Black metal selection .2

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URGEHAL - Goatcraft Torment - 2006
www.myspace.com/urgehal666


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This is satanic black metal hailing from Norway.
Formed in 1992. This one seems to be their fifth album.
My personal favourite.
Raw. Crushing. Malevolent.
An absolute must-have!

"Spewing forth heinous ungodly Black Metal for since 1992. Here we have a raging Satanic metal machine, well oiled and completely at ease with their iniquitous art. The buzzsaw guitars rip along at a frenzied pace, projecting a deathly pale image of ashen grimness that bleeds from the gnarled vocals and wretched nature of the production. Its all driven at you with a remorseless frozen guile, resolute in darkly morose and Nordic hauteur. The tracks follow a well carved path through the fast, slow formula, with some great melodic riffs littered across the 10 tracks, and clocking in at over 51 minutes, there’s a lot of fetid regurgitated Black Metal to demolish the senses."
www.norsksvartmetall.com



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CRAFT - Fuck the Universe - 2005
www.myspace.com/craftblackmetal


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Thanks to The Course of Darkness
(password: http://thecourseofdarkness.blogspot.com/)

A classic from this Swedish band formed in 1994.
They were first know as Nocta until 1998.
This one is their third album.
Raw, Heavy, Old-school Black Metal.
I first thought they were dead but they seem to be back and writing some new material. That's great news.
Get this one into your collection!

"Damn, this is some evil shit here. From the very first, to the very last, riff it's nothing but a pure joy of blasphemic chants. Chilling riffs, pounding drums, vicious vocals and hateful lyrics. The title should tell you the latter one. Every note is filled with such despise it's unbelievable, you can actually see the hatred crawl out of your speakers, and feel them infecting your mind. Bloody marvellous old school black metal, where it feels like this is the album all others are inspired by, but failing to live up to. It's just that great! The artwork, lyrics, music, vocals - It all works together in perfect chaotic harmony (harmony feels like the wrong word to use here, but you know what I mean). If you want your music chilling, raw, vicious and evil then this is for you. As far as old school goes it doesn't get any better than this. Pure and simple: a masterpiece! Craft is the razor in your wrists, the noose around your neck, the shotgun in your throat, a plague to be unleashed on mankind, a fucking A-bomb of pure hate."
www.mylastchapter.net



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CELESTE - Nihiliste(s) - 2008
www.myspace.com/unhiverdeplus


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2nd album from this great French guys formed in 2005.
This is not Black metal but I think it perfectly fits that selection.
Situate it somewhere between Hardcore, Doom and BM.
Makes me think of early Shora works at some moments.
Really agressive and harsh. Straight in your face.
Monolithic and Chaotic at the same time.
Highly recommended!

"In virtually every movie about zombies, monsters, or the apocalypse, at some point the surrounding environment is reduced to a complete wasteland. Buildings are laid to waste, the streets are ripped up, gnarled steel girders litter the streets, and black smoke chokes out any source of light. Those scenes are the visual equivalent of Celeste’s first full-length effort, Nihiliste(s). Ten tracks of unrelenting heaviness, Nihiliste(s) bludgeons the listener with wave after wave of pummeling guitar, unrelenting drumming, and vocal-chord shredding screams. Celeste may not be blazing new ground with Nihiliste(s), but the album establishes a strong foundation for them to build upon and I cannot wait to hear what they put out next."
www.absolutepunk.net