Shub-Niggurath
The Kinglike Celebration (Final Aeon On Earth)
[OZ]
Totally fucked up and insane occult black/death metal from Mexico. The
music has a solid and upbeat foundation which lasts throughout the entire
album. Even the slowest paced portions do not make the slightest dent on
that skeleton. At times the guitars break free to play the wildest and most
basic solo-parts you have ever heard. The drums blast with fury, speed, and
reliability but without much technical show off, and sometimes some synths
are brought in to add to the grandeur of the music as well.
Maniacal warhead Arturo Alvarez declares his occult poetry with strange and insane pronunciation, giving it that extra other-worldly feel. The lyrics are written raping the grammar; i sure as hell cannot decide whether they are simple or complicated (that is most probably what Arturo was after).
Unfortunately, slight boredom creeps in after a few songs. The first song is obviously the "instant hit" and the rest are there increasingly just to fill the album. The production is very careful and finished. The songs are meticulously structured and there is not the slightest feel of spontaneity. While those things are not enough to make an album not true especially when it is about occult (occultists could pull off such things with careful planning and execution, integrity, spontaneity, and inspiration intact), there is something dishonest about it. At least up to a point. i've heard a couple of songs from their first album and they were a lot more interesting.
The feel of trueness is also eaten away by transparent attempts at conveying it. The booklet has long Unglish texts written by Arturo. While they are really true and great, they try too hard to be true. There is nothing wrong with the content and the message, but their crypticism is more made up than really there. Or maybe it is just about my own preference of how these things ought to be dealt with. The biggest problem is that while intellectually i find this to be all perfect, it's my subconscious that disagrees. Were it the other way around, there'd be nothing to make me say a negative thing about this release.
Not totally untrue, anyways. Proceed with caution.
"total evil in my own world of under its / without shadows that enlighten my eternal living"
© 2001 rotblood
Maniacal warhead Arturo Alvarez declares his occult poetry with strange and insane pronunciation, giving it that extra other-worldly feel. The lyrics are written raping the grammar; i sure as hell cannot decide whether they are simple or complicated (that is most probably what Arturo was after).
Unfortunately, slight boredom creeps in after a few songs. The first song is obviously the "instant hit" and the rest are there increasingly just to fill the album. The production is very careful and finished. The songs are meticulously structured and there is not the slightest feel of spontaneity. While those things are not enough to make an album not true especially when it is about occult (occultists could pull off such things with careful planning and execution, integrity, spontaneity, and inspiration intact), there is something dishonest about it. At least up to a point. i've heard a couple of songs from their first album and they were a lot more interesting.
The feel of trueness is also eaten away by transparent attempts at conveying it. The booklet has long Unglish texts written by Arturo. While they are really true and great, they try too hard to be true. There is nothing wrong with the content and the message, but their crypticism is more made up than really there. Or maybe it is just about my own preference of how these things ought to be dealt with. The biggest problem is that while intellectually i find this to be all perfect, it's my subconscious that disagrees. Were it the other way around, there'd be nothing to make me say a negative thing about this release.
Not totally untrue, anyways. Proceed with caution.
"total evil in my own world of under its / without shadows that enlighten my eternal living"
© 2001 rotblood