Artist..: White Death

Album...: Iconoclast

Genre...: Black Metal                | Label...: Werewolf Records
Year....: 2023                       |

R.date..: 2023-12-30                 | S.date..: 2023-12-08

Source..: WEB (16bit)                | Encoder.: libFLAC
Bitrate.: 983 kbps avg.              | F.Rate..: 44.1kHz

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Disc 1 / 1

01. Born from the Unholy Fire (Part II)                             4:24
02. Iconoclast                                                      6:17
03. Aal Apam Li Aamnuk                                              5:12
04. Strife for Blood                                                4:11
05. Life in Death                                                   4:43
06. To Die a Thousand Times                                         3:49
07. Summum Bestiae                                                  4:45
08. Phosphorus                                                      5:17
09. Concerto of Sodomy                                              5:02
10. Celestial                                                       4:26

(355.17MB) 00:48:06

Onward in stride with the Devil and under the mark of true black metal do
White Death make their way onto the scene. Strident in momentum and fueled
by jerking off apparently'

'This new album is like the Anttila catalog. They sell all kinds of shit,
from toys to furniture. The Anttila underwear pages were the most
masturbated magazine in Finland. If you know what to search for, you can
find it. You just need to try a bit harder to cum, but eventually, you
will.'

~Vritrahn

How lewd' and undeniably black metal. After all, at the end of the day,
it's an fucking rock show. However, what you've just read doesn't truly
translate into White Death s music as it would your typical Impaled
Nazarene album? For White Death, the realization of the darkest art is a
matter of tradition, of straying not from the beaten black metal path and
of homaging the bestial. On December 29, as another cursed year comes to a
close, and as new promises of nightmares fresh and despairing become
ever-starker, White Death, in conspiracy with the ever-scrutinizing
Werewolf Records, will unveil their latest offering, 'Iconoclast'.

Iconoclast:

Not really a matter of nostalgia here, nor is it a throwback to early 90s
legend as so many of you would love it to be. It took time for the Finnish
style to develop into what it is today; a respected and recognizable
brand, and  Iconoclast  is simply a representation of how that particular
scene has grown over the course of decades past. And when a band can
represent genre-growth all the while as they honor tradition, that is
what's called, say it with me now: TRUE BLACK METAL. And White Death
agrees with it, as evidenced by the melody, the melancholy and the
unbridled wickedness of the titular track and 'Summum Bestiae'. The former
a nasty cut that alternates between greasy black & roll defamations and
rolling, Sargeist-worshipping melodic arrangements. The latter a harkening
back to the early 00s ' the days of 'Satanic Black Devotion' and Horna's
'Sudentaival' - when the Finnish genre movement had firmly established its
identity/momentum. In other words, prepare for nothing less than the
genuine Suomi experience: rich and melodic, Satanic and powerful.

Satanic Warmaster, Azaghal' White Death? Worthy of such illustrious
company, White Death are proving to be as they further their depraved
descent into the deep and hallowed halls of the Finnish underground
through the release of records like 'Iconoclast'. And with no shortage of
old-fashioned aggression: 'Strife For Blood' and 'To Die a Thousand Times'
to raise those horns and whip you into a state of the purest Satanic rage.
Passion! And underlying every comprehensive second of the recording, like
the warmth of a hearth as it permeates the keep during the most frigid of
nights, the soothing comfort of the purest Satanic energy penetrating the
backdrop and into the atmosphere of each album cut like the morning dew as
it evaporates into the air of a new day.

Conclusion:

No shortage of thrills here, from the textured vocal attack to the layered
guitars and just the overall tempo of the album. A compositional game of
guesswork, but without the bewilderment of too many shifts in tempo or the
repulsion of gaudy, overreaching arrangements. Proper black metal; the
kind of stuff produced by the likes of those aforementioned and now by
White Death, in the true Finnish way and with a touch of dark humor to
boot. For us, it was the Sears Catalog lingerie section that gave all the
guys a boner. 'Iconoclast' is more like the nude Polaroids of your mother
we found in your dad's sock drawer - worthy of your time and to be shared
with friends -

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