Northland
Czernoboh
[Astral Wings]
They anti-hype behind this release was incredible. Some people went as far as to say this was the worst extreme metal record of all time. So I traded for it of course, since I found that hard to believe. Let's take a look:
I didn't hear the 7" until after this, but I did have the chance to listen to the demo (briefly) at a friend's house. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, and normally you don't judge a band by its demo(s). All in all, it sounded like your typical Burzum style band.
So I managed to get a copy of the CD, tossed it into my player, and took a listen. It wasn't that bad I agreed, far from it… Oh, how I was wrong. To take everything full circle, this CD is worse than the 7", which was incredibly bad in the first place. Mr. Nahald has seemingly taken everything annoying about that recording and multiplied it by ten.
The drumming is terrible in the first place. It sounds like a 9 year-old after three weeks of drum lessons. The guitars have a distorted, crunchy sound to them, awful to begin with, but the severe lack of riffs makes them even more annoying. It's as if someone is turning on an amp with distortion and playing with the on/off switch every 2 seconds or so. And the keyboards! Fuck! They get under your skin and make you want to take a sledgehammer to your stereo. "Shut up shut up shut up" I repeat to myself while listening to this disc.
Oh, but the music is hardly the worst problem. The vocals disgust me! They're the worst Burzum imitation of all time!!! Twice as high-pitched, with NO control whatsoever.
'EEIIIEEEAAAAKKKKKK'
'AIIIIIEEEEEAAIIIIIIII'
'OUUUUUUUUAAAIIIIIIII'
The last few tracks are not black metal though. I suppose he is trying to copy Perunwit with clean guitars and some minor ambience. But then he starts to sing! Fuck! The record is bad enough already without having to hear you sing!
I can't believe Astral Wings put money into this release! The booklet is thick and well done, with lyrics in Polish and English. And then you read the credits, dripping with Nahald's ego, that manage to even surpass Satyr (Nahald, morbid whispers and screams, destroying riffs of the sinister guitars, mayhemic electric solo guitar, etc. etc.)! And then he has the nerve to write: 'session photo by Alioth'! What?!! He has to credit someone with SESSION photos??!! I guess he didn't have time to take pictures of HIMSELF since he was writing this GREAT music!
Quite possibly the worst METAL record, if not worst MUSIC recording of all time.
© 2000 brand
I didn't hear the 7" until after this, but I did have the chance to listen to the demo (briefly) at a friend's house. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, and normally you don't judge a band by its demo(s). All in all, it sounded like your typical Burzum style band.
So I managed to get a copy of the CD, tossed it into my player, and took a listen. It wasn't that bad I agreed, far from it… Oh, how I was wrong. To take everything full circle, this CD is worse than the 7", which was incredibly bad in the first place. Mr. Nahald has seemingly taken everything annoying about that recording and multiplied it by ten.
The drumming is terrible in the first place. It sounds like a 9 year-old after three weeks of drum lessons. The guitars have a distorted, crunchy sound to them, awful to begin with, but the severe lack of riffs makes them even more annoying. It's as if someone is turning on an amp with distortion and playing with the on/off switch every 2 seconds or so. And the keyboards! Fuck! They get under your skin and make you want to take a sledgehammer to your stereo. "Shut up shut up shut up" I repeat to myself while listening to this disc.
Oh, but the music is hardly the worst problem. The vocals disgust me! They're the worst Burzum imitation of all time!!! Twice as high-pitched, with NO control whatsoever.
'EEIIIEEEAAAAKKKKKK'
'AIIIIIEEEEEAAIIIIIIII'
'OUUUUUUUUAAAIIIIIIII'
The last few tracks are not black metal though. I suppose he is trying to copy Perunwit with clean guitars and some minor ambience. But then he starts to sing! Fuck! The record is bad enough already without having to hear you sing!
I can't believe Astral Wings put money into this release! The booklet is thick and well done, with lyrics in Polish and English. And then you read the credits, dripping with Nahald's ego, that manage to even surpass Satyr (Nahald, morbid whispers and screams, destroying riffs of the sinister guitars, mayhemic electric solo guitar, etc. etc.)! And then he has the nerve to write: 'session photo by Alioth'! What?!! He has to credit someone with SESSION photos??!! I guess he didn't have time to take pictures of HIMSELF since he was writing this GREAT music!
Quite possibly the worst METAL record, if not worst MUSIC recording of all time.
© 2000 brand