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░ ██ ██ Artist: Azbuk ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Compilation for Eternity █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2008 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2018-02-24 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Sullen Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CDR ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Yet another South American unblack death metal █
█ horde, Azbuk are touted as one of the pillars of █
█ the SA scene, and one of the old guard. █
█ "Compilation for Eternity" is the culmination of █
█ their efforts in the war against darkness. █
█ What we have here, in essence, is a band that █
█ plays death metal with black metal vocals. The █
█ death metal sound is undeniable - there is no █
█ frostbitten guitar shards hacking away the flesh, █
█ no shrieked vocals, no blastbeats. Rather, the █
█ vocals are a deeper black metal growl, the guitars █
█ are heavy, groove-laden, and more technical than █
█ most pure black metal, and the drumming is quite █
█ varied. █
█ If black/death bands are your thing, but you find █
█ some of them a little overwhelming in technical █
█ flair, Azbuk honestly makes for a decent █
█ alternative. It's got enough heaviness to satisfy █
█ a death metal fan, but with just enough black █
█ metal tones in the music and vocals to still █
█ qualify as an unblack release. █
█ Tracks such as "Return" and "Symphony of Death" █
█ are far more black metal sounding, however. The █
█ death riffs remain, but the production is much █
█ more orthodox in sound, shall we say. █
█ Overall, it's not a bad release at all, just not █
█ really my style of unblack metal. But it is played █
█ well, the production is good, and if you want more █
█ mid-tempo black/death without all the showy flash █
█ of Dying Blaze, A Hill To Die Upon, or the sheer █
█ speed of latter-day Crimson Moonlight, Azbuk isn't █
█ too bad. █
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░ 1. Ancient Secrets of the Bible 4:19 ░
░ 2. The Kingdom 4:17 ░
░ 3. Nosferatus Darkness Earl 5:35 ░
░ 4. Reflexes of a Damned Mirror 4:10 ░
░ 5. Fallen Angel 4:10 ░
░ 6. Constitution 3:45 ░
░ 7. Supplication 3:16 ░
░ 8. Majesty 2:44 ░
░ 9. The Loyal Witness 2:18 ░
░ 10. Abyss Eternal 2:31 ░
░ 11. Return (Bonus Track) 4:15 ░
░ 12. Symphony of Death (Bonus Track) 1:41 ░
░ 43:01 ░
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