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ARTIST : Necros Christos STOREDATE : 00-00-2014
ALBUM : Nine Graves RIPDATE : 10-14-2015
YEAR : 2014 RUNTIME : 40:16 min
GENRE : Black Metal LANGUAGE : English
LABEL : Van GRABBER : EAC Secure
SOURCE : CD EP ENCODER : FLAC 1.2.1
QUALITY : 839 kbps Avg 44.1kHz 2 channels SIZE : 270.6MB
URL : http://tinyurl.com/oqcmdbt TRACKS : 9 Files
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01 Temple I 1:43
02 Black Bone Crucifix 7:02
03 Temple II 0:58
04 Va Koram Do Rex Satan 6:40
05 Gate: Solh 5:13
06 Baptized By The Black Urine Of The Deceased 5:50
07 Temple III 1:15
08 Nine Graves 5:05
09 Temple IV 6:30
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40:16 min
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│ The name of German black/death metallers Necros Christos has grown │
│ to carry respected weight in the underground of recent years, │
│ especially since the release of their second LP "Doom of the Occult" │
│ in 2011, as recognition for their intelligent and eerie compositions │
│ which feed off the recent re-awakening of cavernous, unrepentant │
│ sensibilities in the genre. No doubt the trend (if I dare use such a │
│ word in this context) has been partly a reaction to the │
│ ever-increasing staleness of more commercially minded death metal │
│ but the pure artistic merit cannot be ignored - all sounds come and │
│ go with the passing of the winds but what sets NC apart is their │
│ slower tempos and frequent ethnic instrumental interludes which add │
│ a rich flavour to the heavily interwoven, cascading, riffs which │
│ form their bulk. Here on lengthy stopgap EP "Nine Graves" the band │
│ donÆt just merely pick up the pieces from "Doomà" with a package │
│ which could comfortably count as a full release - 9 tracks and 40 │
│ minutes - they enhance their consistency to release a highly │
│ recommended release for fan of what is todayÆs ætrueÆ death metal │
│ sound, even more so when one considers that some of these are │
│ rerecorded versions of older tracks. │
│ │
│ Such interludes, of which there are five included here, tread a fine │
│ line between being a useful tool for varying a bandÆs sound and │
│ pacing, against disrupting the essential balance and momentum which │
│ are crucial to all top extreme metal albums. Those on "Doomà" I felt │
│ veered towards the latter at times but on "Nine Graves" the closer │
│ proximity of speeds and the excellent Arabic scales and flourishes │
│ to the "Temple" interludes are much more of the former. Of the main │
│ songs the band veer between slow, ôBlessed are the Sick"-styled │
│ compositions with the guitars of Mors Dalos Ra and The Evil Reverend │
│ N. cleverly intertwining complex patterns atop the deep bass tones │
│ of Peter Habura into occasional semi-fast compositions. Like the │
│ finest Autopsy material I love how evil the slow, keyboard-backed │
│ chorus of "Black Bone Crucifix" sounds; it is stately and ethereal │
│ and fully inducing of head-nodding even on my commute listening. │
│ "Nine Graves" starts at a quicker pace before slowing to plodding │
│ doom territories. Dalos RaÆs gruff, yet decipherable vocals, shine │
│ in this one before the songÆs latter half is given to slow, highly │
│ pertinent dual soloing perfectly befitting the trackÆs doomed feel. │
│ It speaks for the EPÆs quality that "Va Koram Do Rex Satan" and │
│ "Baptized by the Black Urine of the Deceased" (rerecorded from a │
│ 2004 demo version) are the less good of the four main tracks yet │
│ which are permeated with mystery and the kind of expertly composed │
│ riffs that used to be a metal stock in trade in the late 80s. │
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│ The Melechesh infused accompaniments, notably "Gate" and "Temple IV" │
│ which are full length tracks of their own, take my mind straight to │
│ the bustling arid climate of their influence through those ripening │
│ heavily plucked, distorted chords and subtle atmospheric backing. │
│ Their widespread usage and the expert lead guitar performances │
│ certify why Necros Christos alongside notable black/death luminaries │
│ of recent years like Grave Miasma and B÷lzer at the forefront of yet │
│ another wellspring of artistic merit and quality rising from the │
│ uncorrupted underground. │
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│ -www.Rockfreaks.net │
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