...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI
..::OPIS::..
'Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable' to ten rodzaj albumu, który uderza od samego początku, ponieważ jego muzyka jest niezwykle uzależniająca i stosunkowo prosta, bez żadnych sztuczek ani zbędnych elementów. 9 utworów ma swoją własną historię, ale razem tworzą całość, jak wiecznie głodny smok pożerający swój własny łuskowaty ogon, raz po raz.
Ten ciągły akt samokanibalizmu jest podkreślony przez 2 utwory, które otwierają i zamykają płytę, instrumentalny utwór 'Caput Draconis' (Głowa smoka) i 'Necrmomancess / Cauda Draconis' (Ogon smoka). Nadaje to albumowi głębokie poczucie nieustannego ruchu, niekończącego się przepływu, który, pomimo przerażającej natury muzyki, sprawia, że słuchanie jest bardzo 'przyjemne'.
Amidst the London underground some bands stand above others as supreme. Necromaniac is one such example. Having seen them open for bands like Black Witchery and Sadistic Intent over the years and played the hell out of the demo tape and 7″, I am ecstatic to see a debut LP is finally coming. Set for release via Invictus Productions and The Ajna Offensive on January 13th.
Within seconds a foreboding and sepulchral atmosphere is formed by haunting guitars and drums. The funerary instrumentals are broken only by the first of a trinity of guests and his unique voice. I am speaking about A.A. Nemtheanga. This beginning to the album certainly permeates the air with a sinister energy, one that I do not doubt shall persist. Bulldozing riffs storm into a brazen cacophony of thrashing madness. The archaic metallic spirits swarm around the blackened fret-fury as hammering drums malign all that is holy. With demonic prowess, the vocals provide no respite, contorting atop cascades of stringed savagery. Instantly those clear intentions of sadism and ecstatic brilliance we heard on the demo and 7″ unfurl their tendrils, reaching further into the abyss than ever before. Necromaniac’s long awaited debut begins with volatility, blasphemy and possession in abundance. It seems this record will be steeped in the traditions and unbreakable foundations of real extreme metal but the band will never conform to another’s ideals either. Let us venture on…
From tempests of blasting skull molestations to the groove-laden and melodious; there is no rest for the wicked. Progressing constantly through memorable passages and scornful lore, each idea on this record sticks out as something worth hearing. Words like melody, or progression may scare people off due to the ruination of such concepts in the modern age. But I speak more of those groundbreaking ideas from bands like Tormentor, Root, Rotting Christ, Mortuary Drape, Samael and most of all Master’s Hammer. Similarly the melodies inject a sorrowful angle to perfectly counterbalance the bestial maliciousness that prevails throughout. Showing a truly masterful ability with songwriting, the foursome and their fiendish guests wonder through charnel realms with their expansive sounds. Intricate bass lines always accompany those venomous guitar riffs while the drums never lose energy. Similarly, the vocals never lose that feral edge to them that ensures they are not lost to the instrumental furore. Occasionally placed synths, bells and other sounds of doom and morbidity add flavour to the album in careful quantity, never detracting from the experience at hand. Those who feel kinship with darkness shall be rewarded by this album, while the rest may find themselves estranged or harmed by its arcane brilliance.
The ghoulish atmosphere and lurking senses of dread and anguish are paired perfectly with an onslaught of pure extremism. From every angle, this LP improves on the already extreme strengths of the bands prior body of work. It proves that improving your craft and obsessively delving further into your insanity to create an album that covers every element you sought out to is an infinitely superior use of time than churning out several albums with no substance behind them. Necromaniac is one of those bands that simply decimates most around them with something inarguable special and magnificent. Up until its climax, this restless, ever-evolving and inhuman opus of destruction will hold you by the jugular until your nightmares spew forth into reality or you are consumed by your own anxiety. Either way, it is an experience you will never forget; be it from trauma or desire to revisit this spectre of grave-opening majesty. This music rips us back in time to a moment when metal was less defined and more about playing evil and powerful music that built on your sonic ancestors while never fearing to stride forth into darkness. Truly a feat of epic proportions that cannot be ignored.
The oath remains unbroken. Necromaniac’s sinister and powerful new opus is a relentless and dynamic listen of rabid blackened death thrashing metal that invokes the old masters without merely copying them. Howling with the abyssal graven winds from beyond, this record is a foully vengeful one that breaks through to the spirits on the other side, inviting them to violate your very being. I already knew when this album came around it would be something special that I adored, and yet it excelled even my high expectations thousandfold. Morbid Metal to the death!
Nattskog7
..::TRACK-LIST::..
1. Caput Draconis 03:03
2. Daemonomantia 05:15
3. Grave Mound Oath 07:20
4. Calling Forth the Shade 06:06
5. Great is the Thirst of the Restless Dead 03:01
6. Teraphim (Skull Sorcery) 05:32
7. Conjuration of St. Cyprian 01:35
8. Swedenborg's Skull 06:24
9. Necromancess / Cauda Draconis 10:23
..::OBSADA::..
The One - Bass, French Horn, Trombone, Trumpet, Choir
Sadistik Fornicator - Guitars, Synthesisers, Effects, Samples, Choir
V. Pestilencia - Drums, Synthesizers
C. Howler - Vocals, Tibetan Singing Bowl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLXhBohGVps
SEED 15:00-22:00.
POLECAM!!!
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