1 3October 13, 2008

Z,ERO HOUR

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"Necrosodomic Abvss" bv MORD is raw, blast ing, unpolishedblack ntetal, for sure and for serious. Especial ly the f irst coupleof l istens, the overwhelming dirf i r , rough, high-speecldrun.rming, guitar work and the throat-on-broken-glass-f ire-r.nuti lat ion lvi l l give the impression of overwhelmingly, nastystuff. Hon,ever, repeated l istens w,i l l demonstrate sometl ' r ingaddit iorral: that there is a definite tenderrcy in the music to bemenrorable-, that there- are everl r 'uelodies to bg founcl, that thecci is r lrusical, \ 'es, nrusical, despite the apprarent chaos. This isug l r ' , ug l ) ' , iug lv nrus ic , Lru t i t ' s fur r -ug l r , . Necro lucas, thec-lrunrnrer, respollL-leci to questiorrs about what makes the band

tick. Listen for ),ourself at: \ rww.mord-horde.com

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How have thirrgs gone after releasing "Necrosodornic Abyss"?Have )rou done an), touring?Hail Satarr. E,vervthing is ok, there lvere some tour offers butclue to several circumstalrces \ /e had to refuse al l of them. Onthe other hand, we get plerrf lr interviews al l the t ime and veryoften people ask us to plav l ive, so there is a strong need for i t .Nlat.Lre irr future we' l l sat isft , i t .

Are there orr l) , two members of the band? Do you have sessionmusic ians for l i ve shows?MORD is a duo, however sometimes we use session musiciansas i t was cluring the "Necrosodomic Abyss" session andnloreover we have a potential session l ine-up gathered special lyfor the purpose of playing l ivs.

Wh), c1o you think that rel igion seerns provoke such violentreaction irr )rou? Do )rour lyr ics deal prirr lur i l t /"*. l , t t i ln" * i t l - ,antichrist ian thenres? Did ),ou grow up in a very rel igiousenvironment?Religion is one of the most two-faced and destructive for a manas a unit systenr of social and moral laws. Religions degeneratefree wil l anci mind, what irrspire us to our war against them.Majorih' of our l) ,r ics deal n' i th sexual witchcraft, black nagic,perversiorls, Satanisnr and arrt ichrist ian subjects. I don'tcorrsider our fan'rilies over-religious, the1, ra7g.. normal in senseof Pol ish socie6,.

Who did the artwork for the alburn? Has i t caused anyproblems in some places for ),ou? What does the artwork meanto )'ou anci for the ideolog), of the band?The artwork vvas nrac{e Lr1, 54u.U Cooper an US painter, we gavehinr a simple descript ion and he made his job. What is more hemade drarn,ings for al l Opuses on "Necrosodontic Abyss",which depict main l) ,r ical subjects of part icular Opus. Togetherwith trarrslat ions of the most crucial fragurents of each lyr ic

thei ' elucidate our ideology to the l istener. The urain artwork isa ref lect ion of the album t i t le. "Necrosodomic Abvss" is a placer,r,here no religion can exist, all gods are c{eprived of their masksand torn apart.We didn't experience any problems regarding this artwork,there is a lot of more straightforward n,orks on the tnarket.

Your albunr, obviousl) ' , has a lot of blast irrg, but i t has a lot of

monrents of feel ing ar-rd everr a bit rnelod)' or catchiness. How

do )rou con'rbine the speeci blast ing l t , i th the other moments? If

people real ly l isterr to the cd, t l -re), wi l l notice that i t is ver) '

much an album with other elements besides the speed!Indeed, "Necrosodomic Abyss" is a powerful mixfure of

undemanding aggressiveness, ultra fast blast ing with catchingarrd feeling parts underlining the essential for Black Metal clarkaura. Anywal, i t 's not easy to wade through the wall of blast i lgdruns and f ind deeper detai ls, what ref lects in nranv reviewswrit ten on a knee just after or even during the f irst l istening tothe album. This, what you can hear on "N.A." is consequently'improved style characterist ic for MORD, continuouslv evolvingsince the "Unholt, Irrquisit ion" EP which blazed a trai l .

Wherr )rou were recording "Necrosodomic Ab)rss" what kind ofstudio atntosphere dic-l ) ,ou have? How do ) 'ou ruotivateyourself to pla) ' in the studio?We chose a studio where I was recording with mv other bandseveral months earl ier, this is ful l1, professional stuci io with agreat atmosphere which l hadn't experienced anywhere else.You don't even need motivation to record there hehe, anywa)/we felt a strong urge to record an alburrr which wil l sat isfy ourr-rrusical tastes ar-rc-l the rreed of creating the music.

Recentl), I hearcl that there sonre black metal bancls that areChrist ians? Have ),ou heard about this?! Apparently, there is adocurnentar), about i t? An), thoughts?Yes, I heard about the christ ian metal scene. ln my opinion suclrscum should never cal l themselves "n' letal". This tem-r belongsto specific icleology honored since the origins of the real Metaland later even strengthened with the birth of Death and BlackMetal. Al l of them should be grind to dirt .

Is the previous "Unhollz Inquisit ion" st i l l avai lable? What about"Christendom Perished"? II 'm not but i t seems that "Unholy Irrquisit ion", on both CD and7" is sold out, orle can try to find it on egay. "Christendonl

Perished" should be quite easi ly avai lable.

Some black rnetal bands promote racisn'r and Nazism andhatred of ga)us. etc. Don't you think that homophobia isChrist ian "value," so why should Satarr ists adopt ideas l ikethat?Tl 'rere is a lot of r ight winged people involved in BM,unfortunately most of them are into old-fashiorred right winghaving a lot of religious accretions, because the majorityprejudices grow up on rel igious background. Moreover Hit ler 'sin'rpulses to eliminate inter alia homosexuals from the societyinspire them, you can say a lot about him, but )/ou can't denythat he was under the influence of christianiW, even if he Lriedto stay away from it.

Was "Necrosodomic Ab)rss" produced b), the band or b)z .Anoutside producer? Where was the album recorded? What b,peof equipn'rent do )rou need? :Sarne as each of MORD albums "Necrosodomic Abvss" \ ,rr1grecorded on our own, just after the recording we started to lookfor a label to release it. The recording session took place in tl'reStudio-X in Poland, n,e used Yamaha Oak Custom drunrs,N4einl Cyn"rbals, Evans Drumheads, Framus ampli f ier arrd

Jackson guitars. There was no Protools appl ied except kickdrum tr iggers.

I f sorueone reacl ing this inten' ien'. r .r ,oulc{ l ike to knorn' how to

ir la) ' this t) .pe of blarck uretal, r ,r ,hat aci l ' ice carr ygu give abouttun ing gu i tar rs , in rpor tar r t chorc{s , recorc l ing equipment , e tc . to.rchieve .r bl.r t 'k nre!dl-rcl!l_d_?\ ,Vhat is the nrost iurportant vor-r neerl to have arr iclea, how, toplav i t , arrr i the crattsrnar-rsl-r i1'r lett ing to real ize ) 'our ideas.Secorr t l l \ , \ 'ou hervc to get r ic { o f ' ;u - r \ ' fears ar rc l t ry to € 'xpress

) rourse l f t rs nruch as poss ib le . The choice o f ec lu ipnrent andrecorcl ing places is arbitrar\ ' , accorrl ing to the effects vou n,antto achieve at l \ ' l \ 'a\/ , ; l l tvays trr. ' to get orr11. t l ie Lrest stuff . Neverti-r srt r,'e Ll f-r s y1 N'I e ttr I .

Your l ) ' r ics are i r r l )o l ish , cor rect? Is Lh is jus t onJh is cc l or is th is

)'o u t' preferrecl la ng u:r g,r.?\ \ 'e both ar t Po l ish, Nolc l r ' ; i r r rovec l to Norvr ,ar l ' severa l ) /ears agothus the Polish l ;rngr-rage as a natir /e ol le gives as a lot offreeclonr to lvr i te g,reart lvr ics w,i th very specif ic terste. Sotneti t lesvve also Llse Noru'egian [rr"rt Pol ish is much better, nloreexpressivt arrcl suits perfe'ct lv t t t l l ' re tr ' f ' rs og nrusic r,r ,e perfonn.

Dc, )1-al'_l1r'e,!!lnraril) in NoAs lsar t l . i l r ( ) \ , ( - , c ln l t 'Nor t l r ; r r r rov t :c i to Norrva\ ' , he b t t i l t r - rp a[aurr l i ' there t r r rc l he I ives i r r nonnal snr t r l l Nonvegian to lvn, farf rorn Pol ish conrnrur r i t ies . Ct r l tura l 11 i f ference is r l r " r i te b ig , but

YOu ( a l r ass inr i l t t te i l I 'ou r t t r l l v r , r 'ant .

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Z,ERO HOUR" f )ark Det 'e ive l ' " is the la test a lbunr by Zero Hour , n ' l tose nra i l rproposit ion is: at tht ' sirnrt ' thirt thev str ivt ' for c1r-ral i [ ,-cettterecl,musi t 'a l l r ' -c r t 'u t ive tunes, thev r -nake i t a l l s t i l l be about the sor - rg ,s t r ik ing a ba lance bt ' t \ r ' t 'en t l re in t t re 's t ing anc l thc urenrorab le ., . \ l l that is r reer{ec l is that thc I is tene. r be r ' r ' r l l i r rg to le t fhe sor rgsbolrrrr:e a rorrnc' l a clav or tr ' r ,o in nrint{, then l isterr sonre nrore t i lr t ' - , t t l jus t , l ' t , - i r t rnr t ' th i r r1 ls , lo ( ' ( ) lne l rack to th t ' t t ' t , so thar t thelne ln( ) r ' \ ' c i l rc l th( . s ( ) l rqs nrake sensr) fo | thr . I is tent - r , as thet ' tnostc le f i r r i t t ' l v c lo . l ' iY I : t l re s i r r l l in r l is o f the t rar l i t ionn l s i r rg i r . rg n te ta l

f ' l re , no s t range, f 'u r - rnv r r r grovv l ing, s r r t 'a r t r ing go ing on. Thei r rs t runr t l r ts are p61f i1- l r la r l t 'easr ' [o c i is t i r rgr " r ish. Th is is , iL r fac t ,t hc t r ' pc ' o f . r l b l r u r n ' l r e re on ( ' cL ln t . l ea r l t ' hea r t he bass gu i t a r r i c rr t 'hat i t c lor .s . Bt - lon 'are r t , ( 'bs i t r , .s to reac l aud l is ten, to get anic lca o I the [ ' ranc ' I . Jasun

' f ip11111 (gLr i tar ) erp la ins sonre th ings

tr borr t " Da rk L)ecc.ivel ' . "

T l - r is a lbr rnr , " l ]a rk Deceiver , " h t rs got ten f ronr gooc l , coo l tog]qtfU1g-qMXgftff'r' ie tvs. I n tt cl cl i ti o n, peo p k' rv lr o f o ll on' pro g

ff\'!4L.ifllUqfe arrct nror"e tafl . So, hon'

lUlq!l]t,sq,I!t9ltq!t,l_es 4lle(('rl the bancl irr ternrs of (1) press,ailpLrr , livr: pla)'inl], nruUc glfci llleftll4!d-19e labf__4lfc13r4 l l ' s personal ,_ l i r es . rs nrus ic i . !ns , th ings get t i t rg easrer lo

ret ortl / prr t ott t rt'l_t'.tstd

Iasr - rn : i \ i tc l g ,e t t ing a re ; r i l r ' pos i t ive respol lse f ' ronr "Specs ofP ic t r - r res Burnt Revorrc l " I the prev ic ' rus a lbunr ] nrv bro [1 ' ror ' ;

bass] ancl I knerv that errervthing rreeclecl to be stepped up. Forus i t n,as al l about nraking er better CD, not tn, ing to urake a

bet ter CD. Ever t r th i r rg n 'as rve l l thought out in nrak ing sure thematerial to our t 'arrs had longt 'r ' i t r , . I f \ \ /e r,vrote a part andit c1ic1n t har, 'e the srlr le cre i t t 'nrent 2 rveeks later r,r 'e w,oulcl

replace the part n' i th sornething thtrt lvor.r lcl have a long last ing

effet. t to our ears. Basir:al lv t l -rcre r\ ' ' t is ir lot of love ;ru1 into Dark

Deceiver. \ ,Ve'rt , \ 'erv pleasecl r.r , i th the. respor"rse of Dark

Deceiver and have clone er lot of irr terr; ielvs with N' lajor nronthl l ,publications. So \,r,e're v€'r1r pleasecl that malr\/ lllags r,'r,ant tofeature Zero Hour. \Ve just cl ic ' l a couple great fest ivals ancigett irrg reaclv to clo son-l(. nror 'e great events. lVe've put out 3CD's in the last - l vearrs arrcl harve stavecl verl ' procluct ive. I thasn't been eas\. o[ late lrecarusc' nrv brother is suffering r.r, i threal ly bacl

-fe.r-rclonit is. ' l -her lrest thing for us at the monrerrt is to

support "Dark Deceiver" as best \ \ 'e can arlcl let Trot ' ' rest hisarn1s. \{hen t l-re air cleerrs Lrp for the' bancl ancl lve feelrejurrenertecl n'e' l l heacl lrack irrto the sttrcl io and lvr i te the nextc l i s c .

, . : )\,Vhat hus tl.re resporrse in ljlrrEx,_lreen toZeIo l"lour? HaveLreen inv i tec l to p la) ' l i v t ' , rvhe l l r t : r ' tou l i r rg or fes t iva ls? Is t l te renrore a n iche for th is [ 'pe o f $us]c in Europe

) 'our on, r t erper ience?\Ve have bet-n irrvite'ci to prlaV nrirl-lv erver-rts ancl n,e're \rervfortunate for that. \ \ ' t ' ' r ' t 'hacl to pcrss on a lot of things clue tcrnrv Lrrother's anns. \Ve'rt ' gcl ing to prlat ' Progpor.ver Ettrol-re11,11114,.pr 'o$po\,\ /er ' .conr c' ln({ I)rogporver Scandinavia\,\ ' \ \ ' r \1.progpo\.\ ,erscancl inavia.cortr in the next ccluple mouths.These are tr. t 'o eve'uts vve're verY exciteci to plar ' . \{e' l l also beshoot ing a v ic leo in th t ' Nether lanc ls ior " lJark Deceiver" . We'vereceivecl great 1's1,i6'11'5 f ' ronr l l r iur\/ Nletalnrags in Europe;

I 've done lots of inten' ien.s n' i th sonre of the strongest lr ' letall lel l ts iu L, lrrop-re antl t l -re Strt tes ior that nr;rt ter. "Dark Deceiver"is c lo i r rg ven 'n 'e l l fo r t rs thr - rs lar . I lvc lu l r i sarv ther ( ' ' s nroreof aniche lor this nrtrsic in l : l rro1-rt: but t l -rc US is gett ing Lretter ancjbet ter I 'n r happv to sar ' .

In ternrs of guitat lr .r t l<1,_Cnrl la),errs on tht, albtrnt i tself hovt.

nran)'c1if lererrt ! l r-r i t ;rrs aire gci iug, tr t arr) 'one t inre?' l ' he re ' s

r r o t t ha t u ruch l ave r i ng o r r t h t ' g , r - r i t a r s . l c l o t r a t r k t herl-rt ' thnts tr cc)uple t inrt 's to t l t icken up 111" sctutrcl i rr thr. stuci io, Ic l ic l c jo a lo t o f har rnron ies on [ )ark l )ecc iv t . r l ru t s t i l l n , i th the

origirral nrr. lot l \ ' l i r-r t 's holr ls Lrp vL'r ' \ ' n ' t ' l l l ivt ' . - frcl \ ' ,

l t ' l iket, arrcl

I h ; r r , 'e . beerr p l t rv ing, nrus ic togt : the l ' l . t ) l 'o t 'e r l5 r ,ears a l rd ! t ,e ' re

rea l lv t ig ,h t p la i , ing the r r ra ter i ; r l . C)ur out look n ' i th Zero I lour is

11 ; [ r r i ng i t bo th son i ca l l v an t ] l i i c . So n ' t ' t r y ve r t ' ha rc l t o s ta r yt rue to vvhat You hear on CI) so ! \ 'e ( (1n p lav i t as a t t t r i t l i v t ' .

Quest ion erbout the bass so lo " l -enc lo t r i t is " : D id ' l ' ro ) ,

t - -onre uprv i th that i r r the shrc l io , l i k t - ' ; r , -nra t ter o f nr inutes? Is th issonrething he w'orkec{ _qflq' ' t t 'eeks? \\ t Ithe begir-rrr irrg ancl t l -re encl of the solo track?I t 's ac f r - r t r l l \ '5 rna jor kc ' r 'exarnPles he tenrht -s io h is ac l \ ra t rced

st r , rc ients . l he t rack " leudorr i t is " is l ras ica l l t ' soureth ing I forcec l

h inr to c lo . - f rc - rv

kcpt f ig ,h t ing nre s .u ' i r rg lc lon ' t rvant to c1o a

so lo i . r u t l sa i c i i t l r as t o be c l on t ' t o r l he CD. T ru r t ' goes i t r anc l

knocks i t out in c'rrtr . t trke arrcl I) ino t int l I cor-r lcln' t hel;r but beinrpressec l . Watch ing

- f ror "s lJuss sess i t )n \ \ ' ( rs verv iusp i r ing. He '

looks a t rne a i ter a l l fhe t rack i r rq wi t l r hrs lce-packs on h i ,s

r,q!-1o_1s ",r,or-r" on the album? Orr the cover there is a scene of

El lrolvs ancl shoulders ancl sa\rs "Ok snrart ass r.r,hat are \^/r]goirrg to cal l the Bass solo?" I repl iecl "Terrclonit is." \Ve al lla r - rgher l . The l i t t le bov on the t rack is Carneror r A lc len. . .D i r ro 'ssorr . C; rnr t , r 'on I (U t .ESl l l

\ \ ' l rart are the guitars tLrrrec' l to? What are the ke).s, chords that

)'ou ofter-r u.se? \,Vhat is tl'ri ' t)'pe of gtritatr ),ou r-rse? Does arn),onein your b;rncl gir, 'e lessons?I plav a 7-str irrg N' lanne custonr ZI I moclel. Trot, anci I are bothenc' lorsed by lr , lanne \ / \4/\v.uranne.col l t ancl t l rev make thebt 's t i r ts t runrents r t r l ' b ro . l ts a l l s tar rc lar rc l bun ing but n ' i th the 7( [ -on, B) r ,or , r get that lon,chunk. N, l r ' b ro ther a t rc l I g ive lessonsfor a l iv i r - rg ar r r l rear l lv en jo f i t . I F lave a lo t o f great s t l t le r r ts anc li t 's g,rei i t to p-r; l55 on the krrolvleclge ol ' nrusic thart 's been sorer,r, ' ; trcl ing to Lrrother atrrcl I .

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c"'.."pt .r",l ) ' r ics not l recessar i l ) ' connected to a s tor ) r / r rar ra t ive for the

$gle albutr,? Is Cl.Worc is" : "1 ' l l t l i ve ) .or - r he l l "? \Vho is the " l " or r th is sor rg anc l

41uldqr'_O!c1_ry!!_personali[' clisorr1er, n'hat is the relation ofthe cover to the l) ' r ics in gerreral?- l - ro t '

a t rc l In ' ro te the lv r ics ar r rc l nre lo t l ies Lo " - l 'he [ 'o rvc ' r toBel i t - r 'e" , " t )ark De 'ce ivc- ' t ' " , "Rest r r rec t ior t " t rnc l " l t rner Spi r i t(Over c)0 perterrt of t l re lvr ics fol ' Inne.r Spir i t) . Iht,st- ' n'e.rt ' thelast four songs n. r i t tc t - r for the CD.

' l 'he Pc) i t , r . r ' to [Je l ieve ' ' , Inner

S1 - r i r i t ' and " l { esu r rec t i on " f o l l on 'Pa r t 1 ,2 anc l 3 s to r r . l i ne . J ' h t 'stor\ is aLrout a yoLlng N.rt ive Anrerican tr i l r t ' le;rci t ' r w'ho isr isk i l rg , h is l i l 'e [ - t r ' leac l ing the er rer t rv in to uncer ta i r - r ter r i ton 'soth.rt his tr ibe isrr ' t exposecl. \ ,Vl 'ren he feels he's plrshecl to hisl in r i t he looks to the skv for gu idance. The sp i r i t o f 'h is parentshelps hirn clear l-r is nrincl anc-l f i rrcl the arrsn'ers. fr , l trsical l l 's ; r t 'ak t t r r l i t ' s a r lv r raur ic cha; r ter that is br - r i l t n , i th lanc lscapes ofnro\ , ( jn rc l r t . \V l ie l r T ro t ' an11 I so lo i t c re ; t tes ter rs iou tc l th t 'visior-ts arrci chapters [o o\/err]onte the strugglt 's rtu larrcl i rrrci aIsea. \ , \ ' t ' n ,ar r tec l to t i ' l l .A r t ror t pos i t ive , r , rp l i f t ing s torv n ' i ththosc s( )n{1,s . "Dark [ ) t ' ce iv t ' r ' " is n tore o f a horror [ t 'e l tc ; i t . IheI l t ts i t is n 'hat insp i rcs th t ' l v r ics .

- fhc l ; r r rc lsc i rpe of ius t r r - rnr t ' l r ts

nrakt 's i t pre t tv easv to cr r :a te a s tory l ine. C-hr is ; rnc l 'J ' l 'ov rvr t r tet l rc Iv r ics to " r |T ' r ,nrp le \ \1 i th in" . "7)es" ar rd "TI t t ' I )ass ion t t f\ ' \ /o rc is" u ' t . r 'e rv l ' i t r r rg l rv Chr is . Chr is n , t rs go ing throLrgh ator - rgh per ioc i in h is l i l t - ar r r l Ibe l icve that 's n 'hcr t l - re four rc l thei r rsp i ra t ior r for the lv r ics o f ' [ - i i .s " r tnr l "The Pass i t t r - r o f \ , \ /orc ]s" ., \s for " [ -he Pass ion of \ \ /orc ls" Chr is w 'as go i r - rg througl r acJivorce Iast yc'ar. l r '1ar ' l re tht ' l r .r ics har, 'e sortre i :orrrrect iolt therr-b t r t I rn r ro t 100 percerr t .

As b ro t lr€ ' rs, h.rve Iasl r r r anc] l - rot ' e\ ' ( . r conr€- to l r lon,s br- t -a l rse

the) c' l rsagreec' l so nrtrch about a sorrg, a sorrg t i t le, a1t2]q-a r i f f , aI ) , r ic , a ha i r c r - r t , the vr ,eather ; ter rn is , too nruch/ too l r t t l t : c l re tseon_nachos? ls larsr rn t i rcc l o f people spe l l ing h is r r t rnre " lason"?prrf,_\t i te etet ' catt nrnrUf "\ letal N1ike" . ts sonre lv4ikes ter-rclto?I rov e i r rc l Iare bruta l lv hont :s t r . r ' i th ear-h o th t , r n ' l r i r : l r r lo t -s nrakef or a lo t argr - r ing. I t r rev t : r gets to t l - r t ' po in t u 'here Nl r . I Ianc iturns i r r to N1r . f is t anc l l 'ou s tar t sn, ing i r rg for the s tars thoughI' t 'u su1'1- 14,1'r1rq' Felt l ike that at t i r tres. Once \\ ,e're orrt of t l -rereht 'ar rsa l s tu t l io l te ' re ar l l coo l . \ \ /e for - rg ,h t too nruch gron ' i r rg r - r1ranc l I th ink 11 '1 ' '1 ,6r l rad t ,nou! ' -h l r lack ( ' \ 'es i l t our I i l t . \ \ ' t 'a ln ' i tvsj

cal l N4ike, Ivl ikerr. l '1zs 11s1rg1 hearcl Ar1\,one cal l hinr Metal N4ike.Al l these \/ears I 'nr use to havirrg nry r lan're spel led irrcorrectlr ' .N' lv step-ftrt i rer st i l l spel ls i t Jason arrcl I clo see later ini tr ten,iervs the inttrvien'crs thoug,ht i n' trs spel l ing n,r, orr l ,- tnzune \\ /rong ancl thct ' vvoulcl r t ' -spr: l l i t to Jason for print. iguess thev thought nrar r th is g t rv is a l l scren.ec l t rp . . . .He tar r ' teven spel l his nern-rt ' uorrectl1,. ,

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th rea t t ' r r i ng to c lo t r Cor t - r r r t ' r ' ( ( ) \ ' r ' t ' n . i t l ' r l r l - ra raoh fo r as l< tng .

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po111- r t ' c l i r r t o n ry l r t ' ac l t o ask thenr to p l ; i 1 ' . i l r l ng . I k r re rv the r "c l

l r t i n to i t , i r ec i ruse t l t t , t ' r ' t ' a l l I t r r r l c C( i l ' on t , r ' l t i r r r s . i l r t ' t ac t r - ra l l vl ' t ' t ot 'c l t 'c i t l t t ' i r t ovr ' l ' ( r ( . ( )L l l r le vears ar( l ( ) , n l ( ) t 'e or lcss i ts sool t i tsI askt 'c l t l r i -nr t r t - ro l r t i t . \ \ / t ' r 'ecorc leci tht . l r . rs ic t r i rcks to our Lo\ r , r 't yhc ' l l t ve t ' t ' t t t t ' r l ec l t h t ' t -es t o f . f i ' ( , i r i r r ' , bu t i i r r i sh i r re t [ r t ' a l i r un r

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rat l rer lorrg (bv nreter l s tatr r larrc l ) phrases, erncl sor let inres thet .

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p re t t v u ruch ; rs l r t r rg as Ph i i raoh l ra ts l ree t r reco r r l i r - rg a lbuurs , so

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t t t r c i t h t r i i r . r r i i t ' r r cc tha t e r r j o t ' s r t r c lod ic s i l r r l i n l ' , shoLr l c l bc P re t i vn l casec l u ' i t h t l t i s .

i h t ' r ' c io sho r t s ( )n { ) , s , I ong songs an r l eve , r ' \ ' t h ing in

b t ' t r ve t ' n . . \ nd t l rev c ]o i t vo r l r vc l l .

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n ten ro r ' . i b l t . t nc loc l i c hca r ' \ ' n re ta l t o g r . t I ' ou i n thc l i q l t t i r an re o f

I t t i nc l . Once a fen ' so l l qs i r r , r ' ou ' re l rookec l , anc ' l t i r en the ' t - t re 'g , i n

to c lo n ro re p rogg) ' s tu f f , l r u t t he t ' c lo r t so u ,e l l , r v i t h l ne loc l \ ' ,

t ha t ) ' ou r von ' l e \ ' € l l rea l l t , no t i ce . Smooth .

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L) iabol ic : Chaos in Hel l / I ' ]ossessecl b) , Death ( .Deathgasm)

Blazir rg death metal is the agerrc la here, on th is double E.P. The

blast ing is corrstant . ' Ihe

I 'ot :a ls are lor , r ' , indecipherable, just l ike

the c lo r r to r ' o rc le rec l . ' l ' he gu i ta rs sh red , s las l - r anc l l ru rn f ron r a l l

a r rg l t ' s .

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c ib61 ,6 '? \ \ ' e l l , t l - i e ' r t 'A r ' ( ) son re ove r lappr r rg , n ren r l r t ' r s , as r ve l l as

o v e r l a p p i n g n r L r s i c a l p l r i l o s o p h r e s . :Ph i l osop l r v l : Keep i t b ru t . t l anc ' l l r l as t i r r l r , . I ) l i r l osophv

2 : S ta t ' a \ \ ' r r \ ' f rou r n re l r i t l i r 1 ' , r , r r t . r r souuc ls anc i go fo r sh rec jd inq

c tnd g r i r r r l i nS , , so r - rnc l s . No e i t r ccu td \ ' . I ) l - r i l osc tph r '3 : P la t ,

t rac l i t i o r ra l c lea th rne ta l . No t " r . u t - l oc l i c " r l ea th u re ta l , no t" l r i t ' r r r ' l l r ' " c lea th t re ta l , r ro t " l t vb r i c i " c lea th n r t ' t a [ , t ro t " rock n

ro l l " r l ea th n r t ' t a l . j us t c l ca th n re ta r l . I l ea th n rc t t t l n ' i t ho t r t anv

o i l re r a r i j ec t i r cs to so i t t ' r - r \ ' ( )L l up fo r th t . b las t i ng . Son te u ' i l l sav

t h a t t h r s i s " r r o t i n r r o r a t i v t . " o t ' t l r t t t i t ' s t o o " n r o n o t o r r o L l s . " \ \ ' e l l ,

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t rac l i t i ona l rock k ind ( r ro 1 ' , ron ' l i n r r , r l o rng on ; th ink I l . r - r sh ; th ink

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arc c l t . t r r r arrc l h.rvt - a l recular sound tcr

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i r r ' " s o u l l u r l , " b t r t l ' n t t r o t s u r e n ' l r . r t t h a t n r c a n s . D c l e s i t l t i e a l r

en ro t ion? Here i i so r - r r t r l s a b i t sac l o r u re le rn rho l i t ' , u lavbe .

[ )esp i t c so l l re sn ra l l sec t io r r s n ' i t h v io l i t r s , ce l l o , e t r ' . ,

t h rs ba r r t l l . r a r r c l l a r r ;e p la t ' s a r s tanc la r r i t rac l i t i ona l rock fo rn ra t

o l gu i ta rs , l - r t r ss , d run rs a r rc l r ' oca ls t rnd sounc ls k i r rd o f \ \ ran l ,

t ro t ve rv h ig ,h - tech , sL lpe r ( ' ( )u tpu te r i z t c l o r rohc l t i c .

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ni t t t r l .

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t he re t r r t ' t h r t ' t ' e len rc r r t s to th r . sou t - rd o i t h t ' ba r - r c l . ' l ' ake r r

to r r , c the r . , a t l i f f t , r ' t ' r r t i n ra1 l t . o f t h r . soun t l eu i c l ' 1 , r . s . I r i r s t , t u r

i n r l i spensa l r l t ' e len r t ' n t i s hca r , ) ' / povver u r t t a l l l u i t a r n 'o rk : t he

r i t t t hn rs o l . t t ' r r c1 r ' i r e l ron te th r ' p1 r i111 r , i a n r t ' l o t l t ' a r r c ' l ene r ! l \ ,

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c i r r - t n r t t t i r r l ' , a r r i l t l r t ' r . r roc l t ' r n , t i t , , h t , u I r ten i l - ro t ' l e r t r t ' r t t a l l

r ( ! i t t l r i r l l t , . ' l i ' t i l . ' r , i , ' , i t i l , r t l i l l ' , i ' , , l i i ' , 1 . i ; t i l l i : i i ' i j i i y i t , ( i

l t t - , t r r / l r r r t v r ' t ' n t t , t , t l r r i t h s t r r r r r t , , t I t o t ' u s e s i , r r r r l l r o o k s .

. ' \ s t ' t -o l r r l in i l ' r1 t1 '1 .11 i1 ( ( ) l l l )on( , l t t o f the l r i t - t r - r r .e is t l - r r .s i ng , t ' r , \ l r i t l t i a s l J l . r r l , r r ' l r o I r . r s a r t ' r - \ n re lod i c t r p ( . o f vo i c t ' , i t ' sr l St ) t ' I t r l t ' t l i t i t ' . ' t t ' t1 ' t , Sgt . t t t ' ry l ra t g ; i t t f ' , sOl t ]e \ \ ' l t i t t p r t ls r rCl - rOl j t . ,sontet i hat soot l t i l r l l , a l l P l ' t . t t t ' qot tc { ar r r l sor t r t 'n 'hat c i i f l ,c ' l .ent1- r 'onr the usual a i r - r . r i r l s i ren, h i r ;h-p i tcht r l s in1 l i r r1 ; assot ' ia t t 'c lr r i t l t 1 ' ' , ) \ \ ' ( ' t ' l t t ( ' t ( t l .

. . \ n o t h g ' b i g ( ' o n t P o n e l r t o i t h r ' h a r r c l ' s s h ' l e i s apersistent, l rut n( ' \ ' r ' r r-rvt:r ' rvht. lnt i trg 1-rr-1.51,n.(, ()f solne nrcl lon'ert l ' t ( ' r t ' t l t ' l t ts, st)t l le . tcot ist ic-scluncl irr l l rnontr:nts, solne soulrcls thatse( ' l ' l l to b t 's i tn i la r to a f l r - r te or ( r surooth-sour- rc l i t rS; i t rs t runrer r tl ike that. \ \ Ihat this nrearrs is that the polr,er-nletal is tenrpe.rec-ln' i t l r t l ' r t 'se other inrpqrl lal l l pdssages, inclucl irrg sotl te songssur-rg in uon-Errgl ish (thet, ' rL. 1'ronr sr,t 'eder-r l sorr le nronrentsr.r ' i th fenrale singing, etc.

'i-he all-rrrm t-'ortrbines these thitrgs in a prettv balancecl

r,r 'a1,, n' i th a cohesive feel. Falconer is definiteh,, good at theirchosen craft. The songs tencl to st ick arourrd long after the cdstops p la t ' i t rg . ' I hat 's gooc l , cor rect? n 'n 'n ' . fa lcot rernrus ic .conr

lcecl Earth: 'l ' l@_5q!1qflfqfg

\\iickecl Il (SP\/)on thrs a l l r t rnr , t l re l ranc l 's knon ' r r hcar l l - rang ing pa is has beenslon't t t l clottn [o a nrir lp2c€'1' l heavy utetal rhvthnt. Therefore,the uptenrpo t l runrnr i r rg anr l the hcac lbanging, ga l lop i r rg r i l ' f i r rgare clef initelv not preserrt he're. \ \ 'ht, ther that nratters to \ ,ou, is,o l course. . l personal chorce. I he a lbuu ' r sot rnc ls rve l l p lannet li inr l ( ' \ ( ' ( 'uted. I hc Icec' l Eal ' th erlcurerrts ar(. preserrt, except for 'the hearl lrarr i l inl3 sl-reerl . \ \" i th tht- slon,ecl pacer' | , i t is tht vocalsthat tak t 'c t ' r r te l 's ta1, , t ' , so t rn t l ing l r r l le r , rv i t l r nrorL. l r t rckgroun, . ]\ o t ' . t I s . I n ( ) t - r , € t ) 1 o [ 1 1 1 ' , . ' 1 r . .

I t ser -urs t l ra t i t i s not Lrnt i l t ra t 'k r tunt [ r t . r l3 that thesPt'r 'cl nralr i i t 'sts i tst ' l l , aPpea1i11|, r 'e 'rv late trrrc' l at the enr' l ol thet t l l ' r tn r . fhe specc l cJ t tes r t ra t tc r to ure. Pt ' rsor ra l l r . , I th ink th isharrcl 's t l t 'Lr lr t antl st 'corrcl albr-un arr- lrasic.r l l r , f lan,less al[runrsf i l l i rrg t lre plaP lr1'111'€'6.1-l thraslr .rnt i hear v nretal. S()// t . l /u//r{l | i , ' i i r ' r1 f / i rs I \ i / r / ( ' ( r / r ( ' .s r -er ta in lY is another" St Ic l r rg , i r lb r - rnr . Iusua l l r ' c l o no t l i ke t h i s sh ' l e o f s i n t l - r l t . r ' , r ock , -n r i c i t t ' n11 - roc l t 'u tnnr i r rg . I t j t rs t lc r r -ks r ' r . rc r i i r . T 'hat 's an inrpor tant pro[ r le in .rvn ' r r ' . i cedea r th .cor n

I r r rg t ' t r : I ) ( )n_r r r ' r . r tor , (Pulvt . r is t 'c l )( )n t l r i s i . o r r r ' - s ( rn [ ] r t l l r np i t ' 6 ' co \ , ( ' r s Sarco l ; rgo ' s " J ' l r e B lackVonr r t " anc l l ras i ca l l r k t .e1 - t i t d r r t \ ' , t h rash i r rg , b las t i r rg . e ro rv l r r rg ,atrd spel- j -obsesst r l . Decic lc ' r i lv o lc l school , uncl t rgrouncl i r r r r lj t r s t I . l . r i r r I t r g , l r . I l t ' r ' t , i t ! l \ i n ' t r r i t ' t , , p r t , t t i ' o r 1 ' r , 1 1 ' [ i , L l l ( , , ' 1 ,po l r t t ' , b t r t i t ' s so gooc ' l ( l i ke Sarco l ' ago ' s c l cb t r t ) . The fe t ' l o fl n r l - r i 1 '11 an t l i t ' s o f ' t en -us t c l vo rn i tg ,a r lg ing , " t rghs " c t ' r t a in l t 't l l c l k t ' t h t ' p rop r l r s i i i t t r r n to t ' ( - t r t t ra t t i r t ' . I rnp ig l l ' Su r t l ov t .S thenrs()nr(r Sarcof . r11oI

- i l - rere ar t . [hr t ' r . other sougs on herr ' . \ ' t 'ah, thc- t , ' re a l l

1 p o c l , t o t r . , \ c t u a l l r ' , t l r c S a r c o f a g o c o v e r r l o e s r r o t s o u n t ld i l f c l ' cn t f r -on r t l r t ' o t l re r sonp-s , s i r r c t . t h t ' r , I n rp ie t \ ' - f v t , r ' t . r ' \ ' t h i r r r l

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i t r l l t t t ' n t cc l l r r L rnc l t ' r ' 1 , , r ' t r u r r r l t - l . r ss i t n r t ' t , r l . I t ' s i . i s t , b l . r s t i r ro , , r v i t l i( ' i l ( )L i i ; l l t i t ' , 1 ' r l l , t t l - ' i ' , i s l , 7 ' l t l . t . . l i i I t . i . i l . i l l t 1 , , . i \ ' c t \ ' c t i -O i i i r t l t t i l r l r ' < i : t 'n r o s I I i s t ( ' l t c r - s o l t h t l s t ' s t r I t - s . l l i t ' i t t r ' a l s r n i t ' , l t t . t s r v t ' l l l r r - , t ] t ' a t h, t l i t i . t , i r r ) 1 , ' t , r i t i t r ' t t r ' , i t . r i r l t n t , ) t ' r , ! l u t t r r r , r l t t r l r , , r l l t ) ) ( ) l ( , t r l t t l t t ,

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d e a t h r n t ' t a l s r t l t - . \ ' o r . r k n o r v r r l r a t l I h i s i s r n e t a l r n u s i r t h a t t r i t ' so u t [ r r r l l t ' t b e l t s , l t ' a t h e r a n c i s I i k t ' s , r l i t l r t h t ' u s t r a l o l r j r . r t i v e o lsotr t r t l i r r r l t i i lh t , . t n! l r ' \ ' a ncl l r i 11lr ou i t r r ' \ ' c t l t ( l c l ra os.

That 's thc. t1t ' t t I hr ' r t , ' . . . \ r - r t l i t 'srv tv tr '. i rt ri t ' te rt t lr l l . L o ln

g,ood.

l :e ! '1, of Kr i lessin: K _ (Nr-r t ' l t ,ar Bl . rst )

l . hos t ' l i s te 'n in11 fo r nex ' t ' r ' l r a r r r l s tha t l r r i ng sonre th ing c rea t i veanc i f un - rv l r i l e l ras ing t l re l t r s t ' l vcs on pas t Nonveg ia r r l r l a r : kr - t t e ta l t ra rc l i t i on , bu t n ' i t h a gooc l sounr j qua l i t r ' - n ' i l l bei t r te lestec- l he-re. Tht- gr"r i tar n 'or 'k sotrnr ls catc l - r t ' ancl creart i r ,e,but enough to sugr lest progressive t . lcr- r - r t .nts, though the L-ranc1 ison blast ing black rr reta l ntodt n ' i th a goocl , c lear, cr ispr sounc- l ,shon' i r rg just hon, sonrething l ike blast-or iented, b lack-metal-inf luencecl rnetal can souncJ n 'hen c lone n, i th a good sound.

There is a reasorr n 'hv nretal people harre star ted tcrtake senous not ice of the l rar-rc l a f t - r r , \ 'ears ago: the songs are so

goocl , of ten ut i l izrng a t ight souncl , hear lbanging, Lr last i r rgsour rc l , bu t the r t t s much l l o re g ,o ing on , l i kc hooks anc ir l e loc i i t . s . I -h i s l ra r r t l p lavs a t b las t i ng sp t ' ec l s , has i r r te l l i g ib leblack nret t r l - inf luetrcer i vocals curr l l ras shrt 'c- l r i ing r i f ls , so th is a l lsoutr t ls r . r ' i thrr - r t l te categr-rr - r ' t r i b lack nretul - i r r f l r - renced r t reta l . I r rshort . t l -us a l l r r rnr is st ror-r1 i , hcar lbarrging, nrenrorable and thebanc i sounc ls on f i re . l f t h t ' r ' keep r ' , o rnq I i ke th i s , t l - re i r f u tu rcshoulc l [ - tc hr ight .

- lhe bancl seenrs to l - rc r erv A\ \ 'are that tht ' r ' are

on the ve t "ge o l - son re th l rg l r i ue e r ' . n 'n -n . k t ' epo fka l r . ss in .nc r

K r i s i L n t : \ ( ) u t l r t , r ' r r \ t o r r r r 1 ( r , r - r t r r r ' ) \ l t , r l r . t l

\ \ ' i t h a r t i r l f a t , n ,a l l -o f - soL lnd p r ' ec1 l r c t i o r r , K r i s iu l r c rea t t ' s he . r ' e as t ro r - t { , f o r re fu l a lbunr , t h . r t soun( l s \ ' ( ' r ' \ n r r - r scu la r , hear . t , ,b las t i ng , , r . r ' h i l t - c i i sp la t ' i n i1 n ro r r ren ts o f 1 l roo r ' \ ' song \ \ ' r ' i t i n i l i r r

evcr l songr, r - rot j t rs t t l ic b last inr l ther are kr- l ( ) \ \ ' l - r for . The vocal-s

a t - t ' qu t t r r r ' a l , Sonrc 'n ' l r . t t r ' o r .n I - r re ' l t t ' ns i l r l t ' , t h t , rgu i ta rs c - lo so r - rndpre t t v sha rp , n 'h i l e th t ' c1 ru r -un t i r r r ' , I - r l . r s t s a r rc l s t r i ves fo r th t

p rev ious l r n . re . r - r t i o t re r l t ' r ' t ' a t i r , e g roo \ , ( - . No \ r , , t he re lease o f aneu 'K r i s iu l r a l l ru r - r r i s so r t r t . t h r r - r c l i ke . i rna jo r ( ' r ' en t fo r ce r ta indeath t t t t ' ta l l is t t 'n t ' rs , ! ' , i t ' t ' r r that the l r . tnc l l ras est . rb l ished i tsel f

t ts consist t . r r t , tnrstr lor thy t ruc ' l dot .sn t c l isaPl-rout t those' thatr l t r r r t r - rnn re lod ic , [ r r - t r t a l , t i 1 ' , h t , [ r l as t i n r ' , c l t a th r t re ta l . \ , \ / ha t

Kr i s i t r r r has c lo r - r t ' ove r th t ' \ ' ea rs i s n rake r r r i no r a t l i us tn ren ts l c r

t l t , ' l , l . r s t . u l t l l l l l t t r r r . , r l . s l r . r r ' 1 ' t l r r r . r t t . r r k . \ \ l r t ' r , , . t s t ' , r r l i t , r ' i l r t l r t , i l

c i r rcer- t l - iev n 'en knon'r - r for heir rg l ' ic ' l ic t r l<tuslv fast ar-rd for

p lav in l l rea l c le .a th n r t ' t a l r r ' hen a l o t o f Peop le r t ' e re l os i r rg the i rn r i t - t c i s o r -e r b lack n ro ta l , r ro rv the . t ' b las t a l o t , a l r t t , b t r t t r r - to

sho iv s ( )n re su t i t l l h i r - r t s o i va r ie t v i r r t - r ' t - r v son t ] . l - he res t r l t :

t r : t r , r l l r , a K l ' i s i u n s ( ) n t l l r t ' r ' t ' r l i l l 1 . , ' l l i r r r , , j i t l . t , , . r r ' . t , r . , t r p t ' o l . i\ \ ' i t nn -u l ) t o I l r e b las t i ng i r c t i o r r , son te t l r i l r r l t ha t j r - r s t s r l t rnc l s

heav r /g roL ) \ ' \ ' b t ' f o r t ' i l r ev s r . t t hc i r i ns t r .un re l r l s on f i re ' n ' i t h

[ r last in1r, , n 'h i r h i t 1- ,1 . .11, ' nt ur l r l ta P1-,1.115 soon af tcr the l i t t le

c l i t t t ' . Then ( ' on r ( ' s th t sP t -ec i b las t i n l ' , l as t a t tack f renzv f i re r i c le

run : th i s r v r l l l as t a l r i t , t h r ' n th t ba r rd u ' i l l c l o a g , t r i t a r so lo , o r '

s o n t r ' t h i n 1 1 l i k t ' a l . r ' e a k i n t l r t ' . r c t i o n , { r s f - 1 1 1 - 1 ' o l t c e c l $ a i l ' r

t ' t t l l r . u ' k i t t t j o r r . r i r l as t i n l , , , o i r l i l c r ' . r t i on L ) [ ) ( , r ' a t i ( )n . So t r re . t i n r t s

t l t t ' r ' t ' n t r r l h t s ( )11 ( , 1 ) ,1 ' ( )o \ ' \ s tL r l [ " n t r t r r , a t t l r t ' f ' l t ( l ( ) r j us t ra t : r - 'I ' r l . r s t r n i , , t o t h t ' l i n i s h I i n t ' .

l i o t ' t l t o s t - t ' t c t l t o K r . i s i t r n : t h i s l - r , r r r c l i s r i t . . i t h u r c t a l . J t r s tr i t ' , t t h n r t ' t . r l . [ ] t , . r t ' i s n o l - t r n r r r , f o l k r , r v c i r r l , r ' r . 1 - r t r i n t e n t . t l ,

5 \ i r i - ' 1 1 1 , 1 1 j . . i t r i r t i t r l l t ' r r . I r o r i l n r : t , i r r i l r t , k r r , , r r . i i ' r o r . r i i k t ' i . i r t '

l , t s t l t ' t r ' . t i l t t t l t t s . t r l t t ' t t ' t l r t ' s P t ' t ' t l I r , t s l r t ' t ' n t r r r n t ' t i c l o r r ' n j r r s t , i

i r i t , t l t t ' n t l r i s r l i i l [ . t ' t l k ( ) l t ( ( i ( ] r ' . , r i l r . \ t t \ \ ' ( ) r ' l ' i ( ' s . l ; r r r t h o s t ' t h . r I

thirrk that Krisiun puts out tht 'sanre al[-rum t irne arfter t inre: t l revare not changing the i r nr inc ls for anyone her t l , so Kr is iur r isbe ing, Kr is iun ar r t l that 's that .

' l l ros t that n 'ant b ig chang,es w, i l l

hAr, ' t ' [o look c. lser.r 'here.A l so , no t t ' t ha t K r i s i u r - r ' s songs a l r e r r o t e re l t t l i '

n ' rer r rorab l t ' . Ac lc l to that the f . rc t that thet 'ar t . ur - rnr t ' lo t1 ic , th t 's t 'are sc)lrgrs ;rre lrot easY to renrt 'nr[rt-r ' , tr t least r-rcrt l t i r nre. I 'hesong,s ;rre not lrei essari lY sr-rpertechrrical, arrcl i t cloesrr ' t sounr' ll i ke t l rere are l0 gu i tars rag i r rg . C)ne can te l l that th is banc l ,beirrg et tr io, one guitarist olr lr ' , tr ies to nrake the recorci ir-rgsot lew'hat reproc luc i [ r le i r r the l ive set t ing. I -here iore, i f Yot rrrrust har, 'e sonre nrclocl l ' or serrr i-r-nelclt ' l \ ' , r .r ,hether i t s l \ lor lr ir i, , \ r rge l or L)ark throne or Ni le , know that th is banc l c loesn ' t rea l ivc lo tha t . n 'n , r , r ' .k r is iur r .cour . [ r r

l - l r is r c l ht rs severar l reasons n 'ht , i t is not goor l . I l - re vocals

so r - t t r c1 l i k t ' some so r t o f coLur t r \ r rock guY vv l ro i s bo rc l t - r l i r re

n 'h inv a t r t l a r t r rov i r - rg . 1 -he c l run rn r ing on he re i s j r - r s t p la in ba t l

an t l u r r l i s te r rab le . l n r t :a r r t l i a t l ca r rno t l i s te r r t o th i s u , i t hou t

th i r r k i r rg , " N lan , tha r t c l run ru r t : r i s o l t l an t { t i r - r ' r l o r j r - r s t p la i r r

l az . . ' " . I ' h t ' g ,u r ta r r l r v thn rs i i n r l song i c leas jus t r l on ' t so tu r r l

e rc i t i r rq . \V l r t ? ' l - he gu i ta rs c lo r - ro t so t rnc l as t i re . t l as thc r l run rs ,

b t r t i he t ' o i t e r r p lav gcnc . r i c r i f l ' s , n 'h i l e he re ; t r r t l t he re , the re z i r t .

s ( )n r r r a t te r r rp ts to i n jec t sou te gooc i so lo ing .

l ' r r r r - rot everr mot ivat t :d enough to r ' r ' r i te nrore l recause

I l os t i n te res t .

Nat iorr l le ' ) 'orrc l : The Al ternrath Oci) ,sseJ' (Sensor ' ) ' )

Sonre t l - r i r rg . r l ong the l i nes o f p rog meta l r . r ' i t h a r r ep ic , pos t -

n u c l e . u ' r v i t r t a l t ' t o l r a r r a t e . l ' h t : ; r l b u u r h . i s s e v t ' r , i l c o o l t h i n g s

I h n t n r a k e t h i s t v p e o f n r c t a l a P p r e i 1 l i 1 1 g , l i k e c l u a l i t v s o n g r v r i t i n g ,

. t s t t ' c i t ' t g ba la r rce be t l vee r r r t re ta l n r t r s i r cu rd l t t en to rab ic

n re l c i t l i r . s , 1 ;oo r l t rac l i t i ona l n r t t a l s i r t r ; i r rg ( r ro r l l ' on ' l i r rg ) , i n

ac1c l i t i o r r t o An c ) \ r ( ) r ' a l l r ra r ra t i t ' t .

l \ / ha t th t ' r ' c l o r i gh t i s i n - r1 - r t r r tan t , l i ke thc t l - r i ngs

n ren I io r rec ] . rL rnve , b r - r t i t i s . t l sc ' l i n rp r t r r t . rn t t o P t r i nL t ru t n ' l r a t t l r t : t

c ' l t t r r ' t do : no se l f - i nc l r - r l g t ' n t , l ong exper iu r t ' r r t t i l , i ns l r r - rn ten t i i l

p i lss;rges, rvhic l - r ser ' \ /e to kt ' t 'p thc r t r r . ta l 1 ' lon ' ing, cr l rvrrvs a goot l

t h i r r g . T h i s a l b r " r n r i s v e r ) , g o o c i a n c l I c t t r r n o t t h i l r k o f o u t ' s i n g l t '

t h i n p i . t [ r o u t i t t h a t l c ] o r r o t l i k e , f r o n r a r t t c t t t l p t ' r ' s 1 - r r ' ; t i r ' 1 ' .

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I t ' s t i i f l i c t r l t r r o t t o l i k t ' c t n t r l l r r r n r v v i t l t s u c h g o o c l s o n q s !

Io r r ' . t rds th t e r rc i o l ' t he a lbuur n , i t h th t . f i r s t l i s t t ' r r t he n 'ho l t ,

r , ibe oi thecr ' l \ \ 'a is n ' rcrk i r rg a lot of sel rsr t , l t 'ac l i r - r1 ' , s t r ' . r i1r ,ht to lhe

ser -o r rd l i s te r r and e r , ' t r v th i r r l l l i t s . I i r c voca ls o r r he l ' c , c l rp i l

c lee '1-r t 'p , gruf l 'cr rSron' l than be[ore, l ike on their n 'otrc{et ' l 'u I

a lbu r r r "Years i r - r \ \ 1as t r . " (2004) , l ru t t hese voca ls f i t t hc n rL rs i r s r )

n 'e l l anc l I ' d sav tha t these vocar l s have n ' i r l c aPp t 'a l . No t

r r r i t a t r ng , .

Tht :n there ; r r t : the. gui tars: l 'urr , ur f - r teurpo, heat lb.rnging

r i l f s n ' i t h t r c l r r s t a u t s t a t c l l ' h o o k s i n r t u u Y p l a t - e s . I n , a s n o t

e rpec t ing the son11s to be th i s u ren ro rab lc a r r t l c rs a l - r ' sL : l t t he i '

\ \ ' ( )n n re ove r e ,as i l r . l r r i r l a t : t ' s the l ranc l uses t l r i ngs l i k t '

kevboar r j s anc l son re less g rou , le t l voca ls , hu t th i s i s r ro t

l r p f ' r ' o n t , i t ' s r r o t t h r . u r a i n t l r i r r g . I g u e s s i t r e . r l l \ r v o r k s o u f o n

t h i s r r l .

Another ar-rgle: there is no clou bt thert there is asttpercatchlr song i l telrt ion wit[ t f i is barrc' | . Yes, there is acertai in ear carrclv feel to i t . l f nreloclv anc' l catchiness, especial l l , ,gLri t ;rrn, ise, c{oesn't turn yoLr off, then You shoulcl f i rrcl thissat is fv ing. I -he drur r t r r r i r rg or r l rere a t t in res can be on the fastersrcle o1' thi lrgs, hut n, i th the sorrgs, the parce nrost often usecl is anr,rptcnriro, steadt ' beat, more entph15i5 ol1 groove than intensit \ ' .lnterpretat iorr: this is rrot blast ing or thrasl-r ing or anvthing l ikethat .

lnterestirrg note: the Sn,ec-l ish utetai-knorvrr proclucerL)an Str ' . l rro hats saicl: " l hate bancls l ik i . Omniunr Gatherunt,t l ' rev are so goor l i t p isses nre 'o f f l ! ! l -he i r f ine b lenc l o f nre lod l .anr l a l lg rcss ion is so gooc l I ac tua l lv thor , rs l r t about s tea l ing therecorcl;rrrcl relt . trsirrg i t as lny on,n:) You r,r,or1't f i rrcl a bette{; r lbunr in year-s . " I don ' t knor t ' that " r ' i tn r t ,o t r ' t f ind a bet te talbutn irr Years" atrc' l al l that stuff , but i t is an c-l l iovaLrle,rl eur o ra ble a lbu nr, for su re. \tr\\/ry\r.o n]n irr nr ga thenr nt. org

Opgth: \'Vatershecll . \{ARNING: This banci has gone off the cleep t 'ncl ancl turneclirrtcr a psr chelecl ir , 70s rock loul-rg,e, uruzak, elt-r,artor ' jazzrtc{rt-tst ir , hrppre, \n, i t t t1-r1r, lvhLrrt ' rock [ ' ranci. Yes, t l -rere is st i l lsor ) l t . "nre ta [ " here, l ru t i t ' s ver t ' l i t t le anr ' l fa r l l r betn 'eer r ar r r ] ,1clor-t ' t got t l -r t- patier-rce to l istt n i t .2 . l l i k t ' the pr rev ious C)pet l r a lbunrs , except DLutur l t t ton. I guess Irea l l t ' I i ke the f i rs t t r , r 'o anc l a lso rca l lv er r joy the t l ' r i rc l anc lfour th a lbunr . The next three are s t i l l good a lbunis . t l i los lRt 'r ' i : ru's r,r ,as st i l l an Opeth albunr, even i f a I i t t le formulaic.3. irr this albunr, horvel 'er, the nretal elenterrts have Lreefreclrrceci rvhole lot arrcl the jazzror khippie stuff has hegrrirrcrt .rst-.cl to orrerlvheI nr irr g leveIs.

Or ig , in : Ant i thes is ( .Relapsel-fo

nre, these ale the souncls of tht r lvntrnt ics of intetrsih' : [-rus\,:bee, technicar l , [ r l t rs t i r rg , p , r 'on, I ing ar lbunr . l - l rere i ] re severa lr r 'c tsons n 'h t ' th is er l t rur -u n ,orks rea l l t , w,e l l . FYI : the sounc ls o fth is barrc l are the sounc ls o i lvhat anrouuts to a t ter r t ion c le f ic i tcl isorder plrts a ner\rc)us cclrrc' l i t iorr to tro<-rt. I c.[on't knor,r, i lr t r - r \ 'one th i r rks that th is is urus ic I 'o r re lax i r rg (nr . r1 ' [g i t is , l r lon ' tkno iv l ! ) l recat rs t . Or ig in seenls to be j r - rmpr i r rg out o f ther i r sk in;rrrcl [rurni lrg clor,r ' rr their nrenrories in the process. l ' l -r is eloessorrnc l ver \ , , r 'e rv bus\ ' : exarr rp le : i t set nrs I ike the gron ' l r r rgttL' \ ' t ' r stct l-rs.rtrcl j trst $o€s olt cutr l ( tn lhrotrghouL t l-re sclng.I lav ing seen the banr l l i v t ' , Ican sav t l ra t I i r .e i t is t l - re scuneth i r r1 , , . l t i t 'e ls l ike thr : r 'e is r , 'en ' l i t t le l r rcat l - r i r - r11 roonr a l lon,ec l .Tht ' growl ing is Cor t rpete l t t , so l ic l . rnd inconrprehel rs ib l l ,g r : t tur ra l , c re t r t ing, the fee l i r rg that i t [ ' lon 's n ,e l l n ' i th the spazzoi r lS l l t ' t ' t l

OK, as I was saving about t l re retrsons n'hv this r,r ,oriksso n 'e l l . F i rs t , i t r n t t 'op in ior r , th is ar lbur t r c loes sor t re th ing arn\ ,barrcl t l -rat see'ks to real l l , plav l ' t rst coulcl t--onsicler: hor,v to platlas t , w 'h i le hav ing d i f ferent shades anc l rnoods in the r r ' ( rz in( ]ss .\\ i hat kinci of nroocls? Oh, I c{on't knon,, the\, are al l i rr the realnrof hvperactive ancl freuziecl, hut the thitrg is that t l -r is c{oes lrotsor - rnd nronotonous, n l t ich I car r say t l ta t cer t . r i r r popular c lc .a thnrt ' tal bancls c{ef irr i telv havr. zt 1-r1'o[[ t- .r tr n' i th.

Anotht ' r reason: t l re proc luct ion or the sount l c1r - ra l i t r , ispret tv c lear here, vvh ich is gooc l , because. i t shor , r .s that thrs banc ihas noth ing to h i r le . l -hose r i f ls are easy to hear anr{ t - l i s t i r rgu ishanci tht ' 1' ,r-r i tar n,ork clor-s sor-r rrr l st ' r i1c,oci.

A th i r t l in rPor tant reason: the sonqs are c l is t i t rc t ivefronr e'ach other. Thev al 'e rt 'el l t tonrposed arrcl thet, clo f lor,r, .Crantec l , a t f i rs t , t l r is does sound l ike a t n ,onc ler fu l cacophonr ' ,but tht 'r ' t ' is orcler arrcl or ' lyrr izat ion l-re-rr. , but i t cloes takt 'se'rreralI isterrs for the piect 's of t l re Ftuzzle to conre together for thel is t t ' r rer ' .

I ; i r ra l l r ' , soure c t ' r r icar l people have op ined that f ) r ig in 'sgt r i tar r n ,ork is not th t t t in r ror rn t ive, that sup l toscc l l t ' i t i s bas ics tuF f , j L r s t p l ave r l f as t , a r r r l n ' ha t no t . OK , l ve l l , I don ' t knon 'about anv of that ar - rc l Ic - lor r ' t care- to mtrke s ta tenrents aboutl - ron ' t l r is or that gr - r i t t r r is t is the b< 's t or l r ,hat not . I rn . i l l s t rv th is ,thor - rg ,h : ( l ) I f ind i t v t ' rv c l i f f i cLr l t to be l ieve that the gu i tar s tu f fo t r het ' t ' i s t ro t c rcat ive or t l ra t i t t lo t 's l ro t take 'se ' r_ ior , rs c led i r :a t ionor rvork to n' l ' i te these- guitarr parts (anrl the r,r ' l role songs in

l lerreral) antl (2) i f this is so "basic" or "e?ls\, ," thelr l ' r ' l -rv is i t thatOr ig , in s nrus ic sor - rnds so parr t ic t r la r anc i spec i f ic to thenr?\\/here al 'e the cl inrt ' - t t-r lcizerr l-rarrcls that trre cloing, this nrr-rsicth is las t , t l - r is in tense anc l th is gooc l , th t ' l - r , i l ' th is is so "eas\ . "? ! Bvthc i , r 'a1- , th is is not a r 'hetor ica l c luest ion. l f a r rvboc- lY kno lvs o fthose hrtrrt :hes ancl btrrrches of barncls cloing t l-r is erncl cloing i tl re t te t ' , r r iu r voLr p least ' r -or - r t t i t ' t n re arnt l l t ' t n re kno l r ' ; inc l I lv i l l b r :g , lac l to check i t out . \ \ ' \ , \ ' \ \ ' . n rvspa(- r t . ( 'o r t r /or i11 i r r666

[)athosra-r': I'q!115fq]_ __lSt rl!or)')l f vou l ik t t rac l i t io r - iar l ure ta l s inq inu, t l ' re prog nte tar I r ,ar ieh ' , i r rpa r t i cu la r , \ ' o r l r v r l l t h i nk t h i s i s ve r r ' 11oo11 . . \ c t r - r a l l r ' , i t so r , r nc l serce l ler r t to nre l l f vou l ike qLr t t l i tv so l rgs, n , i th gooc l i r roc luct ion,n ' i th creat rv t ' p roq- r ' i f fs . rv i t l r ln t lo t l r ' , ra tch i r ress, x , i th fee l ing,vou n ' i l l I i ke t l r i s . l ce r t a i nh ' t ' l o ! I i vo r , r l i ke p rog n re t . t l t ha t i srrot sel l ' - i l -rdtr l11i-rrt ; that 's got a goorl [ tel l 'or s() l t l ]s alrcl You lvalrtn re ta l o f t he h inh c l ua l i t r ' , l t h i nk t h i s n , i l l be t o r ' ' oL r r I i k i ng . It h i nk t h i s i s exce l l en t dnc l canno t t h i nk o f a s i l r g l e t h i ng t oconrp la i r r i rbout . Ser io t rs l r ' . I t ' s that gooc i . \ \ ' \ , \ , \ , .pet thosra\ ' .con l

Pessin_r,ist: [:1qlg_t-i_t1q_11Lftrf lr.r't! _ _ (llt a tl1grlqffl I'4]todTht . te 'chr rca l br t r ta l i ty o f lon ' , qut tura l c leath nreta l is the th ingthat th is a l l runt e- rh i l r i ts .

- f l r t . har r r i ' s on l l i r ra l s { ]ng,s t r re Ias t ar rc ]

lurusr 'u lar , t ight anr l l l r r r f l - . I ' l re l rass g t r i tar is \ ( ' t ' \ c rLrc{ i [ r le , ar rc ' ln 'ork i r rg togctht ' l ' rv i th t l r t c l rur r rs , nrakt ' f i r r . r s t rong, r 'hv thr lset t io r r . I t ' s r ro t i t eab lv g ,oct r i on here. I - l tc r t . e t re co\ . r t rs o fKreator 's " ' lhe I res t i l t r r re" , L) t .a th 's " I ,000 ] ' . \ 'es" , f ' legac le th 's" K i l l i r rg ls N 1 l Bt rs ine 'ss" c l r r l I )osst 'sser l 's " Phant i rsur . "

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co \ers s< ' r r - rnc l I ike a lo t fLr r r , thot r r ' ,h i t ' s Lrp to I 'ou r . r ,hethc ' r ' I 'o r , rI ike co\ ' ( ) rs ( ) l - r . ro t . I h is is . t t 'o l lec t ion o l l l p rev ior - rs lvtur t re l t a tsec l / r 'a re sor - lqs . l 'h is is a sor t o l - ac lvar r t - t - r ro t ice t l - ra tPess in t i s t i s back i n t o r l n . ( ) n t h i s l r un r l ' s n ' t bs i t t . i t savs t ha tthet p lan to re l t ' . rse l re \ \ ' r .nr - rs i t i r r 20[ )c) . \ \ ' ! \ ' \ \ ' .p t ,ss iur is t .conr

Irhaznr: C-ornerstcl lre oI t l re l t ' lac! l Ig lC]q4f osdOt te o f th is [ - ra t r t l ' s goa ls is to be funnr ' , i t ' s huuror o fdon, r t t r - r r t r .c1, fa t - r i f f rock n , i th l l rovv lec l vota ls . Sor- rg t i t les l ike" Lovt l r , le l io t ter r ( l ,ove l t le

' l r t re) " ( ) t ' " N lucho Nlo jo" are

exerr ) rp les o f the i r lv r icat l arPPle;1 i - l r . Carr sonret l r i r rg be f r - r r - r r rv i f

You ca t r ' t r l ake ou t n ' ha t t he vo t - t r l i s t i s sav t r rg?-l- lre

sor-rgs Iravt, i i gro()\ 'e- l 'c)t k goirr l l on, but t l i . ' \ ' arenot r. t t ' t t t ' ly ais stt ' ; t trge as n.ttrvbe sonre pt 'ople thirrk, l"rt :sir les theI v r i ca l hu r r ro r ' , i t ' s s imp l t ' a h t ' av r ' - 11 r ' on ' l ec l - r ' ock sou r rd . Thesol r [ ]s a l r t ' l t t i c l P31-1 '11 , n ' i t l t r t ravbe f l r t 'o ( .ass i ( )na loc ic l n . to t t t t : t t t orr , r 'hat r ro t . Not r rcar lv as n ,c i rc i as ( )nr , n ,or - r lc l i re lec l [o be l i t ' r 'e .I t ' s no t | . l r t i t r r l . t r l l l r . t t l , [ . t r t r t t i o t ' s l l ' t soL r r r t l t . r c i t i r r l ' , t o r l e .

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Tl-re sorrgs are too nridpacecl for too n-ruch of t l re t inre ancl sounrla bit boring rt , i th sevt-ral l isterrs, fronr a nrettr l rnusir-

I-rt ' t 's l-rt 'ct ive. Froltr a groo\/\r-rock, kincl cl f sintplr ' , fulrnv heergron ' l rock, th is nr ight be to ta l gen ius, I c lor - r ' t knorr ' .rv n, n' . trLleplha znr.conr

Satar r ie l : ChiFra - lBulriq_rislUJ-hese four songs are \/er)/ catchl ' . Wherr the ccls sto;rs plavrno i tis t i r tr t ' to press prlav agairr. I f t 'or-r l ike i t n herr a band n,r i tesso l lgs to s ta t ' in vour l l ren"ror \ / , \ ,ou n 'ou lc l [e p leasec l n , i th th isnrelocl ic, btr t thick/ heavv gror.r ' lecl-r 'oca ls ancl clenrrrt ' r-singiugnretal l t .rs. This lrancl uraV be unknort.r-r in U.S. [rr"rt i i tht 'st- sonf],sare anvth ing to $o b1 ' , \ 'oL l are ur rss ing ( )u t o l r \ ( ) lne catchr ' ,ctt tclu, nretal. I lear them arrcl s€.€' fclr I 'ourse'11.. Inrl- tressivt ' ! l\ \ ' \ \ ' \ \ / . nl \rs pace.co nr / sar ta r iel

S l ipkr ro t : r \ i l IJoPe ls GorreIrr this cc-l vou vvi l l hear a bar-rc1 that tr i t 's to blencl rap rclck n' i ther r to rock p lus angr l ' co l lege rock r t ' i th sor ) re chunk-chunk bet - rrock and i t is th is nr ix ture that thev czr l l "songs." .At t in res thesirrger sc'runcls l ike a r,r,hinirr13, amroving, cl t '1 'r1'pqse.1 bov n.hcrt l rer r g t - ts . ] r lg rv t rnc l shouts , gcreAl 'ns t tnc l raps. tn t l Lrses cL l rset t 'o rc is , l i ke the f r , r 'o rc l , in orc ler to enrphas ize jLrs t I rox 'b looc lhotboi l i rr5l i trr ior-rs ht is arrcl that is sLrpposecl to inrp-r1'1.55 thel istt 'ner, n'ho I n'otr lcl erssLlnre, is arlso su1-r1-ro5p1' l lo lre I l or l2vea rs o l c l t r r - r c l ve t ' \ ' ang r ' ) ' b t ' c ; t t - t se t l r i s l ve t k ' s a l l o t vanc ( , t vc t sr-rot t .r-roug,h to gr.t the ner,r, candt ' bar at school.

' fhe gLrr tar w 'ork is o I t l ' re gener ic , c l is tor tec l , "haru l

rock" r 'ar ieh' cr-rrtr lr inec] n, i th euro rock nrelocl i t :s. ' l ' l rc

resr-r l t isa11 er rgry ch i lc i ren/ teenage rock so l rnc l that a lso ur r r ler l i r res the"entot ior rer l prob lenrs" that the s inger f te ls because " th t 'n 'or lc l "

c ioes not "ur lders tar rc l " ho l r , "n teani r rg f r - r l " h is " fe t ' l in1 is" " . t l 'e , "

I f r ,ou l ike i ' rno nracho angrrv co l lege rap rock, then r 'ou nr i l lr r rob; r [ , lv l i ke th is .

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