ARTIST: ANTEDILUVIAN/TEMPLE NIGHTSIDE
ALBUM: COGITATING VACUOUS (SPLIT 7")
GENRE: BLACK/DEATH METAL
Showing posts with label bestial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bestial. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Antediluvian / Temple Nightside - Cogitating Vacuous (split 7")
Antediluvian are a black/death metal band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Temple Nightside are an atmospheric black metal band from somewhere in Australia. Both are fantastic bands, and when I heard they did a split together, I couldn't believe it! Unfortunately it's a very short release, clocking in at 11 minutes with both bands doing one track each. Nonetheless both tracks are great, and it's a great little 7". I can't believe you're still reading this, GO LISTEN ALREADY
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Nuclear Desecration - Desecrated Temple of Impurity
So around the time this album came out, metal was up to it's eardrums in bestial metal. Things seem to be slowly refocusing to a more "traditionally satanic" style, but there's still a LOT of bestial metal coming out -- a lot of it not particularly memorable or good. For those that may not know, the term 'bestial' is usually used to describe black or death metal that's considerably rawer than the traditional style -- less technique, more speed, noise and distortion. Lyrical themes also tend to be focused on satanism, goats, the impending nuklear holocaust, or all three. Moving on though...
Despite coming out during an influx bestial metal, Nuclear Desecration's full-length album is quite fantastic. It's a really good, solid example of what quality bestial black metal should sound like. Even though it's technically generic in the sense that it fits exactly what bestial black metal is supposed to sound like to a T, it ends up being more of a benchmark album than anything else.. You've got everything: goats, gasmasks, impending nuklear destruction, noize, satan, BLACK FUCKING METAL!
It's unfortunate that they were only around a couple of years, because they'd probably be right up there with bands like Blasphemophagher and Proclamation in terms of notoriety if they continued to produce material as good as this. Ah well. Enjoy!
Despite coming out during an influx bestial metal, Nuclear Desecration's full-length album is quite fantastic. It's a really good, solid example of what quality bestial black metal should sound like. Even though it's technically generic in the sense that it fits exactly what bestial black metal is supposed to sound like to a T, it ends up being more of a benchmark album than anything else.. You've got everything: goats, gasmasks, impending nuklear destruction, noize, satan, BLACK FUCKING METAL!
It's unfortunate that they were only around a couple of years, because they'd probably be right up there with bands like Blasphemophagher and Proclamation in terms of notoriety if they continued to produce material as good as this. Ah well. Enjoy!
ARTIST: NUCLEAR DESECRATION
ALBUM: DESECRATED TEMPLE OF IMPURITY
GENRE: BESTIAL BLACK/DEATH METAL
Friday, June 29, 2012
Nocturnal Graves/Hell Spirit - The Grave Spirit Sessions (split LP)
Put out by NWN! productions in 2010, this split LP features some great black/thrash material from Aussie metal masters Nocturnal Graves and the obscure Hell Spirit from Finland. The Nocturnal Graves side, while having some great material on it, feels a bit all over the place -- the first track sounds more stereotypically "death metal," the Bathory-worship track after it sounds like pre-Relapse Toxic Holocaust (keeping in mind that J. was at one point a live Toxic Holocaust member). This would be the last Nocturnal Graves release before J. decided to call it quits and move onto greater things, and the inconsistency of the material for this split now seems like a clear warning sign of what was to come.
In contrast, the Hell Spirit side is much more consistent -- and because of that, comes off as the stronger side of the LP. I don't know much about Hell Spirit other than they're a Finnish black/thrash act who've released two demos besides this split. Nothing since then, and this split came out in 2010, so not sure what to make of them.
Bottom line being, while it's a bit of an odd split, it's still really good and worth listening to!
In contrast, the Hell Spirit side is much more consistent -- and because of that, comes off as the stronger side of the LP. I don't know much about Hell Spirit other than they're a Finnish black/thrash act who've released two demos besides this split. Nothing since then, and this split came out in 2010, so not sure what to make of them.
Bottom line being, while it's a bit of an odd split, it's still really good and worth listening to!
ARTIST: NOCTURNAL GRAVES and HELL SPIRIT
ALBUM: THE GRAVE SPIRIT SESSIONS
GENRE: BESTIAL BLACK/THRASH METAL
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Antediluvian - Watchers' Reign
Antediluvian are one of the bestial black/death metal bands to come out of Canada in the last 10 years. While there's been a shitload of half-hearted bestial metal to come out in such a short span of time, Antediluvian have proven beyond the shadow of a doubt that they are not another mediocre band. Crushing, atmospheric and cold as fuck, this band produces one of the best combinations of raw energy with calculated musical technique/talent that I've heard in a long time.
Even though their first demo was put out in 2006, they're already slated to share the stage with Canadian black metal legends Blasphemy at NWN! Fest III in the fall. If you're a fan of black or death metal and you haven't heard them yet, you're seriously missing out!
Watchers' Reign is a compilation of their first 4 demos (from 2006 to 2008).
Even though their first demo was put out in 2006, they're already slated to share the stage with Canadian black metal legends Blasphemy at NWN! Fest III in the fall. If you're a fan of black or death metal and you haven't heard them yet, you're seriously missing out!
Watchers' Reign is a compilation of their first 4 demos (from 2006 to 2008).
ARTIST: ANTEDILUVIAN
ALBUM: WATCHERS' REIGN
GENRE: BLACK/DEATH METAL
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