Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2016 17:36:32 GMT -6
Sacred Revelation - Revelations of the End
Year: 2011
Genre: Black Metal
Sacred Revelation is a project of Fire (Elgibbor, Katumus, Tertullian, Fire Throne) that released just this one EP five years ago and never put out anything else. It's rather different from much of the rest of Fire's music. This is primitive, mid-tempo black metal at times, but at other times, it's fast and furious and has significant influences from heavy metal and the other less extreme metal genres. "The Vision", for example, begins with very fast lead guitar and some thrash-oriented riffs. The song wastes no time getting into things and is very fast and energetic. I'm not really a huge fan of it because I don't really like most of the "classic" metal styles. But honestly, it's by far the best song on this EP.
The other three tracks, well...they're not as good. They're a heck of a lot slower and the riffs tend to be quite repetitive/dull. That doesn't mean that there isn't an occasional enjoyable moment, but for the most part, the songs just kind of trudge along, not really feeling like they're going anywhere. The music isn't actively bad, it's just...boring. There are some good things about it though. The keyboards in "Beware of Hell" add a nice bit of atmosphere that makes the song a little better than it otherwise would be. The riffs are stale and unmemorable for the most part. Not much sticks out. There's an occasional moment that you might find entertaining, but it's nothing that you'll remember when you're done listening. To be fair, "Beware of Hell" does have one riff that is pretty good and slightly memorable.
Storm's vocals are alright, but I think that Fire is a better vocalist. His vocals are very raw and thin, but they also feel very restrained. I like the aggressive vocalists that are willing to wail out their lyrics relentlessly, like Ronny Hansen. The occasional spoken word sections (the only one I can think of off the top of my head is in "Beware of Hell") are very nice.
Overall, I really can't get into this. Outside of the occasional classic influences, there's not a whole lot of interesting things going on here. Others may find it more enjoyable than I do.
71/100
-CrimsonWarrior
Buy/stream on Bandcamp:
sanctusgladius.bandcamp.com/album/sacred-revelation-revelations-of-the-end
Year: 2011
Genre: Black Metal
Sacred Revelation is a project of Fire (Elgibbor, Katumus, Tertullian, Fire Throne) that released just this one EP five years ago and never put out anything else. It's rather different from much of the rest of Fire's music. This is primitive, mid-tempo black metal at times, but at other times, it's fast and furious and has significant influences from heavy metal and the other less extreme metal genres. "The Vision", for example, begins with very fast lead guitar and some thrash-oriented riffs. The song wastes no time getting into things and is very fast and energetic. I'm not really a huge fan of it because I don't really like most of the "classic" metal styles. But honestly, it's by far the best song on this EP.
The other three tracks, well...they're not as good. They're a heck of a lot slower and the riffs tend to be quite repetitive/dull. That doesn't mean that there isn't an occasional enjoyable moment, but for the most part, the songs just kind of trudge along, not really feeling like they're going anywhere. The music isn't actively bad, it's just...boring. There are some good things about it though. The keyboards in "Beware of Hell" add a nice bit of atmosphere that makes the song a little better than it otherwise would be. The riffs are stale and unmemorable for the most part. Not much sticks out. There's an occasional moment that you might find entertaining, but it's nothing that you'll remember when you're done listening. To be fair, "Beware of Hell" does have one riff that is pretty good and slightly memorable.
Storm's vocals are alright, but I think that Fire is a better vocalist. His vocals are very raw and thin, but they also feel very restrained. I like the aggressive vocalists that are willing to wail out their lyrics relentlessly, like Ronny Hansen. The occasional spoken word sections (the only one I can think of off the top of my head is in "Beware of Hell") are very nice.
Overall, I really can't get into this. Outside of the occasional classic influences, there's not a whole lot of interesting things going on here. Others may find it more enjoyable than I do.
71/100
-CrimsonWarrior
Buy/stream on Bandcamp:
sanctusgladius.bandcamp.com/album/sacred-revelation-revelations-of-the-end