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░ ██ ██ Artist: Nominon / Sabbat / Blaspherian ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Trident of the Macabre █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2016 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-11-30 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Fallen-Angels Productions ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Split ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ The new split release bringing together Swedish █
█ deathsters Nominon, Japanese black/thrash maniacs █
█ Sabbat and Texas death metal revivalists █
█ Blaspherion on one platter is a wholly enjoyable █
█ sampling for each of the bands presented. Released █
█ March 5, 2016 on Fallen-Angel Productions, this is █
█ one of the more impressive and enjoyable splits in █
█ existence. █
█ For Nominon, the name of game is straightforward █
█ Swedish death metal and theyÆre not fooling anyone █
█ with the opening notes signaling their intention █
█ of paying homage to those greats from the start. █
█ Deep, churning chainsaw-flavored grooves and that █
█ rattling old-school production are in full-effect █
█ and not for a second are dropped throughout here █
█ as the up-tempo rhythms are at the forefront of █
█ their attack and itÆs just simple, straightforward █
█ efforts. This straightforward attitude might wear █
█ on some, but the competence of their attack more █
█ than makes up for it. █
█ The Japanese entity Sabbat, known for their █
█ productivity and ardent work-ethic, offers a █
█ simplistic and slightly rawer take on the █
█ old-school black/thrash style as the central █
█ riffing is built around simplistic plodding thrash █
█ arrangements with plenty of weirdly-accented █
█ vocals that adds a wholly appealing dynamic to █
█ their sound. TheyÆre ultra-simplistic and even █
█ somewhat sloppy in their arrangements, but those █
█ weird vocals over the raw rhythms make it a █
█ slightly more appealing take with these creating █
█ such a different stylistic take compared to the █
█ more death metal-oriented groups surrounding them █
█ on the split. The rawness and simplicity might be █
█ too much for some to take, but theyÆve been around █
█ this long for a reason. █
█ Lastly, Blaspherian is a rather curious case with █
█ their old-school Incantation-worshipping style █
█ that comes straight from their playbook. From the █
█ tight, swirling riffing and rather brutal attack, █
█ thereÆs a simplistic approach to their attack █
█ thatÆs given all the more life here based on their █
█ production style that effectively matches that █
█ dirty, droning style so prominent in that █
█ approach. ItÆs all quite obvious and apparent of █
█ this influence as the choppy swirling rhythms and █
█ propensity for including sprawling sections of █
█ extended laid-back tempos, yet this works for █
█ their favor by allowing for plenty of easy-access █
█ to their sound by being this familiar to their █
█ chosen approach. █
█ The fact that all of the bands have some █
█ impressive and stylish work representing them is █
█ an impressive enough feat here that on the whole █
█ this effort serves as an easy introduction to █
█ every one of the bands featured and makes for a █
█ highly enjoyable and recommended split anyways. █
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░ 1. Nominon - Release in Death 4:03 ░
░ 2. Nominon - Mountain of Hate 4:31 ░
░ 3. Nominon - Son of Doom 4:56 ░
░ 4. Nominon - Rigor Mortis 3:48 ░
░ 5. Sabbat - The Egg of Dapple 7:51 ░
░ 6. Sabbat - Mion's Hill (20th Epic Gezol 7:18 ░
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░ 7. Sabbat - Splatter 5:02 ░
░ 8. Sabbat - Harmageddon 9:22 ░
░ 9. Blaspherian - Praising Impurity 4:05 ░
░ 10. Blaspherian - In the Shadow 5:02 ░
░ 11. Blaspherian - Lies of the Cross 4:43 ░
░ 12. Blaspherian - The Blessings of Sanctity 6:07 ░
░ Rescinded (Live) ░
░ 66:48 ░
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