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ARTIST : Thor's Hammer STOREDATE : 00-00-2005
ALBUM : The Fate Worse Than Death RIPDATE : 05-16-2015
YEAR : 2005 RUNTIME : 32:05 min
GENRE : Black Metal LANGUAGE : English
LABEL : No Colours Records GRABBER : EAC Secure
SOURCE : CDDA ENCODER : FLAC 1.2.1
QUALITY : 749 kbps Avg 44.1kHz 2 channels SIZE : 182.4MB
URL : http://tinyurl.com/qxbk53d TRACKS : 7 Files
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01 Fuck Off And Die 2:29
02 When The Towers Fall 3:31
03 Young Blood 3:38
04 Grand Isolation 3:54
05 Endless War 4:08
06 The Fate Worse Than Death 12:00
07 Outro 2:25
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32:05 min
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│ Hailing from Poland (the land known to be a hotbed of NSBM and Pagan │
│ Metal), ThorÆs Hammer, now a defunct band, was created by Rob │
│ DarkenÆs blood brother Capricornus. Capricornus classified his music │
│ as Horned Metal, well whatever, ThorÆs Hammer is like a faster │
│ version of Graveland with the technicality of vintage Thrash/Speed │
│ Metal bands. │
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│ ôThe Fate Worse Than Deathö was released back in 2002, a 7-tracked │
│ of anger driven Black Metal (or should I say NSBM?) album, chaotic │
│ yet melodic and folkish. ThorÆs Hammer had incorporated interesting │
│ tempo changes, slow-paced doomy parts plus Speed Metal riffs plus │
│ the usual furious Black Metal beats, this arrangement prevents the │
│ songs from falling into stagnation and monotony. Capricornus sings │
│ with a growling voice using a ôinside a bathroomö echoing effects. │
│ Capricornus did an outstanding job on the percussion section here. │
│ The presence of background keyboards isnÆt a surprise since this is │
│ another Darken-Capricornus collaboration, I guess the rest of the │
│ bands members in this incarnation of ThorÆs Hammer will remain │
│ unknown due the ludicrous statement at the back of the inlay card │
│ which reads: ôNo line-up, no contact.ö By the way, Rob Darken │
│ composed the final chapter of this album with his signature ambient │
│ heathen electronica Outro. Bravo Rob! Did Rob sample some seagulls │
│ squawking here? │
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│ Music-wise Capricornus is a talented creature, however, his lyrics │
│ contain grammatical and spelling errors, these would surely make Mr. │
│ CapricornusÆ High School English teacher frown if she finds out │
│ about them. │
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│ On the production side, this album sounds more like a rehearsal │
│ tape, the bass is almost non-existent and it appears that the │
│ microphones were installed 40 feet away from the band when they │
│ recorded this. │
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│ I highly recommend this album, I savor Black Metal taped in a crappy │
│ studio, but take heed, ThorÆs HammerÆs ideology leans towards the │
│ white race supremacy. │
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│ Reissued in 2005 by No Colours Records with different artwork. │
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