SERVANT - Aetas Ascensus - CD
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Age of Ascension !
With their impressive debut "Blessed By The Light Of A Thousand Stars" Servant belonged to the Black Metal surprises of the year 2021. Now with "Aetas Ascensus" the successor is ready to confirm the high expectations, which they undoubtedly succeed in doing! With the new 9 songs Servant fulfil their claim to take the next step.
Musically, much of the new material seems more furious and wild. Blast beats are paired with complex harmonic guitars and merge with the authentic vocals to create an emotionally charged atmosphere. Melody and harmony are the cornerstones of another impressive Black Metal work, which lyrically deals with a variety of religious texts, whereby gnosis plays a major role here and also the politics behind. So the album also contains songs about emperors and kings who have fallen prey to madness and have helped to destroy themselves and their empire.
"Aetas Ascensus" is a complex piece of music, bursting with a wealth of details. Those who already enjoyed the Scandinavian Black Metal influenced debut will love the no less majestic, latently symphonic and yet more brute successor!
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€12.99*
The return of „Ancient History“
A stone chamber. Smell of mould, sand and age. Darkness, torches, fading artwork on the walls. Steps lead deeper into the stone. 3000km away from the Valley of the Kings, in 2015 a band have set themselves the tasks to merge the atmosphere of ancient Egypt musically into a classic Black Metal fundament. Under the banner of the lion-headed god MAAHES (the lord of darkness, winds and slaughter) they stepped out of the catacombs and with a unique stage show they have already been guests at festivals like the Wolfszeit or the Ragnarök Festival.
Conceptually as well as musically, the quintet shows that they know how to shoulder the burden of extreme metal history. Just as the protagonist of their concept album "Reincarnation" escapes from the captivity of the ancient Egyptian underworld and resurrects successfully at the end, Maahes stylistically fight their way through a quarter of a century of extreme music history. If you think about legendary albums like "Storm of the Light's Bane", "Deathcult Armageddon", "At the Heart of Winter" or "God hates us all", you are probably not too wrong. But the band also allows itself cross-references in Death Metal or Heavy Metal in order to realize its compositional ideas without disturbing barriers.
Anno 2020 it is now time to unleash this result of their work so far on mankind. "Reincarnation" was already produced in 2018 and was recorded in various studios, including Studio Wustrack (a.o. Vroudenspil). Drumrecordings, mix and mastering took place under the direction of Florian Dammasch at "Nightside Audio" in Solingen (a.o. Eïs, Ash Of Ashes). The debut is completed by the artwork of Brazilian artist Caio Caldas/Cadiesart (Dragonforce, Doro, a.o.).
ISIULUSIONS - I- Follow The Flow Digi CD
€9.99*
Over the edge !
Isiulusions is an Austrian quartet, which was founded by the Hellsaw guitarist Isiul (who is also partly the namesake of the band). Together with other members of Hellsaw, Groteskh, Nocturne and Irdorath, among others, long-proven representatives of the scene are convened under this new banner, which is why one cannot really speak of "newcomers", even if Isiulusions are still a completely blank sheet.
Musically the guys take the chance to implement some ideas collected over the years, which led to the present debut "I-Follow The Flow". Stylistically, the album offers a wide spectrum which may have its origins in Black Metal, but also gives room to classic Heavy Metal parts and atmospheric sounds. This is also reflected in the vocals, which cover an equally diverse range.
"I-Follow The Flow" was produced in the "Sound Delusion Studio" in Carinthia under the direction of Christoph Klier and is described by guitarist Isiul himself as follows: "You can't deny that we come from Black Metal - we don't want to - but we like to think outside the box."
THORMESIS - The Sixth Digipak CD
€12.99*
Uncompromising!
With their sixth studio album, which aptly bears the name "The Sixth", the South Germans prove once more that they are not ready to be pushed into a drawer. Between modern Post, - and the Pagan Black Metal of their early days, Thormesis have managed to create their own place for their music with their sophisticated songwriting, without having to make any compromises in soundtechnical or contentwise.
The band consistently relies on the trademarks of their last albums and combines great, touching melodies with a frosty sound, for which the band, like on the previous album "Trümmerfarben", shows itself responsible which underlines the uncompromising nature of their musical work.
With "The Sixth" Thormesis have created an album which undoubtedly represents the highlight of the quartet's musical work and captivates and fascinates the listener from the first to the last tone.