18:18 - Alex Lemon Glad to see you added Desire's sophomore release as opposed to their debut. While I enjoy both, their second full length is their best imo
18:12 - EMols86 [link] So I just added Arcturus, Desire, Disillusion, Nocturnus and Shape Of Despair albums to my list. Definitely an improvement.
17:19 - scapeplan [link] "Anything but Heavy Metal": A paper on the influences of not liking music, relating to subjects such as racism and classism.
15:56 - Apothecary I love the punk feel of this, like Kvelertak on PCP [link]
15:52 - EMols86 @Jaeryd17 that's pretty cool (and insane if it were real), but I've heard of that concept before. @huascaman probably in the top 20 of best movies I've ever seen (for the record, I've seen 1200+ movies :P).
01. Dawn Over The Ruins Of Jerusalem 02. Silencing Machine 03. And I Control You 04. The Lepers Of Destitution 05. Borrowed Hope And Broken Dreams 06. I Wait In Hell 07. Decimation, Annihilation 08. Reduced To Ashes 09. Give Me The Grave 10. These Rooms In Which We Weep 11. Ashes To Ashes [limited edition bonus]
With the release of Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1 and Addicts: Black Meddle, Part 2, Nachtymystium pulled quite the interesting trick out of their hat. That is, they split their fanbase into two separate but equally devoted parties. On the one hand, there were those (*raises hand*) who enjoyed the more experimental, psychedelic approach of the Black Meddle albums, wishing to see the band continuing in such a direction. On the other, there were those who considered the new technique unnecessarily outlandish, preferring the sound that was employed on Instinct: Decay and prior albums. So, after Addicts was released, the question that then awaited Nachtmystium was essentially: how do we reconcile these two divided camps? Well holy shit, ladies and gentlemen, it appears that the band have come up with quite the satisfying answer in 2012's Silencing Machine. It's not the sound of the Black Meddle albums, and it's not quite the sound of Instinct: Decay either. Rather, it's something of a blend of the two, and fans of each style are sure to be satisfied.
Definitely enjoying this. Not nearly as quirky as the Black Meddle releases, but still unquestionably Nachmystium. Diggin' the depressive atmosphere and mid-paced song structures, and the production is spot on: muffled vocals, top-heavy drums, hazy guitar riffs...
Interest in new metal releases restored, if only temporarily.
A great black metal release! I pretty much never enjoy newer bands trying to sound like black metal did in the 90's. But Nachtmystium surely know how it's done, they got the good old and cold "mountains, snow and frost" feeling like older albums by Darkthrone and Immortal. Good job!
I want to give this a 7 but it's so flat in so many places. Still to me sounds like an inferior, more generic black metal Castevet (though still with a bit of post-hardcore influence, mostly in those vocals). Better than the Assassins stuff but still not exactly riveting either way.
I'll stick with this. More dynamic, more interesting, more betterer:
Interesting that they went back to their lo-fi roots and cut out most of the industrial and psychedelic elements the previous one had. It's still a good album though I reckon.
I want to give this a 7 but it's so flat in so many places. Still to me sounds like an inferior, more generic black metal Castevet (though still with a bit of post-hardcore influence, mostly in those vocals). Better than the Assassins stuff but still not exactly riveting either way.
I'll stick with this. More dynamic, more interesting, more betterer:
Dude, I didn't know you work at a record shop. Cool.
The Lepers Of Destitution is one of the best atmospheric black metal songs ever written IMO. God, those chord progressions... Great album from start to finish, much, much better than Black Meddle I: Assassins.
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