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Artist...: Sacriphyx
Album....: The Western Front
Genre....: Metal
Label....: Nuclear War Now! Productio
Source...: Vinyl
Size.....: 67,94 MB
Playtime.: 37:44 min
Type.....: Album
` Release..: Jan-25-2014
Encoder..: LAME V3.98.4 -V0
` Quality..: avgkbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo
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| X | 01. The Western Front 03:19 | X |
| X | 02. Buried Behind the Lines 04:00 | X |
| X | 03. Fatal Fromelles 06:05 | X |
| X | 04. Without A Trace 06:09 | X |
| X | 05. The Crawling Horror 04:38 | X |
| X | 06. Damn Passchendaele Ridge 02:31 | X |
| X | 07. Food for the Front 05:47 | X |
| X | 08. Wells of Beersheba 05:15 | X |
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`: Over the past few years death metal :'
`: has witnessed rabid insurgence. :'
`: While most have fulfilled the needs :'
`: of the desperate old school death :'
`: metal fans by taking elements of the :'
`: overlords of the death metal genre :'
`: and rehashed them in an innovative :'
`: way, some have at this junction of :'
`: time decided to push the boundaries :'
`: of this genre. Bands like :'
`: Necrovation infused elements of rock :'
`: in death metal without disastrous :'
`: results, Karanrium infused elements :'
`: of ritual ambient into its music, :'
`: Antediluvian and Mitochondrion took :'
`: chaotic brutality to its extremes :'
`: and Dead Congregation crushing :'
`: atmosphere would have made :'
`: forefathers of the genre proud. :'
`: Sacriphyx too are one of those bands :'
`: who instead of sticking to a tried :'
`: and tested formula have attempted to :'
`: push the genres of death metal. :'
`: :'
`: Sacriphyx are a duo from Australia :'
`: who has been around for a while. :'
`: Having formed back in 2007 they have :'
`: released a demo, a few splits and a :'
`: compilation. Now, finally in 2013 :'
`: the band has released their debut :'
`: album entitled æThe Western FrontÆ :'
`: in association with record label :'
`: Nuclear War Now! who have worked :'
`: with respected death metal bands :'
`: like Dead Congregation, Anatomia and :'
`: more recently Wrathprayer. Sacriphyx :'
`: are at their crux a death metal :'
`: band, but as stated earlier they are :'
`: not a band that plays traditional :'
`: death metal. Their idiosyncratic :'
`: form of death metal focuses a :'
`: substantially on mid paced riffs and :'
`: creating an atmosphere which was the :'
`: defining trait of the early Hellenic :'
`: black metal scene a la Rotting :'
`: Christ, Zemial and Varathron , while :'
`: at the same time bearing a semblance :'
`: of traditional heavy metal. :'
`: :'
`: The concept of Sacriphyx is about :'
`: Australians at war. Now war themes :'
`: and metal have had a long and :'
`: lasting history, but SacriphyxÆs :'
`: take on war and metal is different :'
`: one. While most bands focus and the :'
`: glory, epic battles and violent :'
`: aggression of war, this band looks :'
`: at war from points which are often :'
`: ignored. The band looks at the :'
`: labyrinthine dynamics of war at an :'
`: emotional level and captures the :'
`: feeling of despair, dogged :'
`: determination, forlornness, :'
`: frustration, honor, valor and pride :'
`: within their music and has the :'
`: uncanny ability to deliver these :'
`: emotions upon the listener with an :'
`: extremely powerful and well thought :'
`: of sonic assault that lasts 38 :'
`: minutes and stretches over 8 tracks. :'
`: :'
`: As compared to the previous output :'
`: by the band æThe Western FrontÆ has :'
`: ingrained within itself, elements of :'
`: Greek black metal far more than the :'
`: band has ever done before as is :'
`: apparent on tracks like æFatal :'
`: FromellesÆ and æWells Of :'
`: BeersheebaÆ. Apart from this the :'
`: incorporation of long, flowing :'
`: melodic solos on almost each track :'
`: add an emotive aesthetic to the :'
`: album and has contributed highly to :'
`: the sound and stirring imagery that :'
`: the band aimed to fabricate with its :'
`: unique perspective. While the riff :'
`: progressions do at times seem to be :'
`: influenced by a certain Arghoslent, :'
`: Sacriphyx has taken the idea :'
`: incorporated by Arghoslent and :'
`: transformed it into a more varied, :'
`: effective and successful output and :'
`: in the process may have created a :'
`: fountain of influences for other :'
`: bands to sip from. For those who :'
`: have been following this band or :'
`: have heard their previous output you :'
`: will know that the band has this :'
`: uncanny knack of creating very well :'
`: constructed lengthy songs and on :'
`: this is apparent on this release as :'
`: well where the 2 lengthiest tracks, :'
`: æFatal FromellesÆ and æWithout a :'
`: TraceÆ are indeed the 2 best tracks :'
`: here. While the latter is slower in :'
`: tempo it succeeds in creating an :'
`: atmosphere, because, after all the :'
`: slower tracks do create more of an :'
`: atmosphere in comparison to the :'
`: ultra high speed ones. Almost a :'
`: ballad in nature, ÆWithout a TraceÆ :'
`: may be my favorite track on the :'
`: record with its death metal growls, :'
`: black metal riffing and heavy metal :'
`: soloing, aspects the band strives to :'
`: stand for. While the solos deserve :'
`: special mention the band has the :'
`: ability to create highly catchy :'
`: riffs that are simple, but effective :'
`: in nature. Riffs like those on :'
`: æBuried behind the linesÆ and æFood :'
`: for the FrontÆ are some of the best :'
`: the band have come up with. The :'
`: second half of the album is more :'
`: up-tempo in sound and thus more :'
`: traditional death metal in nature :'
`: with the track æThe Crawling HorrorÆ :'
`: sounding like something out of the :'
`: manual of later Bolt Thrower. :'
`: However much you praise the bands :'
`: guitar work or militaristic drums or :'
`: atmosphere (which isn't a surprise :'
`: considering the band members have :'
`: been part of great Australian doom :'
`: acts like Murkrat and Misery's Omen) :'
`: and performance, when you get to the :'
`: core of the matter, it is the bandsÆ :'
`: superior song writing skills that :'
`: enable the band the jump from a :'
`: merciless death metal onslaught to a :'
`: melodic and emotive section with :'
`: such seamless agility because of :'
`: which Sacriphyx have thrust upon the :'
`: extreme metal fraternity a very well :'
`: paced release which flows with :'
`: effortless fluidity. :'
`: :'
`: What æThe Western Front is, is not :'
`: just a collection of war themed and :'
`: impassioned songs. This means much :'
`: more to the band. It is a history :'
`: lesson of the wars Australia has had :'
`: to fight that the Sacriphyx wishes :'
`: to narrate to its listeners through :'
`: its output as can be seen in the :'
`: intro self titled track that has :'
`: sounds of gunfire that acts as a :'
`: precursor of what is to follow or :'
`: the track æDamn Passchendaele RidgeÆ :'
`: which is an acoustic track and what :'
`: seems to be an audio log of a :'
`: soldier who is frustrated out of his :'
`: senses. To my knowledge there are :'
`: currently no bands that are playing :'
`: in the territory this band currently :'
`: is and honestly, I am surprised that :'
`: they havenÆt gotten more attention :'
`: than they have considering bands :'
`: like Arghoslent did and so did :'
`: Deathevokation with its take on :'
`: melodic mid paced death metal. Come :'
`: what may, keep this album in mind. 2 :'
`: months into this year, this release :'
`: is my favorite debut by a death :'
`: metal band in 2013 and is certainly :'
`: top 10, if not top 5 stuff. :'
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