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░ ██ ██ Artist: Viles Vitae ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: IV █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2017 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-10-14 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Black Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Caverna Abismal Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ I haven't heard much bands from Portugal to be █
█ perfectly honest to you guys. I think the only █
█ band I know from that country is the legendary █
█ MOONSPELL. Other than that, well you don't hear a █
█ lot of bands coming from that part of the world. █
█ Not much is known about this band, they don't have █
█ an official website and there is sparse █
█ information on their Facebook page. As for any █
█ clips of the band, I chose some drum cam footage █
█ recorded when they did this very album. Most of █
█ the stuff I saw on Youtube were only links to █
█ listen to this EP. █
█ This is Black Metal in its truest form. The vocals █
█ are what you could expect from the genre █
█ evidently. The production did surprise me, it was █
█ actually pretty good and the vocals seem to be a █
█ bit in the background and not the forefront of the █
█ songs off of this EP. There is nothing wrong about █
█ that and they essentially want to create an aura █
█ on each song. You have some pretty wicked intros, █
█ I got to admit I really loved the crackling fire █
█ in the beginning of ''Sunless Redeemer''. I can █
█ say the same thing about the distant thunderstorm █
█ we hear at the beginning of ''Source Life █
█ Extinction''. I think Black Metal is very much █
█ about imagery and mysticism, alongside the overall █
█ feeling of each song. █
█ The songwriting is fine, nothing mindboggling. The █
█ lyrics are very much in the mood of the songs, █
█ there is no real rhyme or reason but it's suits █
█ its purpose. As for the vocalist, he does a good █
█ job and he stays true to the genre. I was never a █
█ fan of the Black Metal voice but I can deal with █
█ it much better than in past years. It reminded me █
█ a lot of the Black Metal scene in the last 90's █
█ and early 2000's, stuff I listened to on █
█ Knuckletracks compilations back in the day. It's █
█ basic Black Metal but i thought the production was █
█ better than back in the day. The Double-Bass Drum █
█ on ''Theory of Deconstruction'' is pretty awesome █
█ and they really finished on a high note. █
█ They are part of the underground Metal scene in █
█ Portugal according to the information I was able █
█ to gather. I don't know if its a huge scene but █
█ for a first effort, I think they did a masterful █
█ job. It's not gonna reinvent the wheel or the █
█ genre, let's be honest, it's not easy to innovate █
█ in a stale genre. Stale might not be word I would █
█ like to use, I would say it's pretty much at █
█ crossroads. I would love to see something just █
█ burst on the scene and make the genre a bit more █
█ relevant. Nonetheless, VILES VITAE does a great █
█ job with their first offering, delivering an old █
█ school Black Metal album with no frills. █
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░ 1. The Vortex of Disharmony 5:29 ░
░ 2. Sunless Redeemer 5:50 ░
░ 3. Source Life Extinction 6:14 ░
░ 4. Theory of Deconstruction 12:28 ░
░ 30:01 ░
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