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TEMPLE OF BAAL - Lightslaying Rituals - 2009
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Death/Black metal hailing from France since 1998.
This is their fourth and last album to date.
I like it a lot so why don't you check it?
“Brutal isn’t a word I typically use to describe black metal, but I honestly can’t think of a better one to epitomize the French quartet known as Temple of Baal and their latest album, Lightslaying Rituals. This isn’t the type of black metal that makes you want to slit your wrists in a pitch black room by yourself, this is face-ripping, skull-crushing, black fucking metal that makes you want to run amok through heavily populated suburban streets wielding a chainsaw and a rocket launcher, looking for the nearest church to decimate."
http://sonicfrontiers.net
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STORTREGN - Devoured by Oblivion - 2008
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Promising Swiss band formed in 2006 in Geneva.
This one seems to be their first and only release to date.
Black metal in the vein of Dissection and Naglfar.
Much recommended.
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GLORIOR BELLI - Manifesting the Raging Beast - 2007
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Great French band formed in 2002.
This one is their third album.
If you like your Black Metal heavy, brutal, doomy and gloomy at the same time...
An absolute must-have!
"France pretty much has the market cornered on modern progressive black metal. Deathspell Omega obviously, Hell Militia, Amesoeurs, Alcest, Peste Noire, Mutiilation, Blut Aus Nord, Aluk Todolo, Spektr, Angmar, Wolfe, and now you can add Glorior Belli to the list. Deathspell fans will go apeshit for these guys, their buzzing blackness is all mathy and post rocky, songs lurch and sway, some songs are thick furious blasts, relentless and dense with black grit, the sound massive and crushing, while others are sprawling post black doomscapes, the guitars unwinding into fractured melodies, the drums stuttering through convoluted tempos, and even the blasting black numbers, more often than not splinter into super angular blackmath workouts. Manifesting The Raging Beast somehow manages to be raw and grim, but simultaneously super dense and incredibly heavy, the production is incredible, the guitars are thick streaks of luminous melody, wound into black thunderbolts, the drums sound like sticking your head in a cement mixer full of anvils, as much as we love us some super lo-fi tinny 4-track buzz, it's kind of awesome to have a record sound this powerful, especially a black metal record. The riffs are kick ass, and catchy, and the band are not afraid of a groove, so much of the record is spent lurching through weird black waltzes or swinging in strange time signatures before exploding back into soul shearing blasts. And it's that balance between relentless black onslaught, and strange tangled weirdness that keeps this record sounding so amazing. Definitely for fans of DSO, Funeral Mist, Katharsis and other like minded progressive black metal hordes..."
www.aquariusrecords.org
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ALTAR OF PLAGUES - White Tombs - 2009
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Great Irish band formed in 2006.
This one is their third and last album to date.
Progressive/Atmospheric/Black metal
In the vein of bands like Wolves in the Throne Room.
Highly recommended!
"White Tomb finds the band expertly bringing together the epic sweep of groups like Wolves in the Throne Room and Asunder with that style of Isis-informed metallic post rock we all love. Throw in an awesomely guttural black metal rasp, a couple moments of Khanate styled throat abuse, spaced out ambience with cleanly strummed guitars, and an excellent balance of punishing blasts and more lumbering, slowly moving drums, and you've got one hell of an introduction to this previously unknown group. Consisting of two very long movements, Earth and Through The Collapse, made up of two songs each, Altar of Plagues' lyrical agenda seems to be similar to that of WITTR's brand of spiritually informed conservation, where humankind will vanish under the indifferent and regenerative hoof of Mother Nature. The two songs in the Earth suite, As A Womb and As A Furnace start with a beautiful piece of slowly building depressive guitar ambience before heading into a super heavy black metal jam that does not sound too far removed from the godly Atlanta based group Withered. Things slow down to a cool, spaced out Mogwai-ian moment that links the two songs, as multiple voices combine before ascending once more to a blissful post metal dirge. As this begins to sink in, we are again introduced to heavy, psychedelically informed black metal that suitably brutalizes you before fading off into the distance as layers of treated guitar ambience combine into a whirlwind of buzzing, which is soon overtaken by a sepia-tinged, slightly disquieting outro that immediately segues into the next song suite. Watchers Restrained is where things eventually slow to a glacial pace as disturbing, very Alan Dubin-esque vocals spit out line after line of bile while Altar of Plagues lays a foundation that manages to be both super dense and quite spacious. After being pummeled for a bit, the band pull back and the song fades into walls of crumbling decay. Album closer, Gentian Truth takes you on one last journey through a melancholy psych metal hinterland, before ending in an atmospheric soundscape quite similar to the way the album began, giving White Tomb an awesome cyclical feel that will undoubtedly bring out more truths with each listen."
www.aquariusrecords.org
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