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| Artist..: Krieg / Ramlord |
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| Album...: Krieg / Ramlord |
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| Genre...: Black Metal | Label...: Unholy Anarchy Records |
| Year....: 2014 | Cat.No..: |
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| R.date..: 2023-10-16 | S.date..: 2014-07-15 |
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| Source..: WEB (16bit) | Encoder.: libFLAC |
| Bitrate.: 1237kbps avg. | F.Rate..: 44.1kHz |
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| http://deezer.com/album/12860228 |
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| Disc 1 / 1 |
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| 01. Krieg - Mocking Dead Empires 2:36 |
| 02. Krieg - Worthless Nothing 2:22 |
| 03. Ramlord - Grey Sky Prison 5:08 |
| 04. Ramlord - From Absolution to Eradication 1:08 |
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| (107.75MB) 00:11:14 |
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| If you google the phrase 'black punk' you'll discover a music genre known |
| as Afro-punk, as well as a band named Death - not Chuck Schuldiner's |
| ground-breaking group, but a 'proto-punk' band from Detroit formed in the |
| early 70's by three brothers, who happen to be the subject of a recent |
| critically acclaimed movie. What you won t find is any reference to the |
| forthcoming split release by Krieg and Ramlord at least not yet. |
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| I ve been listening to this four-song split once a day for the past week |
| (while gazing fondly at its killer cover art), and my first impressions |
| haven t changed: At its core, this a fusion of black metal and punk. It |
| would be tempting to file it away under the heading of blackened crust |
| along with bands such as Young and In the Way and Martyrd d, but to these |
| ears the music on this split is an even more primal union of black metal |
| and punk, and its primal appeal is strong. |
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| KRIEG |
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| Krieg has been kicking out releases since the mid-90s, with a steady flow |
| of splits and EP s to go along with six albums. This split with Ramlord is |
| one of two scheduled for release this summer, the other being a split with |
| Wolvhammer that I ll also be reviewing very soon. For this release Krieg |
| contributes one original song and a cover. |
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| The cover is a song called 'Worthless Nothing' from the 1993 LP The |
| Greatest Invention by the seminal UK crust band Doom. It drives hard and |
| fast, propelled by a combination of virally infectious jumping riffs and |
| doused in acid by one of the best voices in US black metal. |
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| The original song is 'Mocking Dead Empires'. It's a natural pairing with |
| Worthless Nothing , fueled by another blood-pumping punk riff, but one |
| that this time alternates with bouts of blast-beat drumming and storming |
| tremolo guitar. The song is capped by another voracious vocal performance |
| by Imperial, who mixes in some hollow roars with his caustic howls. |
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| RAMLORD |
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| Ramlord are a New Hampshire collective with two albums under their belts |
| and a quartet of previous splits, including one other (with Nuclear |
| Devastation) released earlier this year. |
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| Their first song on the split , 'Grey Sky Prison', never stays in one |
| place for long. It jumps back and forth between stripped-down, |
| head-bobbing punk, crawling Sabbathian doom (enhanced by the band s fat |
| guitar tone), and d-beat crust. The rhythms change rapidly, with the |
| themes being reprised as the song proceeds, while the vocalist shrieks, |
| bellows, and sneers in a convincing display of fury. |
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| The second Ramlord track, 'From Absolution To Eradication', bolts from the |
| gate like the eruption of an alcohol-fueled brawl, and it's over before |
| you know it, barely breaking the one-minute mark. Short, but sweet. |
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