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| 4.0 excellent | Gary STAFF | February 20th 25 |
Hellfire is pretty much the mix of the previous albums: fast and sharp, and pleasantly technical as well. Plus, the vocals are also much more interesting than what we heard on the previous albums. This is a simply a very-well written black metal record with a bit techy vibe.
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| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | April 29th 18 |
"Hellfire" is very heavy, demonic and ruthless as a very strong punch in the face. 1349 is a band with an awful name, and with options and ideas half doubtful within the scope of their works, but what they did in this album, deserves all the applause. Even if it is known and has an interesting fan base, the band is much more linked to the underground because it is not mentioned by other artists. In the end, we have here one of the most genuine works of Black Metal.
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| 4.0 excellent | Nidhogg | September 29th 11 |
Though "Beyond the Apocalypse" was my personal favorite, this is the best in terms of quality, technicality, drums, and vocals. It is like a path, a path that the young explorers of black metal must take reference to. But though you can stray away from the path and head towards symphonic, progressive, folk, or death tenanted styles of black metal, the road shall always be there for black metal musicians to follow. Still, like all black metal albums repetition is a foe, but this time repetition seems to not be an issue, for each song seems different in the atmosphere of it, not in the melodies maybe, but the vibe nevertheless.
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| 4.0 excellent | rc1288 | April 28th 10 |
What the fuck? where did this come from? I was really blowed by this the first time I put it on my stereo, I wasn't especting something as heavy as Hellfire, not by 1349. Ok, the previous album is quite good, but is not nearly as heavy, chaotic and simply brutal as this. One thing you could argue is that this has almost no atmosphere, but damn, it doesn't need it at all.
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| 4.5 superb | kezef | July 7th 07 |
Production here is deliberately poor (but not grim poor) to establish atmosphere without which the fuzzy, raw and unsettling sound 1349 unleashes could disappoint rather than satisfy. Hellfire is as much a throwback to the old as it is a (hopeful) forerunner to a new wave of black metal; 1349, with their built in influences yet unique sound could help establish a bridge between the true norwegian black metal of the early nineties and a future wave that could bypass the now trendy symphonic school of black metal. If more modern bands took influence from 1349 than from the generic run-of-the-mill heap from 1996-pres. there could indeed be a future for the genre.
This album is consistently good but does not mesh together into one massive opus, rather distinct tracks each evoke separate sounds for easier listening. Guitar melodies repeat, driving into the listeners skull as barbaric drumming lends a wall of sound through which machine-gun tat-tats that could be called percussion punctuate evenly. Ravn's unique voice lends its own charm to the album, avoiding the cookie-cutter Burzum rip-off shrieks or any other often imitated never duplicated tricks of the genre. The cohesive whole of the album, individually well-orchestrated components assembled to the end of a sum greater than its parts, earns it a place next to the res of my favourites. If all goes well for black metal and it does not die out or inflate with trend-hungry leeches, Hellfire may well be the De Mysteriis dom Sathanas of a decade later; a classic bound to inspire imitators and heirs.
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| 3.0 good | JoneHK | October 4th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | December 5th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Kelek | November 16th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | gfgfg11 | October 8th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Aurora | January 5th 23 |
| 2.5 average | ckssr1 | September 26th 22 |
| 2.5 average | qt | April 23rd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | yayafa | January 28th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | perkeleh | November 30th 20 |
| 3.0 good | remi | October 1st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | GallyP | May 15th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | d00mguy | March 20th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jeejee | October 17th 19 |
| 2.5 average | blou52 | May 6th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Henry | December 7th 18 |
| 3.5 great | ElSomni | November 16th 18 |
| 3.5 great | carved | October 9th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fear | December 11th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | July 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Freitag | March 15th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | chanson | February 10th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | dragoth | September 11th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Moge | May 2nd 16 |
| 2.5 average | esav | January 21st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | mEyck97 | November 23rd 15 |
| 2.5 average | Santet | November 12th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Faustus | October 30th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Crinn | March 11th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Melwa | January 19th 14 |
| 3.5 great | gas83 | January 3rd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | goat38 | August 17th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Nacen | June 27th 13 |
| 2.5 average | tg103 | April 10th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | gallus90 | November 16th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Alastor | November 10th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | RAGG | July 9th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sabaton | June 27th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Vragec | March 31st 12 |
| 2.0 poor | HWBTW | December 19th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Izzard3 | November 4th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | GROK | October 6th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | stotty | September 25th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | joec101 | September 18th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Wjo | July 24th 11 |
| 3.5 great | 37er00 | February 24th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oceans | November 4th 10 |
| 3.5 great | qWot | March 15th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | blkmtl | March 2nd 10 |
| 3.0 good | Yordy | February 17th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Hoenir | February 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zyhaal | January 7th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zerthis | November 3rd 09 |
| 3.5 great | kaleb | October 30th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Set | September 12th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | ameypv | September 11th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ghost76 | August 20th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | quaazi | March 28th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Wizard | January 11th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kyle Ward EMERITUS | January 4th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Zoo | August 4th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Slaytan | April 22nd 08 |
| 4.7 superb | Ryan P STAFF | March 28th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ant0 | January 26th 08 |
| 3.5 great | mana20 | January 19th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Valhall | December 21st 07 |
| 3.5 great | Rawar | December 12th 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shadows | November 1st 05 |
| 2.5 average | Tyler EMERITUS |
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