CHAMBER OF UNLIGHT

 

Origen: Finlandia, Tampere.

Formados:?

Estilo: Black

Temática:?

Enlaces: Facebook e instagram

Miembros: 

• Infection Guitarra
• Leper Guitarra
• LRH Batería y teclados
• Necrosis Bajo, guitarra y voces
• Spellgoth Teclados
• VnoM Bajo

Discografía:

• Chamber of Unlight Demo 2017  
• Realm of the Night CD 2021

REALM OF THE NIGHT (2021)

Después de la demo de hace cuatro años, los fineses entregan su primer larga duración que contiene ocho temas de un sonido que puede ser descrito a groso modo como black metal clásico dentro de la escuela escandinava de los años noventa. Un álbum que sin destacar por su frescura si que es cierto que nos trae un completo ejercicio de black oscuro y frío, repleto de atmosferas gélidas y de perfectos riffs crudos y desoladores, muchas veces acompañados de un apartado vocal soberbio si hablamos de sonidos puramente black repletos de rugidos que saben trasmitir tanto rabia como desolación. El sonido del álbum se completa con secciones donde las melodías adquieren mayor protagonismo y juegan un papel en la búsqueda de digamos de un carácter más épico en el conjunto así como por su puesto algunas secciones más incendiarias y crudas que nos trasladan al pasado más punk del género. Riffs elaborados, acompañados por una batería perfecta en un terreno que sabe conjugar tanto las secciones más repetitivas y clásicas con otras mucho más viscerales y directas, con un gusto por saber colar algunos medios tiempos en medio de toda la propuesta.  Bien es cierto que los componentes de esta banda no son unos recién llegados y por otro lado saben exprimir de forma perfecta todas la influencias clásicas para plasmarlo en un álbum sombrío y lleno de matices que sin legar a ser complejo esconde muchas supresas en el fondo de una apariencia más lineal. (7,9)

Werewolf Records

1. Prooemium 01:36  

2. Crowns of Divinity 04:01

  As the shadows dance in the last flames of flickering candles

And the sun falls down behind the veil of Darkness

Behind these Black hills of old, behind these whispering woods

In my Chamber I am awake!

In dust and gathering mist I dwell towards the altar of sacrifice

A shrine built for Thy might

Again I stand on the edge of a bridge across...

Unmasked and purified by the Flames that burn me not

As I bathe in the Dead light of the moon

These cold stone steps lead my way...

And I set my words against the gods light

Black is The Flame as the shadows dance

I'm mesmerized by this power inside

In trance I behold the stars

Beyond the gates of life...

Into the Devils name I am reborn tonight

As many nights before

In dust and gathering mist I dwell towards the altar of sacrifice

A shrine built for Thy might

Again I stand on the edge of a bridge across...

Unmasked and purified by the Flames that burn me not

As I bathe in the Dead light of the moon

These cold stone steps lead my way...

This Path I have chose to walk

And I set my words against the gods of light

3. Revelations of Dark Crafts 05:01

  Witching hour falls

I feel the urge to follow the call

Release my will from this mortal shell

For this is my will

I travel in astral planes

Appear to me O' Nightspirit

Show me the secrets unseen by feeble minds

In my Dark dreams I have seen the Spiral everturning

Far beyond my earthly form

My cold spirit travels in Thy halls

In the Darkness lit by the full moon

The great eye of the Dead

I approach Thy throne

Bind the spirits of Beast and human flesh

Break the borders that I have not yet seen

Hear me - Shadows of many forms

Hear me - Dark spirits of the Abyss

Hear me - Thee who live beyond the shadows

Join me - in this circle of invocation

Beyond the stars, beyond the universe

I swirl in the darkest of my dreams

I have crossed the point of no return

As the treasures I seek cannot be found from this world

Show me the secrets that I have not yet seen!

But in my Dark dreams I have seen the Spiral everturning

Far beyond my earthly form

My cold spirit travels in Thy halls

In the Darkness lit by the full moon

The great eye of the Dead

Witching hour falls

I feel the urge to follow the call

Release my will from this mortal shell

For this is my will

I travel in astral planes

Appear to me O' Nightspirit

In the darkest hours of Night I give You my soul 

4. On the Path of Thy Shadow 05:11

In this form I have chose to dwell Until I break the shackles of this earthly vessel So that I may see in utter Darkness crystal clear Deluminate to illuminate Suffocate to receive strength Reveal the hidden face behind the mask O' Destroyer - O' Creator O' The King - O' Satan Enlighten my path further to Darkness Pierce the structure of cosmos To unleash Chaos! We hold the torch We light up the Flames that will burn your will to live Some may call it a curse But they don't know the difference Between burden and a blessing Burn my soul in Thy Flame Bind my heart in Lucifers name Grant me the strength You bear Destroyer, Creator, The King! To walk on the path of Thy Shadow Lurking in every poisonous thought The Poison that replaces all futile values The Poison that becomes the blood rushing within The Poison that I cherish... As I walk on the path of Thy Shadow O' Destroyer - O' Creator O' The King - O' Satan Enlighten my path further to Darkness Pierce the structure of cosmos To unleash Chaos! Ashes fall from crosses and crescents That have spoiled our native soil And so we dwell... ghosts shaped as men in twilight  

5. From Grey Tombs 05:32

From the Grave I returned

Walk with howling wolves

From the darkest of Shadows I grow stronger

I fly through twilight, observe with crows eyes

I call you forth my allies from grey tombs

Rise I call you, cast a shadow upon this land

Come forth, pierce through the veil of Death

Thee who have swallowed the dust of centuries, come forth!

I conjure Thy spirit, that thou do enter into thy ancient body again

And answer to my demands

By the virtue of the posture of the body of the Ruler of this world

I charge thee! I conjure thee, I command thee!

Marked by the kiss of the Devil

As a beast noble and strong I lead my army

I conjure Thy spirit

By the virtue of the posture of the body of the Ruler of this world

I charge thee! I conjure thee, I command thee!

NOW!!!

Limbs of wolves

Eyes of crows

Flame of Lucifer

From the Grave I returned

Walk with howling wolves

From the darkest of Shadows I grow stronger

I fly through twilight, observe with crows eyes

I call you forth my allies from grey tombs

Rise I call you, cast a shadow upon this land

Come forth, pierce through the veil of Death

Thee who have swallowed the dust of centuries, come forth!

I conjure Thy spirit, that thou do enter into thy ancient body again

(Written in 1996 by Necrosis and J.K who now dwells in Chaos)

6. Summoning the Spirit of the Dead 05:12

   Every now and then

This stench of Death appears

It comes in the form of fog

Beyond the dead trees...

Where a circle of stone stands

A place of ancient sacrificial rituals

Lit only by the cold moon

And the stars whose names we know not

Where my fears come alive

But I no longer feel intimidated by them

Rather I feel delight

All these hidden mysteries open for me

As I feel the spirits of Transilvania rejoining in my body

This is my Path of choice

It is my home

Into the beauty of the Night I dwell to follow the call...

So that I may live forever

What will I see there...

In the Darkness unpierceable by any light

In this stone my name is written

I have seen it in my dreams

The wind whispers the echoes beyond the realm of life

This is my Path of choice

This is my home

Mortui vivos docent

A place of ancient sacrificial rituals

Lit only by the cold moon

And the stars whose names we know not

Into the beauty of the Night I dwell to follow the call...

So that I may live forever

The Dead will teach the living

7. Slumber 06:36

 I found my way to dwell through the gates

As I travel in my obscure dreams

Every step takes me further to Black tranquillity

And closer to Thy Pantheon

As I lay myself to rest before Thy altar

I prepare my mind to receive Thy visions

I am reborn... from the ageless stars

A creation of Thy power

I am ready... To join the stream... Of Thy Dark wisdom

In the name of Morning star I have sworn my oath

Guide me on this path of the Nightside

Unveil me Thy wisdom, Unveil me Thy light

My dreams they obsess me

They change me

They change the world surrounding me

Unveil me Thy wisdom, Unveil me Thy light

Inside these stony walls

I see visions that would burn the eyes of a common man

But I feel no fear as I know...

These sights were meant to be seen by me!

Show me... Guide me... Teach me... Use me as your tool

My eyes... pitiless... lifeless...

But the Flame keeps on burning

I open my eyes... Chained to this world

But I feel thy presence within...

It burns deep within me!

As I lay myself to rest before Thy altar

I prepare my mind to receive Thy visions

In the name of Morning star I have sworn my oath

Guide me on this path of the Nightside

Unveil me Thy wisdom, Unveil me Thy light

My dreams they obsess me

They change me

They change the world surrounding me

Unveil me Thy wisdom, Unveil me Thy light

Satan

8. Uncelestial Light (The Chamber) 05:58

 I walk between the worlds

By My blood I have gained my steps

I have seen the flesh perish

Burned and turned to smoke

Inhale to unite again

When asked the right questions

You can receive the wisdom

...beyond the centuries

I enter the portal of no return

In ecstasy I observe the sights

Within I feel The Black Flame

Inhale to unite again

The current takes me onwards

Towards the vortex.... I swirl

Downwards... and into the empty corners of this reality

Yet closer to a place where all becomes clear

To Die and reborn I walk

I dwell on this Path painted to me

In a search of The gateway

In my Chamber lay secrets that wait to be unfold

They be from the Nightside

Within, The Black Flame

Inhale to unite again

The current takes me onwards

Towards the vortex

I see behind the veil and I comprehend

All that I leave behind seems so unavailing now

All the pieces fall into their place

In my Chamber

Chamber of Unlight

  39:07

BOHEMYST

 

Origen: Rp. Checa, Volyně

Formados: 2017

Estilo: Black, death

Temática: ?

Enlaces: Bandcamp, bandzone, Bohemyst, facebook y youtube

Miembros:

• Hellsound Batería
• Infernits Bajo
• Jirka Kocián Guitarra
• Radek Popel Voces
• Ramus Guitarra

Discografía:

• Čerň a smrt CD 2021
• Pad tame na Agramu - Live in Zagreb Split 2026

CERN A SMRT (2021)

En activo desde comienzos de los noventa y con una extensa carrera bajo el nombre de Avenger a us espaldas, nos llega su primer trabajo con la denominación de Bohemyst en donde podemos destacar lo elaborado y la ejecución perfecta del sonido que encierra este "Čerň a smrt" a lo largo de sus diez temas. Estamos ante un álbum con una propuesta atemporal, en mucho sentidos capaz de ofrecer un sonido que podemos encuadrar dentro del death/black de los años noventa, por una parte por el enfoque death que se le ha sabido dar a muchas partes vocales en cuanto a profundidad y contundencia, pero sin descuidar las partes más directas con influencias black en muchas estructuras, al mismo tiempo que el conjunto sabe traer también influencias de estilos como el rock o el heavy clásico. Con estos aspectos el sonido da muestra de una riqueza y variedad que por un lado se sumerge en las partes más clásica dentro del sonido extremo aunque sin renunciar a otros elementos mucho más actuales. El álbum logra mostrarse sobre todo muy oscuro y denso a veces, con un regusto casi que siniestro, si me apuras hasta de película de terror ofreciendo también una dosis de melodía que se va colando por diferentes resquicios, tanto en las partes de guitarra como en mayor medida en las secciones de programaciones que sirven para dar un mayor empaque y cohesión al álbum. Aunque estamos hablando del primer álbum de Bohemyst no es menos cierto que la veteranía que atesoran los checos acaba por imponerse en forma de un sonido conciso y maduro. (7,6)

Petrichor

1. Intro 01:27  

2. Čerň a smrt 06:30  

3. Krvehlas 05:53  

4. Na umrlčích prknech 05:21  

5. Paní lesa 05:07  

6. Kosti 04:57  

7. Co nelze zapomenout 04:05  

8. Nekromantika 04:14  

9. Do chřtánu smrti 04:09  

10. Zvrácenosti zvědavosti 04:19  

  46:02  

Charles Manson / Seges Findere ‎– The Way Of The Wolf  8,99 €

Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition

Limited edition of 200 copies with 12" inlay.

Side A (Helter): Charles Manson recordings from the eighties, remastered in 2015

Side B (Skelter): Manson cover versions by Seges Findere in 2015

REMAH

 

Origen: Francia, Bélgica, París, Bruselas

Estilo: Black atmosférico

Temática: ?

Enlaces: Bandcamp

Miembros:

• A.B.R Voces
• Dea Hydra Todos los instrumentos y voces
• Jonas Sanders Batería

Discografía:

• Une main CD 2021

UNE MAIN (2021)

Cinco temas contiene el primer larga duración de este proyecto francés y belga que nos ofrece un sonido de black atmosférico, rugoso y agresivo, no exento de elementos tanto ambientales como de raw.

El álbum comienza con una intro lenta en el tema "Des rêves sales", no exenta de cierta oscuridad que pronto da paso a un sonido mucho más agresivo y lleno de rabia y desazón, capaz de arremeter con fuerza dentro de un black metal en donde se suceden los cambios de ritmo en momentos donde la música parece que ha alcanzo un estilo casi que de mantra y que da paso otra vez a un sonido mucho más pausado e intimista para volver a precipitarse a terrenos de una violencia y agresividad sin contemplaciones, con un ritmo muy alto y unas atmósferas muy trabajadas. Atmósferas que nos hablan de soledad, sufrimiento y desazón, al tiempo que pueden recordar a secciones de vacuidad. Las voces se muestran repletas de rabia también, con una presencia no del todo notable aunque si trabajadas y muy bien engarzadas con el apartado musical, sonando como aullidos desgarradores en el conjunto. Un tema como "Les marais" situado en medio del álbum y funcionando como catalizador de todo el conjunto es una pieza ambiental totalmente desquiciante, repleta de oscuridad y un ambiente enfermizo de voces de ultratumba, todo un atrevimiento a la par que acierto. Un álbum muy inmersivo por momentos descorazonador, con acertados cambios de ritmo, variado en recursos que van desde lo clásico hasta otras mas actuales, tanto en instrumentación como en voces para funcionar como una obra de black atmosférico muy completa. (8).

Avantgarde Music

1. Des rêves sales 09:47  

2. III 06:22  

3. Les marais 03:17  

4. La gueule ouverte 06:59  

5. Premier spasme 08:58  

  35:23

Volcanic  ‎– Okkult Witch (picture disc) 11,99 €

Vinyl, 10", EP, Limited Edition, Picture Disc, Remastered

UNDERDARK

 

Origen: Reino Unido, Nottingham

Formados: 2015

Estilo: Post black metal

Temática: Anarquismo, antifascismo y problemas sociales

Enlaces: Bandcamp, facebook, instagram, soundcloud, spotify y twitter

Miembros:

• Abi Voces
• Adam Guitarra
• Dan Batería
• Ollie Guitarra
• Stephen Bajo

Discografía:

• Mourning Cloak EP 2016  
• Underdark​ / Antre Split 2018
• Plainsong/With Bruised and Bloodied Feet Single 2020  
• Our Bodies Burned Bright on Re​-​Entry CD 2021
• Unfinished Sympathy Single 2023  
• Managed Decline CD 2023 
• O Come Forth Annihilation CD 2026

OUR BODIES BURNED BRIGHT ON RE-ENTRY (2021)

Primer larga duración para los de Nottingham, un álbum que podríamos considerar que se has gestado desde 2015, que ha tenido que hacer frente la cambio de vocalista y que sirve de alguna forma para volver aportar a la escena inglesa un soplo de aire fresco. El álbum contiene cinco temas que superna el total de treinta y seis minutos en donde un tema inicial como "Qeres" sirve de patrón para todo lo que llegará a continuación, Por un lado tenemos una estructura de inicio en los temas de corte limpio, melódico y atmosférico que abruptamente se ve destrozado cuando hacen aparición las voces de Abi de tintes mucho más agresivas y desgarradoras, que acaban por convertir los comienzos más lentos y pausados en una vorágine de violencia y agresividad, al mismo tiempo que no se renuncia a elementos como la rabia, el sufrimiento y la desazón. Estructuras repetitivas, violentas explosiones de rabia y vinolencia así como elementos reconocibles dentro de estilos como el post en el apartado musical o del hardcore en las voces se van sucediendo y en donde la extensión de los temas permite desarrollar una variedad de estados de ánimo y sensaciones muchas veces cercanas a episodios de violencia, rebelión o frustración. Un impecable apartado musical en donde la batería va cobrando protagonismo a medida que lo temas aumentan su velocidad y unas guitarras que escupen violentos riffs al mismo tiempo que son capaces de guardar un equilibrio entra la melodía y la crudeza, acaban por completar un álbum directo y preciso. (7,9).

Surviving Sounds

1. Qeres 07:20

   It would have been easy to stay home. To look away. To get drunk enough to kid myself i never saw anything. Fires die, fire die, eyes grow tired. We hollow out and pretend that we hate company. Mask the fear of loss with distance. It would have been easy to let you go. To let you die, My friend.

Now i'm breaking down your door and i am begging you to stay. But you always run away. You're afraid of the pain. You won't even say his name. Peel back the skin from your face. The sun is not the only thing that's fallen today; Don't call me angel.

Let the drip remind you that you're alive; you have to stay awake. Won't you stay and suffer with me? Clear your head in the rain, cigarette on the fire escape. Look away, passing years fleeting fears. Winter air, rain blurs into mist under lights as vision vignettes. We disregard ourselves. Living among memories, Scar becomes skin.

Dig your nails in. Don't you dare let go. Bloodshot to unslept. Running down the hallway soaking wet. White knuckle to the blade, you really mean it this time.

I can't lose another friend.

In the cold light of a saturday. Freezing rain, a broken window. There's blood across the kitchen floor. Don't make me do this again. Don't make me.

Now i'm breaking down your door and i'm begging you to stay. But you will always run away, You're afraid of the pain. You won't even say my name as you walk into the waves. That love line is looking frayed, life line's a fucking noose.

You can stand strong alone. I've seen you live through this before.

2. Our Bodies Burned Bright on Re​-​Entry 08:35

  You are the morning star. Sunrise reflecting off empty bottles, And the mirror is cracked and flecked white. Goodnight sweet supply, here comes the crash. See you at the end of the skylines rushing up, Rooftops colliding our faces awake.

One night in hell, seven minutes in heaven. 4th degree burns on my hands and my neck. Young lucifer, kiss my mouth at the station. Could you hold my hands 'til they stop shaking?

Safe passage, blood magic, cuts on my wrists. Skin going numb from the pills swallowing. Not holding hands but we touch at our lips. Don't need to fuck, but i'm still fucking with-

Take out your weapon and climb on top of me. Make me art, Make a mess. A monument to lost rest. The space between our skin inscribed with blood and sweat. Kiss me goodnight like a pilot light, Sylvia.

I won't pretend i didn't notice you staring. Did you see the bloodstains, or just the shaking? Is it okay? Obvious how far i'm gone? The other side of the sunrise, Scream into my mirror. Until the glass breaks us.

One night in hell, seven minutes in heaven. 4th degree burns on my hands and my neck. Young lucifer, kiss my mouth at the station. Could you hold my hands 'til they stop shaking?

Safe passage, blood magic, cuts on my wrists. Skin going numb from the pills swallowing. Not holding hands but we touch at our lips. Don't need to fuck, but i'm still fucking with-

Angels on my tongue, Incense in my lungs. Shaking hands tear me to bits.

...the 4th degree. Your blood would freeze at the thought. Of the shit that i have done for money. How much neon do i have to push through my veins. Until i can call myself a city?

Like every night you stayed close that year. Kissed the bottle in the streetlight, Should it have been me? Oh man i wish.

Andule, Mi alma. I wish life could have been different. But i bled petition to the gods for your safe flight back to Toronto. Next time will be measured in days and months or i'll cut out my lying tongue. Every day i wake from a vision of the ground rushing to meet my face.

If we never fell like this, How do we know what falling is?

3. Coyotes 06:42

Sold promises and herded north. Delivered through fences into exploitative arms. Torn from families and ground up for foundations, blood to tend your gardens. Until you put us to the wall. Scapegoated, The drug dealers. In the border towns, selling cures you've been priced out of at home. For your children, Running Free, Without papers. Ours watch guards pass by through the bars of a cage door. O, Pobre Mexico, Tan lejos de dios y tan cerca de los estados unidos. The coyotes will always get through. You know that, You always knew. Our blood oils the machine. We're going to watch it burn. Affording you the same respect you always gave us: Fuck your borders. 

4. With Ashen Hands Around Our Throats 06:17

Black clouds plume over the capital and the ash starts to fall. Grey snow, Black rain in the summer streets. 60 hours burning, Death creeps into homes through the cladding. Flames dance through corridors. Human cost, stay put, no profit loss. Blood and ash on the hands of landlords. We still bleed by the month for the privilege of living in a time bomb. Resist to regulate, launch inquests in the hopes we all forget. The invisible hand revealed by the stains that mark it. (It's choking us, We're dying here, 3rd degree casualty) So we stay displaced, one eye to the fire escape. Black our lungs, become statistics to drive change. Renovations paid for in lives; Innocence and negligence. Death calls, But never says who's at fault. How many lives 'ti they answer for their crimes? Blood and ash on the hands of landlords. And look what embers remain. 3 days pain. 2 years and counting, we remain. Look them in the eyes and say what you tell yourself; we made our money though. Clear out your conscience, what's it worth? Justified inactions. We pay up and wait to burn. Do you think you can't be touched? Everyone who did this has a face, name, address. If they think they're fireproof, they are wrong. 

5. Skeleton Queen 07:09

 Press that bloodstain to my chapped and faded lips. As if though contact i could regain myself. Carve your initials, Stay claim to my flesh. I never wanted this prison of meat and bone. With my poets' lips, Oven-blue and glistening. Resent myself for learning how to sing inside a bell jar:

"Yo soy la reina de los huesos, Yo soy la reina del infierno, Estoy bien"

I can keep up the act. I'm not wearing thin. Love my work, full of joy, motivated, every day i'm not wearing thing. Telling myself i can i can i can i can i can. Live with this compromise.

Yo soy la reina de los huesos, Yo soy la reina del infierno, Estoy bien. Estoy bien. I hate my voice for never being what you wanted to hear. I hate my mirror for never showing me what i want to see.

At my very best, i made a fucking mess of your bed, But it was a beautiful wreck, Right? She said if that's all i want to try then that's fine, Abi just let go and fucking-

"I feel energised 100% of the time. I feel positive. I feel strong. Struggling to come up with new ideas is not making me depressed. Drinking is not affecting my life. Cocaine is not affecting my life. I just need some time of whatever it is that makes you feel completed. I need to feel whole, and not like a shitty person anymore. I'm..."

Die.

Die, Abi. Die.

I'll make sure your work dies with you.

  36:03

Vassafor / Temple Nightside – Call Of The Maelstrom 10,99 €

Limited to 500 copies. 140g black vinyl housed in a 300gsm jacket with matte varnish, flooded black inside. Includes a double-sided 250gsm cardstock insert.

ULVIK

 

Origen: Canadá, Columbia Británica

Formados: ?

Estilo: Black atmosférico, doom y neofolk

Temática:?

Enlaces: Bandcamp, facebook, instagram y spotify

Miembros:

• George Allen ?
• Jade Fadel ?

Discografía:

• Shelter EP 2011  
• Volume One CD 2018  
• Volume Two CD 2019  
• Volume One & Two Recopilatorio 2019  
• Isolation Motifs EP 2020  
• Cascades CD 2021
• Last Rites | Dire Omens CD 2024

CASCADES (2021)

Tercera entrega para este combo canadiense que ofrece cinco temas extensos de un sonido black con tintes atmosféricos y diferentes influencias que hacen que su música sea un transito por diferentes estados de ánimo. El sonido de este álbum se mueve en su mayor parte por un estilo que tiene que ver con el black atmosférico, un sonido que esta repleto de pasajes ángulos en donde las soledad por un lado, la introspección y el contacto con la naturaleza están muy presentes a lo largo de la mayoría de los temas. Elementos de un black más clásico digamos que también tienen protagonismo tanto cuando están presentes de forma principal como en el tema "Nokhur" como cuando ejerce de soporte en segundo plano de las composiciones. Pero es que la músicas de este "Cascades" está repleto de diferentes intensidades fruto de los cambios de ritmo y registro de los temas, capaces de iniciarse con un registro lento e intimista para acabar explotando en una vertiente mucho más agresiva, repleta de rabia y desazón, para a renglón seguido tornarse otra vez mucho más atmosférico y cercanos. Las voces acompañan también en un tono mucho más oscuro y denso en contrapunto a las partes más lentas. Por otra parte no podemos pasar por alto lo elaborado de las composiciones si nos centramos en la construcción de las atmósferas, capaces de acercarlos a obras de bandas como Panopticon o de estilos como el Cascadian black metal gracias a lo cercano que nos hace sentir al sufrimiento y lo salvaje y agreste de la naturaleza sin descuidar también las inclusión de estructuras que pueden recordar a secciones de neofolk. (8).

Avantgarde Music

1. Baaltis 05:00  

2. Nokhur 05:47  

3. Huis Clos 06:11  

4. Allmächtiger Gott! Lössch' aus 08:04  

5. Salt of the Earth 06:46  

  31:48

CRAVEN IDOL

 

Origen: U.K., Londres

Formados: 2005

Estilo: Black, thrash

Temática: Anticristianismo. historia, libertinaje y ocultismo

Enlaces: Bandcamp, deezer, facebook, instagram, soundcloud y spotify

Miembros:

• Asuric Desolation Manifest Guitarra
• Heretic Blades Batería
• Immolator of Sadistik Wrath Guitarra y voces
• Suspiral Bajo

Discografía:

• Demo #1 Demo 2006  
• Recrucify Demo 2009  
• Ethereal Altars EP 2010
• Towards Eschaton CD 2013
• The Shackles of Mammon CD 2017
• Forked Tongues CD 2021
• Demystification of the Fallen Idols Split 2026

FORKED TONGUES (2021)

Tercer larga duración para esta ya veterana banda londinense que es todo un ejercicio de black rudo y directo que surge de la fusión con estilos como el thrash sobre todo pero que no deja pasar ocasión de sumar otros como el death por ejemplo. El álbum suena compacto y denso por momentos, logrando sumergir al oyente en una temática apocalíptica y destructiva que emana de la mitología griega. En cuanto al apartado musical hay un trabajo profundo en diferente aspectos, uno de ellos tiene que ver con el sustento de los temas, formado esta por una base de riffs densos y crudos al tiempo que se imprime un alto ritmo de batería sin apenas contemplaciones a lo largo de todo el álbum. Sobre este sustento se van fundiendo innumerables riffs de estilos y registro diferentes, si es cierto que el resutlado final es un sonido black digamos que rudimentario, centrado sobre todo en influencias thrash, no lo es menos tampoco el esfuerzo por ofrecer algunas melodías acopladas de manera perfecta al conjunto aportando si cabe mayor empaque. Es cierto también que un elemento fundamental de este álbum es lo compacto que suena sin apenas resquicios y que se asemeja a un apisonadora. Hay también un trabajo importante en el apartado vocal, con una base black, pero con acertadas influencias death, algún falsete heavy y por que no pasajes limpios perfectamente engarzados con la instrumentación. Un álbum muy rico en matices y estilos que en un primer momento se puede confundir digamos con algo simple y centrado en lo más clásico del género, pero que sin embargo conforme avanza se vuelve hasta algo complejo, pero que es del todo apetecible en cuanto a lo elaborado de su sonido y la potencia y versatilidad de sus riffs. (7,7).

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1. Venomous Rites 04:15  

2. The Wrath of Typhon 03:55  

3. Iron Age of Devastation 03:58  

4. Even the Demons... 05:26  

5. Forked Tongues 05:21  

6. Deify the Stormgod 09:23  

7. The Gods Have Left Us for Dead 09:06  

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CRIMSON DIMENSION - INTERVIEW

1. The band has been active since 2017, why did you decide to create the band? Why did you choose the name Crimson Dimension and what does it refer to?

Actually we have been active quite a longer time, approximately from 2012. We always have wanted to make our own music and the band is our way of bringing the music to audience. Of course members of the band have been friends for many years and playing in the band is mutual hobby.

We had several names in the past and Crimson Dimension just seemed like the best choice at the time. Still sounds nice.

2. These last four years you have used it in the composition of your self-titled album, how important has the inclusion of both J-M Koppelomäki and Ari Inkinen, already with experience in other bands, been to finish defining the sound of the album?

Crimson Dimension is of course completely its own prOject. Some experience with recording and music production has come as a bonus from J-M Koppelomäki as he has worked many years as a studio engineer. Every member of the band has very big freedom in expression of their own unique style in the band.

3. “Crimson Dimension” is your first album, how was the writing and recording process for this first album? What brands of instruments did you use to write and record it?

The four songs on the album were selected from several different compositions. For example the Finnish song Valon Hylkäämä was our first ever recorded song that was rearranged and re-recorded to be on the album.

Recording took about one year to complete. The album is massive afterall.

- J-M Koppelomäki used during the recording custom Kiiras Instruments 8-string guitar, Gary Kramer Turbulence 7-string and Gibson 6-string guitars.

- T. Karjalainen used Amfisound and Music Man guitars.

- Guitars were recorded using Mesa Boogie guitar amplification.

- A. Inkinen used ESP basses and Mesa Boogie amplifier and cabinets.

- E. Hokkanen uses Korg Kronos keyboard and other Korg products.

- J. Ahonen used vintage Sonor drums.

4. Black metal in essence but also with elements that can remind you of progressive rock or others that go from symphonic to psychedelic, what sounds and bands have influenced you when shaping the sound of this first album? How would you describe the sound of the album for those who have not heard it yet?

The album was not supposed to sound like anything else. We purposefully chose to go with a more organic and raw sound without too much over production you hear these days. Every band member brings their own musical influence to this mix and it sounds like Crimson Dimension.

5. What topics do you deal with in your lyrics? Why do you consider it interesting to talk about them? Do the lyrics conform to the musical section or vice versa?

Lyrics are quite typical for black and death metal genres and bring themes from that world. Of course lyrics reflect personal life and mind of the writer. The lyrics were written specifically to these songs.

6. The Nordic countries have always been characterized by having a very important scene within extreme metal, what do you think is due to this situation? What do you think of the blakc metal scene in a country like Finland and how has it evolved along the way? over the last few years?

The metal scene has become even too mainstream in this part of the world and maybe lost some of its magick. There's more black metal bands than ever has been, but the best still are from the golden era of 1980-1990. Fortunately good music is still been created.

7. Who designed the album cover, what does this cover represent and how does it relate to the content of the album?

We tried to think of several different ideas, but ended up with very simple early 90's death metal style cover. The skulls on the cover are real thing and photographed by ourselves.

8. As a band, beyond the fact of being able to offer concerts, how have the restrictions imposed as a result of the Covid-19 irruption affected you?

We haven't done a lot of live shows during our lifetime and this case the current situation has not bothered us much.

9. Spread Evil Productions Finnish record label with a good handful of Finnish bands under their belt has released the album. How did the possibility of working and editing the album with this record label come about? Are you satisfied with the editing and promotion work done by Spread Evil Productions?

We are honored to be under the label of such underground music. The co-operation has worked very well between us and the label.

10. How were your beginnings in music: first concerts you attend, first albums you buy? What did you do in your life that made you want to be musicians?

We all have been very active music listeners since the beginning. We bought albums, visited concerts, recorded casettes and so on. Naturally everyone of us were so fascinated by music that we found some instrument to try and rest is history. Nowadays music determines a part of our lives more or less.

11. Which album represents for you the essence of black metal? What last albums have you bought?

Every band member have their own favorites without going into details. What comes to essence of black metal, we must mention of course "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" by Mayhem, obviously.

12. What future plans do you have for Crimson Dimension in terms of upcoming releases, concerts or reissues?

We have considered making a vinyl reissue of our debut album as a limited edition. We are making material for another album at some point in the future.

13. Thank you very much for taking the time to answer these questions for Black Metal Spirit, if you want to add something for the followers of Crimson Dimension this is the place. I hope the questions are to your liking.

Thank you for the interview and good questions. We hope readers find our album and take a listen.

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