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/:: Artist :: Hate Forest ::\
:: Album :: The Most Ancient Ones ::
:: Year :: 2021 ::
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:: . Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Black Metal Store R.date :: 05.05.2022 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: BMS080 Size :: 90,2 MB __::_
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. Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo .
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:: 01. To the Thickets and Swamps 04:06 ::
:: 02. The Most Ancient Ones 04:53 ::
:: 03. Inmost Winter 06:00 ::
:: 04. Black Forest 05:07 ::
:: 05. The Elders 05:27 ::
:: 06. Darkness 06:27 ::
:: 07. The Night of Winter Solstice 06:54 ::
:: 08. The Curse 06:23 ::
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:: Hate Forest's "The Most Ancient Ones" has to be one of the ::
:: most iconic black metal albums that came from Ukraine, for ::
:: in here it's laid-out the purest quintessence of Black ::
:: Metal. ::
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:: Hate, violence, brutality, coldness and last but definitely ::
:: not least, DARKNESS, are the subjects displayed by the ::
:: mighty trio that are Roman Saenko, Roman Blagih (a.k.a. ::
:: Thurios) and Khors' drummer Khaoth. The first two are also ::
:: the responsibles of Drudkh, fact that is nothing short of a ::
:: sign that they know what they are doing. ::
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:: As soon as you press "play" on your player, you are ::
:: introduced to the album with some incredibly, earth- ::
:: shattering vocals by Mr. Saenko, which is also responsible ::
:: for some of the guitar and bass playing in this release. ::
:: Following this, the growls are contrasted by the ::
:: distinctive vocals from Thurios, which even though they ::
:: aren't as intense as Saenko's are, they are still brutal ::
:: enough while also playing some guitar lines of his. All of ::
:: this, is being followed by the most brutal and coldly ::
:: calculated drum programming by Khaoth (challenging enough ::
:: for those who would like to reproduce them in a real drum- ::
:: set) which follows the chaos from his band-partners ::
:: accordingly ::
:: ::
:: As stated before, the album begins with those monstrous ::
:: vocals, followed by some incredible guitars and blast ::
:: beats, that are almost present on the entirety of the ::
:: release. ::
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:: Even though this recipe of fast-pacing guitars and rapid ::
:: blast beats seems to be quite simple in paper to the common ::
:: listener, the trio manages to make the most out of it by ::
:: mixing them with sick double bases, tremolo picking bridges ::
:: and insane riffs,which are all immersed in a cold ambiance, ::
:: given by the recording quality. In spite of that very ::
:: recording quality being unappealing to some, it definitely ::
:: serves it's purpose as a deadly atmosphere, where the ::
:: listener is being torn apart by the fierce winter winds, ::
:: while in fear of the ruthless monster voices near him. ::
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