neděle 31. března 2024
Recenze/review - CIVEROUS - Maze Envy (2024)
čtvrtek 28. března 2024
Recenze/review - WHISKEY & FUNERAL - Thy Malignant (2024)
Looks like the string of church burnings will never end. Each time, there's a mutilated statue of Jesus on the altar. Crucified facing down. Must be done by someone who's lost his faith, it's said among the people. Interestingly, each time the churches destroyed are churches where something evil has recently been discovered. Priests smiling and giving absolution. Yet they commit ugly deeds. It looks like a revenge on heaven, like a madness that has broken out with great force. I was reminded of this story while listening to the fifth full-length album by Italian black death metal band WHISKEY & FUNERAL.
The first few encounters were enough and I already knew that the novelty was exactly the kind of music that burns with a bright black flame. The songs immediately dug deep into my brain and left a pretty deep, bloody mark. I look at the burning cross and think about how much pain and suffering there is in churches.
pátek 22. března 2024
Recenze/review - DÖDSRIT - Nocturnal Will (2024)
When your heart hurts, you scream into silence. When you don't know where to run, you turn up the volume. You don't want to be in your room and torment your soul. You want to scream in the dark. I've always liked music that when I listen to it, it tears me apart. I can feel that ancient metal power from the fourth full-length from Sweden's DÖDSRIT . It's like standing in a whirlwind, somewhere far up north. Your soul will be cleansed. You'll come back afterwards to function again in the current strange world. Until the darkness engulfs you again.
I was reminded of the new "Nocturnal Will" when I went for a walk in the deep woods. There was a dead animal lying beside the path. It had a glassy look and frozen blood all around. Do you also feel the power and energy that literally oozes out of the songs in all directions? Black metal, punk and crust. All mixed together in a poisonous cocktail.
čtvrtek 21. března 2024
Recenze/review - KHOLD - Du dømmes til Død (2024)
You never smiled as a kid. No friends, just pain and misery. You'd stare into the darkness and think about how you'd hurt everyone. It started with dead animals. A fascination with blood. You became a shadow, an evil conscience. Your eyes glowed with hatred. Violence, killing, humiliation. You liked to stare into the eyes where death came. Slowly, with a rope around your neck. Now you sit here and you don't understand what happened. Killing is your nature. In the last days before your execution, you think of more horrible fantasies.
Norwegian black metallers KHOLD deal with people condemned to death on their new album. They go deep into their country's history in this area. An interesting theme that perfectly complements the already dark and cold atmosphere. This is iron forged by the best. I recommend visiting the execution site in your town while listening. The experience will be all the more poignant, intense, powerful and mysterious.
pondělí 18. března 2024
Recenze/review - NECROPHOBIC - In the Twilight Grey (2024)
CD 2024, Century Media Records