http://www.hellridemusic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11568
It always amazes me how the incredibly prolific underground metal hero Nicklas Rudolfsson toils in relative obscurity I mean, theres Runemagick, Swordmaster, Deathwitch, Sacramentum, The Funeral Orchestra for starters thats a pretty impressive list of metal right there. But you never see the mans face on the cover of Terrorizer. In metal especially in metal the cream doesnt always rise to the top. And when it does, like in politics or entertainment, its always somewhat suspect.
Well, Runemagick have just released what is their ninth full length in the span of 8 years. Taking into consideration the relative disappointment of last years tepid Envenom, I cant begin to tell you how much I enjoy the pure, unadulterated heavy occult darkness that Invocation of Magick unleashes. Runemagick are back in spades. Its unfair to label this Death/Doom, even though this is exactly what it is. That oft-used term tends to bring to mind unintelligible grunts over snooze-inducing, sometimes symphonic-soaked extended arrangements that go nowhere and tend to wallow in self-pity. On Invocation Of Magick , Runemagick take the rawness of early Swedish Death Metal and apply it to the epic Doom Metal ethos. The result is somewhat like an amalgam of Dismember and Candlemass, with just the right amount of the atmosphere of dread ala Blunt Aus Nord or The Funeral Orchestra. Multiple time changes, raw-but-not-indecipherable vocals, riffs that crush and epic-length arrangements that suffocate the listener in seething occult darkness.
Really, on my list for one of the top Doom Metal releases of 2006. Awesome stuff all the way around, and in no way resembles the typical Sabbath cookie-cutter approach we are (all) too familiar with.
It always amazes me how the incredibly prolific underground metal hero Nicklas Rudolfsson toils in relative obscurity I mean, theres Runemagick, Swordmaster, Deathwitch, Sacramentum, The Funeral Orchestra for starters thats a pretty impressive list of metal right there. But you never see the mans face on the cover of Terrorizer. In metal especially in metal the cream doesnt always rise to the top. And when it does, like in politics or entertainment, its always somewhat suspect.
Well, Runemagick have just released what is their ninth full length in the span of 8 years. Taking into consideration the relative disappointment of last years tepid Envenom, I cant begin to tell you how much I enjoy the pure, unadulterated heavy occult darkness that Invocation of Magick unleashes. Runemagick are back in spades. Its unfair to label this Death/Doom, even though this is exactly what it is. That oft-used term tends to bring to mind unintelligible grunts over snooze-inducing, sometimes symphonic-soaked extended arrangements that go nowhere and tend to wallow in self-pity. On Invocation Of Magick , Runemagick take the rawness of early Swedish Death Metal and apply it to the epic Doom Metal ethos. The result is somewhat like an amalgam of Dismember and Candlemass, with just the right amount of the atmosphere of dread ala Blunt Aus Nord or The Funeral Orchestra. Multiple time changes, raw-but-not-indecipherable vocals, riffs that crush and epic-length arrangements that suffocate the listener in seething occult darkness.
Really, on my list for one of the top Doom Metal releases of 2006. Awesome stuff all the way around, and in no way resembles the typical Sabbath cookie-cutter approach we are (all) too familiar with.
