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Artist...: Cult of Fire
Album....: Ascetic Meditation of Death
Genre....: Black Metal
Label....: iron Bonehead Productions
Source...: Vinyl
Size.....: 82,65 MB
Playtime.: 47:11 min
Type.....: Album
` Release..: Feb-24-2014
Encoder..: LAME V3.98.4 -V0
` Quality..: avgkbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo
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| X | 01. Samhara Raktha Kali 07:50 | X |
| X | 02. On the Funeral Pyre of Existence 06:08 | X |
| X | 03. Shava Sadhana 05:35 | X |
| X | 04. Kali Ma 05:58 | X |
| X | 05. When Death is All 04:21 | X |
| X | 06. Gruesome Dance of Death 05:14 | X |
| X | 07. Khanda Manda Yoga 06:31 | X |
| X | 08. Burned by the Flame of Divine Love 05:34 | X |
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`: read nfo notes: :'
`: All songtitles are in :'
`: hindi/sanskrit. We deceided to use :'
`: the english transliteration from :'
`: http://www.cultoffire.cz/news/ for :'
`: the release- and filenames. All Tags :'
`: are ofc in the correct form! :'
`: :'
`: Also we deceided to tag this -hi- :'
`: for hindi. :'
`: :'
`: After a dobut that was my surprise :'
`: of the month when I reviewed it :'
`: early last year, Czech trio Cult of :'
`: Fire returned in November with an :'
`: album that stunned many not already :'
`: in the know. Annoyingly titled by :'
`: the band in Sanskrit and meaning :'
`: Ascetic Meditation of Death, the :'
`: album has taken a step sideways from :'
`: Triumvirat by focusing on Kali :'
`: rather than Satan, and introducing :'
`: new Eastern musical elements such as :'
`: sitar and chanting. It may sound :'
`: rather like Ravi Shankar (RIP) meets :'
`: black metal, but Cult of Fire are :'
`: careful to ensure that the black :'
`: metal dominates utterly, absorbing :'
`: the new elements rather than letting :'
`: them dominate. The result is an :'
`: interesting listen, with all of :'
`: black metal's brutality and :'
`: atmosphere yet with the added :'
`: Eastern dimension making the :'
`: atmospheric effect more unique. It's :'
`: definitely a worthy follow-up album, :'
`: building on the band's strengths and :'
`: showing they can do something out of :'
`: the norm so early in their career û :'
`: that they've only been active since :'
`: 2010 is amazing. :'
`: :'
`: (Although the tracks are :'
`: irritatingly also titled in :'
`: Sanskrit, making referring to a :'
`: particular song a pain for you, me, :'
`: and everyone else who can't speak :'
`: Hindi, I'm going to persevere :'
`: because the added immersion is :'
`: excellent.) Opener ????? ???? ???? :'
`: ('Samhara Raktha Kali') begins with :'
`: a droning sitar before bursting into :'
`: melodic black metal, the sitar :'
`: returning for the wonderful melodic :'
`: surges but vanishing as the track :'
`: dips into aural violence. It's :'
`: gorgeously brutal, as pure and cold :'
`: as black metal gets with the riff :'
`: worship and blastbeats, using the :'
`: new elements to make the atmosphere :'
`: even more intense; towards the end :'
`: the band break out into chanting, as :'
`: if you'd discovered some strange :'
`: cult at ritual in the midst of a :'
`: storm... :'
`: :'
`: Incredible stuff, and a great :'
`: opening to an album that continues :'
`: to impress with ???????? ?? ???? ?? :'
`: ('On the Funeral Pyre of Existence') :'
`: which opens with a Sigh-esque organ :'
`: squeal and continues into a :'
`: rampaging black metal pounder. :'
`: Throwing in the sound of a burning :'
`: fire and a solitary funerary horn at :'
`: around the halfway mark, it takes a :'
`: turn for the melancholic, :'
`: reminiscent of the epic likes of :'
`: Winterfylleth or Drudkh as the :'
`: pastoral, 'landscape black metal' :'
`: elements of Cult of Fire's sound :'
`: return to the fore. The deep voice :'
`: on ?? ????? ('Shava Sadhana') is :'
`: very Hate Forest, even if the subtle :'
`: backing organ isn't, and the epic :'
`: melodies of ?????? ?? ?????? ????? :'
`: ('Gruesome Dance of Death') are pure :'
`: Norwegian. :'
`: :'
`: As ever, though, Cult of Fire :'
`: impress at how well they have :'
`: corralled their influences into a :'
`: cohesive, original whole, and the :'
`: slower-paced ???? ??? ('Kali Ma') :'
`: shows this off well, opening with :'
`: ritual chanting and gradually :'
`: building up with melancholic riffage :'
`: and rather beautiful piano. Despite :'
`: the chanted vocals being entirely :'
`: clean, the atmospheric effect is :'
`: more gripping than a lot of black :'
`: metal, and it's a wonderful :'
`: centrepiece to an excellent album. :'
`: Cult of Fire deserve to be much :'
`: bigger on the back of this album, :'
`: and will definitely make my best of :'
`: 2013 list; they should be on yours. :'
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Files
| Path | Size |
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| 00_cult_of_fire_-_ascetic_meditation_of_death-vinyl-in-readnfo-iron_bo | 410 B |
| 00_cult_of_fire_-_ascetic_meditation_of_death-vinyl-in-readnfo-iron_bo | 19,18 KB |
| 00_cult_of_fire_-_ascetic_meditation_of_death-vinyl-in-readnfo-iron_bo | 490 B |
| 01_cult_of_fire_-_samhara_raktha_kali-cruelty.mp3 | 13,31 MB |
| 02_cult_of_fire_-_on_the_funeral_pyre_of_existence-cruelty.mp3 | 10,46 MB |
| 03_cult_of_fire_-_shava_sadhana-cruelty.mp3 | 10,16 MB |
| 04_cult_of_fire_-_kali_ma-cruelty.mp3 | 10,70 MB |
| 05_cult_of_fire_-_when_death_is_all-cruelty.mp3 | 7,63 MB |
| 06_cult_of_fire_-_gruesome_dance_of_death-cruelty.mp3 | 8,93 MB |
| 07_cult_of_fire_-_khanda_manda_yoga-cruelty.mp3 | 11,37 MB |
| 08_cult_of_fire_-_burned_by_the_flame_of_divine_love-cruelty.mp3 | 10,13 MB |