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/:: Artist :: Hate Forest ::\
:: Album :: Purity ::
:: Year :: 2021 ::
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:: . Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Black Metal Store R.date :: 05.05.2022 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: BMS044 Size :: 88,2 MB __::_
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. Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo .
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:: 01. Domination 05:55 ::
:: 02. Elder Race 05:23 ::
:: 03. The Gates 11:03 ::
:: 04. Megaliths 02:33 ::
:: 05. The Immortal Ones 11:25 ::
:: 06. Desert of Ice 06:06 ::
:: 07. Cromlech 02:12 ::
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:: Since the turn of the millennium, Roman Saenko from ::
:: Kharkiv, Ukraine, has proven to be one of most gifted and ::
:: prolific black metal musicians out there. His work with ::
:: Drudkh is widely known, influential and amongst some of the ::
:: best black metal ever conceived, though he's not been ::
:: afraid to step out of said genre and experiment with Dark ::
:: Ages, Old Silver Key and RattenfΣnger. Hate Forest (who'd ::
:: later on morph into Blood of Kingu in '05) is however his ::
:: oldest known band, which dates back to '95, but didn't ::
:: release anything until '99 in the form of a demo tape ::
:: titled, 'Scythia.' 'Purity,' the band's second full-length ::
:: after numerous EPs and the debut, 'The Most Ancient Ones,' ::
:: was released in '03, and although I haven't heard the bands ::
:: other work, I'm not stopping short of calling this one a ::
:: modern masterpiece. ::
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:: Hate Forest combines demented speedy tremolo riffing, ::
:: merciless drum blasting akin to Immortal's, 'Battles In The ::
:: North,' brief synth flourishes and deep gravely growled ::
:: vocals quite unlike any I've heard before. Perhaps one of ::
:: the albums most outstanding qualities is the relentless ::
:: driving force behind this beast. Some short moments of ::
:: ambiance are found, but largely the listener is assaulted ::
:: with what feels like nearly forty four minute's of gapless ::
:: nonstop commotion. The songs are not especially different ::
:: though, but quite early on a hypnotic state is achieved ::
:: through the highly atmospheric and dare I say dreamy riffs, ::
:: percussive brutality and guttural roars. Personally I find ::
:: my feet mimicking the double bass drums as I listen and ::
:: become increasingly energized and possessed as the album ::
:: continues. Interestingly adding to the atmosphere there ::
:: seems to be a low end synth bit, that although not always ::
:: audible, is there from time to time and naturally it ::
:: increases the trance-like qualities during the more ::
:: repetitive portions of the album. There's even bass guitar ::
:: poking through now and again. ::
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:: 'Purity' is quite a fascinating record, especially ::
:: considering that at its core its just high-speed raw black ::
:: metal. Yet, I don't find the album to be particularly dark ::
:: or evil in character, no, it has a rather glistening sort ::
:: of essence that you'd likely find in some sort of epic or ::
:: Viking metal themed band. It also easily creates the cover ::
:: image perfectly; it doesn't take long before the snow ::
:: covered forest appears, looking further ahead mountains ::
:: high as the eye can see, followed by the... the unknown - ::
:: this is simply stunning! ::
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:: As I said, this is my first venture with Hate Forest, but I ::
:: look forward to getting my hands on their other records, as ::
:: well as pretty much everything else Mr Saenko has ::
:: associated himself with. ::
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