_________________________________________________________________________ | . . | . | . | . | . | | . | . | , | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ` | ' | | | ' | | ` | ' | ' | ___|___|___|___|_______|_______|___|___|_______|___|_______|_______|_______|___ \______________________________________|______________________________________/ / \ | 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 | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------< | http://open.qobuz.com/album/vpne9ez40rmjb | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------< | 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 - | \_____________________________________________________________________________/ ixxu!imp