Post by frozenfire on Apr 30, 2019 13:52:56 GMT -6
Wanted to make a dedicated thread for this.
I'm pretty thrilled by this at this point! I enjoyed the Ep a few years back. It wasn't incredible but it had a few excellent tracks and had a caustic atmosphere to it. It was attractive but I wasn't amazed and to be honest I tended to forget about it over time. So, with the full length I wasn't expecting anything in particular. The first track released "As Wolves Among Sheep" sounded really good but I preferred only a cursory listen before getting the whole thing in my hands. When it arrived last week, at first listen, I wasn't overly amazed. I wondered about how samey it felt and was curious if that was reality or just initial. The production seemed a little mechanical, a little too modern though it was sufficiently raw. When the only track sticking out being the catchy, punk-infused Goatwhore that worried me as well. Would that be, in the end, the album and song type I would have preferred?
Yet, what got me was how quickly the melodic riffing in the absolutely blazing title track/album opener caught me up and how catchy the chorus was. It was unexpected, surprising, thrilling! If the fastest, most raw of tracks had my attention, what else did this album hold? I've been playing this constantly for the last few days and cannot get "Do What Thou Wilt" out of my head and the lyrics for the album are nailing it right along side the style! I've been playing it over and over front to back. It's not samey. There is a lot of variety here. That punkish vibe shows up elsewhere and has a mix of some early 80's metal mixed in as well underneath the blasting and raging vocals. The multitude of transitions within the songs are flawless and bring welcome changes at every turn. The production, though the drums are a little mechanical, is clear, letting the fury of the riffing carry the songs. It's a perfect balance.
I think this album is going to continue to surprise me as I continue listening. I can't help but say and think as I listen, this is authentic black metal. I hope the secular market hears this.
I'm pretty thrilled by this at this point! I enjoyed the Ep a few years back. It wasn't incredible but it had a few excellent tracks and had a caustic atmosphere to it. It was attractive but I wasn't amazed and to be honest I tended to forget about it over time. So, with the full length I wasn't expecting anything in particular. The first track released "As Wolves Among Sheep" sounded really good but I preferred only a cursory listen before getting the whole thing in my hands. When it arrived last week, at first listen, I wasn't overly amazed. I wondered about how samey it felt and was curious if that was reality or just initial. The production seemed a little mechanical, a little too modern though it was sufficiently raw. When the only track sticking out being the catchy, punk-infused Goatwhore that worried me as well. Would that be, in the end, the album and song type I would have preferred?
Yet, what got me was how quickly the melodic riffing in the absolutely blazing title track/album opener caught me up and how catchy the chorus was. It was unexpected, surprising, thrilling! If the fastest, most raw of tracks had my attention, what else did this album hold? I've been playing this constantly for the last few days and cannot get "Do What Thou Wilt" out of my head and the lyrics for the album are nailing it right along side the style! I've been playing it over and over front to back. It's not samey. There is a lot of variety here. That punkish vibe shows up elsewhere and has a mix of some early 80's metal mixed in as well underneath the blasting and raging vocals. The multitude of transitions within the songs are flawless and bring welcome changes at every turn. The production, though the drums are a little mechanical, is clear, letting the fury of the riffing carry the songs. It's a perfect balance.
I think this album is going to continue to surprise me as I continue listening. I can't help but say and think as I listen, this is authentic black metal. I hope the secular market hears this.