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░ ██ ██ Artist: Naga ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Inanimate █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2017 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2018-02-21 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Black Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Everlasting Spew Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Here we have an Italian sludge/doom metal trio █
█ introduced to me by an old mate of mine from █
█ Italy. I wasn't aware of the existence of the band █
█ until Tito, my mentioned friend, suggested them to █
█ me and recommended me to check out the band's █
█ materials. Knowing that my mate had always gave me █
█ good recommendations of great bands even before, I █
█ immediately went to the Bandcamp link that he sent █
█ me and blast on the band's tunes. █
█ What welcomed me after I clicked the link was an █
█ antagonistic, down-tempo, dark, and sludgy extreme █
█ style of music. Released in digital format under █
█ Everlasting Spew Records this year, "Inanimate" is █
█ Naga's second EP and third overall album release. █
█ The EP version form Everlasting Spew contains four █
█ tracks from the original vinyl published by Lay █
█ Bare Recordings and a bonus song called 'Worm'. █
█ This bonus track was not included on the original █
█ release. █
█ "Inanimate" carries an unblemished fusion of █
█ sluggish tempos, crunchy and dark rhythms, █
█ pessimistic atmosphere, and untainted aggression. █
█ It is very clear from hearing the output of this █
█ record that Naga knows very well how to integrate █
█ the elements of sludge with the aura of black █
█ metal. The very dense and atrocious vibe of the █
█ tunes in this EP will give you nostalgia of the █
█ works of Iron Monkey, Eyehategod, and Primitive █
█ Man while at the same time it will bring to mind █
█ traces and fragments of the darkest black metal █
█ music that is available in the extreme metal █
█ community. █
█ The shouted vocals of Lorenzo De Stefano provides █
█ a very solid pillar to the thus far well rendered █
█ execution of the guitar, bass, and drums. █
█ Listening to the songs in this record sent a █
█ shiver down in my spine. The murkiness and very █
█ morbid character of this offering will take the █
█ listeners to dimensions of the unknown. Outside █
█ the album's extremely clandestine feel, it does █
█ not come short of sheer hostility and feistiness. █
█ One can easily sense the very robust hardcore punk █
█ influence of the band with the clear presence it █
█ conveys in each track. █
█ "Inanimate" is a solid effort that is truly worthy █
█ of acquiring. The songs are well composed, the █
█ ambiance is quite haunting, and the esoteric █
█ lyrics tethered it all together to produced a █
█ satisfying EP. Naga is a band that I will █
█ certainly continue to listen to in the years to █
█ come. The trio knows their way with their █
█ instruments and they have a clear path to where █
█ they like to take their music. Never miss to pick █
█ this offering if you dig sludge and black metal. █
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░ 1. Thrives 7:17 ░
░ 2. Hyele 9:49 ░
░ 3. Loner 5:06 ░
░ 4. The Money Will Roll Right In (Fang 6:20 ░
░ cover) ░
░ 5. Worm 5:56 ░
░ 34:28 ░
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