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: Artist :: Serpents Oath :
: Album :: Revelation :
: Year :: 2024 :
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: Genre :: Black Metal Source :: WEB/MP3 :
: Label :: Odium Records R.date :: 2024-03-17 :
: Size :: 113.33MB S.date :: 2024-03-05 :
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: Bitrate :: CBR 320kbps :
: Quality :: 44.1 kHz/Full Stereo :
: URL :: http://deezer.com/album/558929822 :
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: 1. Invocatio Genesis 0:33 :
: 2. Blood Covenant 4:43 :
: 3. Gateways to Tiamat 4:46 :
: 4. Purification through Fire 4:54 :
: 5. Invociatio Apocalypsis 0:43 :
: 6. Beyond the Void 4:39 :
: 7. Drakonian Gnosis 4:07 :
: 8. Path of the Serpent 6:15 :
: 9. Invocatio Resurrectio 0:50 :
: 10. Cult of Death 4:34 :
: 11. Unto Typhon 4:54 :
: 12. Pandaemonium 6:08 :
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: Sometimes, it s common to forget that Belgium is an important :
: country to Metal. During the 80s, acts as KILLER, OSTROGOTH, :
: ACID, CROSSFIRE and others were famous into underground, and :
: established the foundations for the future generations. But :
: no one can forget that there are extreme Metal acts on the :
: country, as AGATHOCLES, ENTHRONED, ABORTED and some others. :
: And one more name comes to join to the team of Belgian :
: extreme Metal acts: SERPENTS OATH. And the quintet s third :
: full-length, Revelation , is really a fine piece of darkened :
: and apocalyptic art. :
: :
: The band delivered the responsibility of the recordings, :
: mixing and mastering to the hands of Yarne Heylen of Project :
: Zero Recording Studio (and is known for his works with :
: NERVOSA, WARBRINGER, SKELETAL REMAINS and others), who :
: modeled a sonority that s clean and defined in the due :
: aesthetics for Black Metal, but aggressive and nasty as well. :
: It means that the hearers will take the best experience :
: possible in the band s music for such work, and it s a :
: perfect armor for a Black Metal assault. And the cover of :
: N stor valos depicts clearly what the quintet s stands for: :
: the absolute destruction of Heaven! :
: :
: Musically, the quintet follows a Black Metal tendency that is :
: fast and furious, filled with charming tremolo picking :
: arrangements on the guitars, with abrasive and subjective :
: melodies to bind everything together. Some could say that :
: they follow the same ways of acts as DARK FUNERAL, MARDUK and :
: IMMORTAL in the past, but on an evolved, mature and personal :
: way. This album has a darkened and restless appeal that s :
: hard to resist, because it s in a midway between the classic :
: outfits of the genre with a modern insight. Ok, words can :
: complicate things, so let s make it simple: this album is :
: excellent! :
: :
: There are 9 tracks (3 are intros, so it gives to the album a :
: conceptual scent sometimes) of the most pure and destructive :
: Black Metal one can ask for. After the intro Invocatio :
: Genesis , the fall starts with a brutal and fast song, Blood :
: Covenant , filled with sharp guitars and very good :
: arrangements that hooks the hearers; being followed by the :
: climatic and disgusting (in the good sense of the word, :
: please) Gateways to Tiamat , another fast and abrasive song :
: full of a darkened appeal that s impossible to resist to. And :
: Purification Through Fire brings the band to a point that :
: is nearer the classic elements that was used to be called :
: Grim Black Metal during the 90s (the parts that aren t :
: extremely fast, where bass guitar and drums are weaving very :
: good and solid rhythmic parts). :
: :
: A profane intro is what Invociatio Apocalypsis is, bringing :
: the right ambience for Beyond the Void , a massive and fast :
: attack boosted by very good guitar arrangements that allows :
: the vocals to show very good sets of tunes (to low tunes on :
: the shrieks to high-pitched ones). Again with speed :
: decreasing in some parts, Drakonian Gnosis shows some :
: subjective melodic arrangements that add value to the faster :
: moments. And on Path of the Serpent the band sounds more :
: climatic and atmospheric (even with fast rhythms), in a :
: massive and hooking onslaught of energy. :
: :
: The third trilogy starts with the intro 'Invocatio :
: Resurrectio' then comes 'Cult of Death', a song technically :
: more simple than the previous ones, but rich on darkened :
: melodic traces on the guitar riffs. Dissonant and darkened :
: melodic guitar parts introduces 'Unto Typhon', a song that :
: soon explodes with fast rhythms (but here are some contrasts :
: on it) and darkened hooks. And the album closes with :
: 'Pandaemonium', a maelstromic show of fine arrangements :
: filled with morbid energy and with apocalyptic vocals. :
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: By now (as some days are left until the album's official :
: release), it's not clear if 'Revelation' is a conceptual :
: album or not. But one thing the listeners can be sure of: :
: SERPENTS OATH is really a strong candidate for becoming a :
: driving force in Black Metal. The band has all in hands to do :
: it, and you just need to listen to it! :
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