them are rather dull pieces of 'atmospheric' black metal. But I read somewhere that RtA was a lot better, it featured the keyboard player from Nokturnal Mortum and I recall something about comparisons to NMs masterpiece The Voice of Steel. So I was pretty pleased when I got it for a low price. Ukranian atmospheric BM here I come!
And then I started listening. Starts out with a nice atmospheric intro, that flawlessly transitions into a
pagan black style track with potential. And then, after 1 minute I'm like wtf. Why would you mix cheesy synths sounds with this! Luckily it lasts only 20 seconds and the subsequent use of keyboards paints a nice picture some kind of wintery environment (followed by a nice folky segement). The rest of the track is pretty awesome, maybe that synthy sound was some kind of weird experiment.
Next track, starts out very nicely, a mix of powerful pagan black I can dig and maintains it throughout the entire track. But the last minute marks the return of cheesy synths. Why? Is this really the same guy who handled Voice of Steels excellent keyboards? Fourth track same thing. The fifth one introduced organ keyboard play, unusual sure but fitting, but sadly the synths were there as well.
Despite this, I've been listening to it a couple of times and I quite like it. In the end,this is a very nice brand of, at times atmospheric, pagan/black. The overall composition is very impressive and a massive leap over the compilation. I especially like the more black metal
third track and the
final track. I guess I expected a more folk/nature inspired record (and much more atmospheric), that's why the keyboards use annoyed me so much in the beginning. Recommended.
The Project Hate
An old band I return to from time to time. Not a band that really excited, but they have created a very enjoyable brand of death metal with
Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate and
Armageddon March Eternal (I don't listen to the rest). Death metal with industrial/symphonic elements and a very nice combination of harsh male and clean female vocals. The lyrical content fits the music so well: hilariously over the top anti-christian.
All Christians must burn for Satan
All Christians must burn for Me
All Christians must burn for Satan
All the Christians must burn...
Your leper Messiah - A disgrace to our kind
Your leper Messiah - Seek and you shall find
Your leper Messiah - His home is the crucifix
I see nothing but flesh - We are 666
Walknut
And something different, black metal with amazing atmosphere
http://youtu.be/DQGN4F3X6Xg
The Monolith Deathcult teasing their new release on their FB profile, looks like late 2014 release date.
I'll believe it when the album has a release date. They were teasing Tetragrammaton in 2011 I think...
I've spent all day long revisiting
Lykathea Aflame's masterpiece
Elvenefris. I swear, the damn thing is the most criminally underrated masterpiece of the genre (Tech Death, for the unaware... but it has some very weird but awesome prog influences). Well, not underrated, as it's highly acclaimed, but it's lack of popularity kills me. =/
It's so damn good...
Yes it's great, great tech death with a twist (not talking about the out of left field last track). Shame they haven't released more, are they even active anymore? Are you familiar with the Appalling Spawn releases, if so, how are they?
What a hideous site.
