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| 3.5 great | zaruyache | September 12th 19 |
More musically excellent second-wave worshiping black metal from the all-woman collective. The vox is an edgelord who hates immigrants and likes white nationalists, too, which also helps put Asagraum in line with many of their all-male contemporaries.
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| 4.0 excellent | cjbizzlebizzle | December 4th 19 |
Similar to Immortal's 'Northern Chaos Gods' this album wastes absolutely no time getting into aggressive and energetic black metal riffing with intense, ghastly vocals that will chill you to your spine. While the record could be identified as black metal by just about any music fan, Asagraum just write really quality riffs that have purpose in the overall context of their songwriting creating memorable ebbs and flows in the midst of the speed barrage. While many of their peers are exploring atmosphere (this has a great torture chamber feel) and extended song lengths, this group seems to follow a quality over quantity ethos that is most apparent in 'Abomination's Altar', the opener and the title track. Every riff feels necessary and the music is filled with drama in just 4-6 minute songs. The type of black metal that will energize you and you will want to play it at max volume while driving 120mph.
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| 3.0 good | Gary STAFF | January 13th 20 |
Nice second wave worship, but forgettable. Each song stands very well on its own, but the overall package is very-very samey.
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| 3.0 good | ManiacBlasphemer | October 14th 19 |
I expected the second album to be better, to show some songwriting progress, but it seems that this band is content to recycle the second-wave black metal cliches and formulaic songwriting with very little novelty. Whatever novelty they bring are influences borrowed from the more dissonant black metal, popularized by Deathspell Omega and that is present here too. The band should probably learn that relentless blast-beasts can be good if used more moderately. Turning your music into sport is not exactly a good idea, from a songwriting point of view. In addition, if you plan to play your music as fast as possible, make sure you hire a better drummer. There are moments in some songs when the drummer can't keep up with the rhythm. It would also be a good idea to keep the vocals buried in the mix as this kind of sore-throat Orc vocals is detrimental to the music if pushed too much in the front. A few highlights, tracks 1, 2, 8 and 9. There are other bits and pieces that sound good, but it is mostly when the band slows done the tempo. Whenever they speed up and overuse blast-beats, they are boring and monotonous. And what's the problem if the vocalist hates immigrants and likes white nationalists? What does this has to do with music?
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| 3.0 good | Coast | December 28th 19 |
| 3.5 great | peahat | December 12th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | jfish226 | November 25th 19 |
| 2.5 average | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | September 17th 19 |
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