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/:: Artist :: Kurgaall ::\
:: Album :: Ordo Sancti Daemoni ::
:: Year :: 2023 ::
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:: . Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Hammer of Damnation R.date :: 2023.02.23 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: HOD284 S.date :: 2023.02.13 __::_
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. Quality :: 44.1kHz/Joint Stereo .
. Size :: 60.34 MB .
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:: 01. Bow Thee, Oh Tempter 01:01 ::
:: 02. Ierofania Diabolica 04:14 ::
:: 03. Le Secret de Satan 02:55 ::
:: 04. Circe 03:18 ::
:: 05. The Grand Design of Pazuzu 03:27 ::
:: 06. Il Giardino delle Vergini 04:50 ::
:: 07. Ordo Sancti Daemoni 03:45 ::
:: 08. Kipkn (Kirke) 02:59 ::
:: 09. Ancient Serpent 03:22 ::
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:: Hear what IÆm warning you, ôOrdo Sancti Daemoniö fifth album ::
:: by Italian Black Metal band KURGAAL will leave the scene ::
:: stunned and your mind blowing. Although the backbone of its ::
:: musicality is heavily influenced by Black Metal from the ::
:: 90s, mainly Swedish bands like Dark Funeral, Setherial and ::
:: Marduk, the current sound of KURGAALL however contains a ::
:: very particular element and I believe that much of this ::
:: individuality is due to to the guitarist duo Inferith and ::
:: Thasos. The guys have fantastic chemistry playing together, ::
:: an exceptional ability on their respective instruments and ::
:: it is clear that the lead guitar lines have a unique style. ::
:: You know that thing that happens with some guitarists (Sakis ::
:: from Rotting Christ, Quorthon from Bathory, just to name a ::
:: few) who manage to create a method of writing and playing so ::
:: unique and particular that in any album or project they are ::
:: involved you will immediately know it. as soon as the first ::
:: notes sound ┐┐ ThatÆs exactly what happens here and the ::
:: succession of memorable riffs is uninterrupted, in fact you ::
:: wonÆt hear a bad riff on the entire album and even the ::
:: chosen distortion is perfect. The guys understand Black ::
:: Metal like few others and manage to make their compositions ::
:: sound extremely aggressive, violent and totally drenched in ::
:: a malevolent and satanic energy while full of harmonies and ::
:: melodic lines. but never letting your songs sound ôsmoothö; ::
:: the melodies here only serve to enhance the majestic ::
:: soundscape of KURGAALLÆs music; as a sonic representation of ::
:: the fallen archangel himself, a terrible, powerful and ::
:: extremely dangerous yet beautiful entity. And the music ::
:: emanating from these aforementioned guitars , combined with ::
:: the precise bass of DeiVorhadorh and the destructive drums ::
:: of Asmodeus D.D are the perfect vehicle to conduct the ::
:: blasphemous litanies of Lord Astaroth and his insane vocals ::
:: and here we must open a parenthesis because it is clear that ::
:: we perceive in these vocal lines a great emotional charge ::
:: and a devotional focus totally befitting the lyrics of ::
:: someone who truly believes in what he is preaching. This is ::
:: actually, in my opinion, the greatest attribute of ôOrdo ::
:: Sancti Daemoniö because tracks like ôIerofania Diabolicaö ::
:: which opens the album in an overwhelming way after the brief ::
:: intro ôBow Thee, Oh Tempterö, the title track and above all ::
:: ô Ancient Serpentö, composition that closes the album, can ::
:: be considered as true black prayers to the bringer of light. ::
:: But this occult ritualism never diminishes in the other ::
:: tracks. Songs like ôLe Secret De Satanö, the aforementioned ::
:: ôIerofania Diabolicaö with its disgracefully sensational ::
:: guitar solo that sent shivers down my spine when I first ::
:: heard it, ôThe Grand Design of Pazuzuö with its magnificent ::
:: chorus (ôAs above , so belowà) seem to bring with them a ::
:: musical atmosphere more steeped in ferocity and bestiality ::
:: while tracks like my favorite ôCirceö, ôIll Giardino Delle ::
:: Verginiö with its beautiful strumming beginning and its ::
:: later guitar harmonies and ôThus Reigned Thy Ancestral ::
:: Orderö manage to convey to the listener a more reflective ::
:: aura, like a more introspective and restrained occult ::
:: devotion. The albumÆs production was smashing with all the ::
:: instruments sounding clean but organic, without feeling ::
:: plasticky like it often does these days. The cover art, ::
:: simple, minimalist, perfect. ThatÆs ità perfection is the ::
:: word that best describes and sums up ôOrdo Sancti Daemoniö. ::
:: Sniper shot to the forehead that Hammer of Damnation is ::
:: giving us with this release. Mandatory, totally mandatory ::
:: and unmissable. ::
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