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/:: Artist :: Sarkom ::\
:: Album :: Doomsday Elite ::
:: Year :: 2013 ::
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:: . Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Dark Essence R.date :: 25.10.2013 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: KAR075 Size :: 82,5 MB __::_
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/: Encoder :: LAME 3.98.4 -V0 :\
..: Bitrate :: avg. 282kbps : .
. Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo .
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Website :: https://www.facebook.com/sarkom
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:: 01. Doomsday Elite 04:31 ::
:: 02. I Utakt Med Gud 04:42 ::
:: 03. No Loose Ends 03:48 ::
:: 04. Inside A Haunted Chapel 06:57 ::
:: 05. Predators in Disguise 06:06 ::
:: 06. Solemn Disorder Till Human Extinction 05:34 ::
:: 07. Cosmic Intellect 04:48 ::
:: 08. Stigma 04:20 ::
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:: End days... Fimbulvetr... the cold, darkness of three ::
:: consecutive winters; the sun and moon torn from the sky; ::
:: the dead rising from their graves and poison filling the ::
:: air - all-encompassing despair! That's what comes to mind ::
:: when you pick up Sarkom's Doomsday Elite, well that and ::
:: cardio; double-tap; limber up and it's a marathon not a ::
:: sprint, unless it's a sprint, then sprint already! But I ::
:: digress, Norwegian based Sarkom play the kind of black ::
:: metal that's packed with jagged, razor sharp blast-beats, ::
:: inflicting a bite as deep and destructive as say Gravdal, ::
:: Endezzma or Nidingr. ::
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:: On Doomsday Elite, Sarkom's third studio release, they ::
:: intimate that they've surpassed Aggravation of Mind and ::
:: Bestial Supremacy and to some extent their brothers in ::
:: arms, transcending musical genres and bringing home an ::
:: album that's experimental and seething with morose ::
:: solicitude. That's a hefty statement and enough to get this ::
:: angry metal reviewer interested! ::
:: ::
:: Doomsday Elite kicks off with a bang! The pace is around ::
:: 100 mph on the offset and it roars and gallops along at ::
:: this tempo for pretty much the duration of the album. The ::
:: title and opening track introduces you to the eroding vocal ::
:: diverseness of frontman (and founder) Erik Unsgaard, whom ::
:: you may remember delivered So Much for Nothing's debut ::
:: album Livsgnist back in 2012. Tracks like "I Utakt Med ::
:: Gud," "No Loose Ends," "Predators In Disguise," "Solemn ::
:: Disorder Till Human Extinction" (bringing to mind moments ::
:: of early Illnath) and last but by no means least "Stigma" ::
:: mesh Erik's clean, almost monotonal, narration with gruff, ::
:: throaty screams that burrow into your chest and squeeze the ::
:: life out of you. But more-so, they introduce you to Erik's ::
:: near werewolf-ish growl that indeed raises Sarkom head and ::
:: shoulders above the pack. ::
:: ::
:: Sagstad and Str÷nen keep things interesting with a ::
:: distinctly Urgehal flavor to their guitar work. They switch ::
:: between thrashy, destructive riffs and solos as thick, ::
:: black and sticky as molasses in "I Utakt Med Gud," to mere ::
:: moments later delivering something akin to a drawn out ::
:: demonic shrieks in "No Loose Ends." When you start to feel ::
:: familiarity set in, they shape-shift and tear at you with ::
:: the disorientating beast, "Predators In Disguise." Not only ::
:: does the track have some great guitar, but the chemistry ::
:: between these guitarists and Urgehal's Uruz, providing the ::
:: machine-like drum-work, it's well... something else! ::
:: Picturing Uruz tear into his kit, with such precision and ::
:: force in "I Utakt Med Gud" and "No Loose Ends" has me ::
:: waiting with bated breath for a video release for Doomsday ::
:: Elite. ::
:: ::
:: Mastering of Doomsday Elite was carried out by none other ::
:: than Tom Kvσlsvoll (Strype Audio) whose worked with the ::
:: likes of 1349, Borknagar, Koldbrann, Magister Templi, and ::
:: NunFuckRitual to name a few of my favorites. His artistry ::
:: keeps the mix plenty modern, guaranteeing that you have ::
:: access to each and every stream of thought and theatric ::
:: that's gone into the album while still keeping it brutal ::
:: enough to strip the flesh from your bones. ::
:: ::
:: Doomsday Elite is a demanding listen, with guest ::
:: performances by the likes of Psy Coma (The Kovenant), Haan ::
:: (Svarttjern), Nachtgarm (Negator), Thrawn and V. Larsen, ::
:: there's so much happening that by the time you hit "Solemn ::
:: Disorder Till Human Extinction" and "Cosmic Intellect" my ::
:: attention waned slightly, remedied by the grandiose closing ::
:: track "Stigma." While neither of these tracks are out of ::
:: place or over long in any way, they have less in them that ::
:: holds my attention. Doomsday Elite succeeds in combining ::
:: Sarkom's base sound with that of So Much for Nothing's ::
:: Livsgnist, fueled along by a healthy dose of pure ::
:: adrenalin, this is definitely Sarkom's best work yet! ::
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