Hey ratsapprentice...I was a big fan of them at the time of Draco Sit Mihi Dux, still jam that album from time to time. Then they lost me on Dodens Evangelium (it sounded really opressive, ddomy, layered, but in the end it was really turgid, no "get up n' go" no kicking ass whatsoever). The new one frankly reminds me of Marduk in 2000, fast, brutal, and vapid (or Dark Funeral, or Setherial, or...any of the bazillion Swedish blastmonkeys that queued up in front of Studio Abyss around that time). I was again, disappoint. Svartsyn's "Timeless Reign" blew my head off clean, and then he got some children to play with him...and made another blastaliciously pointless platter (Wrath upon the earth). Again, disappoint.
However the new CB was awesome thanks for reminding me. The one before it was a snoozefest but I gotta go listen to Falling Monuments now.
MGLA is a band I like a lot. Yeah they're pretty emo (sexy black metal like one of my old buddies would say) but they can sure write engaging minimalism. Even if they are a tad too slick for most BM people. I like slick though
SVEST and Katharsis are definitely my favorites from the later bands. Batshit insane satanic hysteria. Although "Urfaust" is a little rough even for the most diehard I think it has a very sublime krautrock quality that many Opeth fans might enjoy, if they could peer into it through the slop and blasts of noise hehe. I know 99% of you here will be like FUUUUUUU but if you really strain your ears you might be able to hear some of the madness (to quit my derailment of this thread in a productive manner before mods kick my ass)
Artist: S.V.E.S.T. (Satanas Vobiscum Et Spiritum Tuo)
Album: Urfaust
Year: 2003
Genre: Black Metal
Recommended If You Like: Katharsis, Emperor (albeit played through an out of control washing machine and fuzz pedal)
Sample Song: Nuit de Walpurgis
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