The difficulty of maintaining a sense of brutality by balancing folkish melody with Death Metal’s deconstructionist tendencies is undoubtedly the reason behind the scarcity of such albums as this rare Danish classic that’s now enthroned within the golden halls inhabited by the likes of Unleashed and the previously hailed Asgard, as warriors of Viking Death Metal. Deriving their sound largely from the Swedish scene which housed the former band, Dominus additionally colour their music with the ancient, melodic sentiment of the memorable French beserkers, resulting in an album that sounds like ‘To a Golden Age’ as composed by Entombed from the ‘Clandestine‘ era. Steadily chugging riffs accompanied by a Bolt Thrower style of rolling percussion do battle with bouncy, highly pronounced rhythms in the manner of both Entombed and Seance, from which ominous shades of folk melodies emerge, initially encoded within the nihilistic rhythmic patterns, gradually becoming more independent as the album progresses, highlighting the journey of warriors and their struggles sanctioned by the gods, which reveal to man the true scope of his existence, within the continuum of cosmic action. Avoid all further output by and incarnations of Dominus, so that the memory of this carefully orchestrated saga stands proud over countless, unspeakable populist horrors.
Now as we ride in iron and steel
We know that this is the land of eternity
A great one.
Thx for exhuming.
Comment by jef — August 16, 2010 @ 22:15
Asgard written by Entombed with hints of Seance? You definitely know how to get my attention.
Comment by anthony — August 17, 2010 @ 06:15
its okay.
pretty much what anthony said.
that’s about it.
Comment by niger — August 17, 2010 @ 12:31
Dude that’s awesome! keeping the underground death metal alive!
Comment by Bryan — September 16, 2010 @ 09:48