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Funeral Mist - Hekatomb



8 | 118 votes |
Release date: 15 June 2018
Style: Black metal

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01. In Nomine Domini
02. Naught But Death
03. Shedding Skin
04. Cockatrice
05. Metamorphosis
06. Within The Without
07. Hosanna
08. Pallor Mortis

Staff review by
X-Ray Rod
Rating:
8.4
While 2018's biggest surprise comeback does not have too many surprises within itself, Hekatomb still hits harder than most black metal releases.

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published 20.07.2018 | Comments (6)

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10.06.2018 - 18:28
Rating: 8
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff

^^^ My actual face when the news were posted on Facebook yesterday.

I just can't express how excited I am for this. HOLY SHIT.
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Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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10.06.2018 - 21:38
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Oh yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah
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11.06.2018 - 13:27
@gent_-_orange
Woah what?
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13.06.2018 - 18:10
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Elite
Promo just arrived in my mailbox. Downloading it now. Can't wait to spin it.
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13.06.2018 - 21:36
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 13.06.2018 at 18:10

Promo just arrived in my mailbox. Downloading it now. Can't wait to spin it.


So, is it good? Does it have clean or dirty production?
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14.06.2018 - 08:58
Mercurial
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14.06.2018 - 09:08
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Written by Mercurial on 14.06.2018 at 08:58



Boner
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14.06.2018 - 11:24
Rating: 8
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 13.06.2018 at 18:10
Promo just arrived in my mailbox. Downloading it now. Can't wait to spin it.

Got also my download yesterday due to my pre-order but I will have to wait till this night to check it out. I'll treat myself to a marathon starting with Devilry cuz I wanna judge this properly for a review.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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14.06.2018 - 16:39
phanto
It's very, very good
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14.06.2018 - 23:20
Rating: 8
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
Written by koob on 14.06.2018 at 22:24

It's a good Marduk album but not so much on Funeral Mist standards... I'm disappointed...


I'm a huge ROM 5:12 fan and consider it a "cousin" album to Funeral Mist since it's the Marduk album that sounds the most like Arioch's project... So maybe what you are saying isn't too bad for me haha.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
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Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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15.06.2018 - 00:11
Karlabos
Meat and Potatos
I was almost going to check this album because of the major hype but now that you guys compared it to Marduk I suddenly lost the interest
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15.06.2018 - 00:47
Rating: 8
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
Written by Karlabos on 15.06.2018 at 00:11
I was almost going to check this album because of the major hype but now that you guys compared it to Marduk I suddenly lost the interest

One person. It's kind of silly to not listen to it due to that specially if you were interested. I actually haven't even heard it yet. I was just commenting on Koob's reply.

Have you actually heard Funeral Mist to begin with? Cuz people have to be kind of deaf if they never saw the similarities between Funeral Mist and ROM-era Marduk from the beginning. This is specially true if you compare the timeline in which Arioch aka Mortuus began singing for Marduk in 2004 with Plague Angel. You can clearly see Mortuus shaped Marduk to sound a bit like Funeral Mist. Sure, Funeral Mist's songwriting is much tighter, fresh, experimental and raw in its' production. but c'mon, the style has always been kind of similar.

With that said, I think you should check out Salvation if you haven't already although I'm getting the feeling this album would be more comaprable to Maranatha in terms of production.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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15.06.2018 - 01:56
Balinus
Account deleted
Holy shit. I couldn't resist and went over to Bandcamp to listen to In Nomine Domini. Holy shit is right. Brutal. Cold. Pure holy shit.
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15.06.2018 - 09:06
Maco
Pvt Funderground
I'm not impressed until now.
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15.06.2018 - 09:12
Rating: 7
koob
Written by Karlabos on 15.06.2018 at 00:11

I was almost going to check this album because of the major hype but now that you guys compared it to Marduk I suddenly lost the interest

You should still give it a try it's pretty damn good but just not on the level of the two previous ones (more straight forward black riffing hence the Marduk reference)
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19.06.2018 - 13:35
Heresiarch88
The Marduk comparison is quite accurate actually and not only to ROM 5:12. It does resemble ROM 5:12, which actually is my favorite Marduk album as well, but for example Naught But Death is basically The Blond Beast v2.
Then again, this resemblance is not necessarily a bad thing, the album is pretty good. I probably would have liked a bit more experimentation from Mortuus, but overall it is quite good.
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19.06.2018 - 21:22
Rating: 8
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
Review on the works. Still trying to properly describe my feelings to wards the album after relistening to the whole catalogue prior to this one.
Written by Heresiarch88 on 19.06.2018 at 13:35
I probably would have liked a bit more experimentation from Mortuus, but overall it is quite good.

That's exactly take away as well.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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20.06.2018 - 00:29
nikarg
Staff
I like it. Probably more than the new Marduk. Not sure yet though, I need more listens of both.
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25.06.2018 - 17:09
Theodore V
Account deleted
A very fitting title! The main riff of the first song was jaw-dropping!!! Pure fucking Armageddon! \m/ can't get enough of these guys!!!!!
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25.06.2018 - 17:13
Theodore V
Account deleted
Changing this to a 10 ... fuckin' brilliant...
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01.07.2018 - 23:39
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Well after some time to think about it, I believe this is a very good album below the quality of Salvation or Devilry. I just wish the production wasn't as clean as it is.

Cockatrice is excellent.
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03.07.2018 - 02:07
nikarg
Staff
This album is excellent. People argue that it sounds more like Marduk than Funeral Mist. Fine. This is the best album of Marduk by miles. It also shits all over Viktoria and Viktoria is not bad at all. This is ridiculously good stuff and bm aoty contender.
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03.07.2018 - 06:15
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Elite
Written by nikarg on 03.07.2018 at 02:07

This album is excellent. People argue that it sounds more like Marduk than Funeral Mist. Fine. This is the best album of Marduk by miles. It also shits all over Viktoria and Viktoria is not bad at all. This is ridiculously good stuff and bm aoty contender.



qf 100% t
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Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
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05.07.2018 - 14:27
Mercurial
This honestly seemed like a pretty mediocre black metal album to me. If they'd been called Entombment Fog I wonder if people would have even cared about it had they heard it.
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05.07.2018 - 16:18
Rating: 8
musclassia
Staff
I enjoyed it quite a bit, the sharp, ferocious riffing and atmosphere is very good, but not sure I hear anything here that indicates to me why people were so excited by this announcement, so I should probably make sure to check out Salvation at some point
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05.07.2018 - 17:43
Rating: 8
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
This album is a grower guys. It's one of the reasons it's taking me a bit long to write the review because I keep finding some extra bits I really really like. I still prefer the other two albums over it but the margin between them gets smaller by each spin.

Written by musclassia on 05.07.2018 at 16:18
but not sure I hear anything here that indicates to me why people were so excited by this announcement, so I should probably make sure to check out Salvation at some point


Nowdays Salvation is considered a classic in modern Swedish black metal. On par with the best albums by Watain or Ondskapt. Strongly recommended and if you enjoyed this album I'm sure as hell you'll love Salvation. Do not diss Maranatha though! It's has quite its' own personality as well with very intriguing and unorthodox songwriting.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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06.07.2018 - 00:03
Alakazam
spendin' cheese
Written by X-Ray Rod on 05.07.2018 at 17:43

Nowdays Salvation is considered a classic in modern Swedish black metal. On par with the best albums by Watain or Ondskapt. Strongly recommended and if you enjoyed this album I'm sure as hell you'll love Salvation. Do not diss Maranatha though! It's has quite its' own personality as well with very intriguing and unorthodox songwriting.

Its actually pitiful in my eyes that theres nowhere near the level of talk on those two albums compared to this as of now. Shame really, considering that maybe their age and status justified the lack of conversation however I'm unsure why they've had more treatment on this album when its less understandable.
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06.07.2018 - 08:04
Rating: 8
Cynic Metalhead
Paisa Vich Nasha
Brilliant album.
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07.07.2018 - 19:18
Rating: 9
InnerSelf
proofread free
Pack your bags every other Swedish BM band, this is over.
And nikarg already put it perfectly:

Written by nikarg on 03.07.2018 at 02:07

This album is excellent. People argue that it sounds more like Marduk than Funeral Mist. Fine. This is the best album of Marduk by miles. It also shits all over Viktoria and Viktoria is not bad at all. This is ridiculously good stuff and bm aoty contender.
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He who is not bold enough
to be stared at from across the abyss
is not bold enough
to stare into it himself.
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11.05.2019 - 14:13
Rating: 8
tintinb
Not a bad album at all. In Nominee Domini and Metamorphosis are my favourites.
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