_________________________________________________________________________ | . . | . | . | . | . | | . | . | , | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ` | ' | | | ' | | ` | ' | ' | ___|___|___|___|_______|_______|___|___|_______|___|_______|_______|_______|___ \______________________________________|______________________________________/ / \ | Artist..: Whoredom Rife | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------< | Album...: Dommedagskvad | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------< | Genre...: Black Metal | Label...: Terratur Possessions | | Year....: 2017 | Cat.No..: | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------< | R.date..: 2023-06-19 | S.date..: 2017-06-10 | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------< | Source..: WEB (24bit) | Encoder.: libFLAC | | Bitrate.: 1808kbps avg. | F.Rate..: 48.0kHz | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------< | http://open.qobuz.com/album/r8ax4qlb7vxtc | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------< | Disc 1 / 1 | | -------- | | | | 01. Intro (Bells of Doom) 1:41 | | 02. Beyond the Skies of God 5:56 | | 03. Cursing the Storm to Come 5:02 | | 04. Spir 6:09 | | 05. Svik 5:48 | | 06. Winged Assassin 5:46 | | 07. Pilgrim 6:55 | | | | | | --------------------- | | (524.02MB) 00:37:17 | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------< | I loved last year’s debut EP The Worship of Idols Instead of God; Idolatry | | from Norwegian black metal group Whoredom Rife, staying true to the icy | | cold sound of the classic second wave Norwegian bands with beauty and | | aggression in equal measure, while also dragging the classic sound kicking | | and screaming into the 21st century. The 4 song EP has been followed by a | | new full length album which sees them tighten up a little on the | | production and song writing, coming off even more wider in scope and epic, | | if compromising a little on the aggression. Although tightened up, the | | production can be a little weak in some areas, but the energy, atmosphere | | and songcraft make Whoredom Rife one of the most interesting Norwegian | | black metal bands since the mid-nineties, and this is one not to be missed | | for Scandinavian black metal fans. | | | | After a short intro Whoredom Rife begin with Beyond the Skies of God, | | melodic major key tremolo picked riffs in the style of Dark Fortress’ | | Tales from Eternal Dusk and understated but effective keyboards giving an | | icy edge to the blastbeats and rumbling bass, with the production doing a | | lot to give focus to the low end – they’re no trebly and scratchy bedroom | | band. The vocals are typical raspy black metal screams, harsh and throaty, | | effective but without being overly noteworthy. It gets a little bit muddy | | when their guitars and drums are at the fastest, but the song writing is | | good enough that it doesn’t detract from the overall effect – there are | | breaks for slower more eerie moments, which make a great change in pace | | from the blastbeats, and the slow melodic ending with it’s simple but epic | | melody works really well albeit a bit overlong in a great album opener. | | And this is the weakest track of the bunch over it’s full length. | | | | Cursing the Storm to Come is more aggressive, minor key tremolo picked | | guitars give it a De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas-esque darkness,while there’s | | an Eidolon-era Dark Fortress style to the cold and raw vocals, which are | | at their best on the album here, making it sound cold and wintry, | | especially as the vocal lines fit in much better with the guitar melodies. | | The keyboard melodies in the middle of the track are so wintry while the | | guitars so blistering it’s like being buffeted by freezing snow while lost | | in a northern snowstorm. Winged Assassin is another dark and brooding | | piece of icy melodic black metal with a slow opening riff and some | | dissonant guitar melodies and drum patterns, while still having the faster | | and more epic parts in the middle in a less aggressive, but still | | fantastic track showing their variation. Spir is one of the most epic in | | scope, the icy cold atmosphere of the biting guitar sound playing stirring | | melodic riffs against pounding, striking drums hearken to the sound of | | battles in the frozen north of the Viking age. It’s awesome from start to | | finish, their own heavy sound coming from the drum heavy production is | | fearsome, but with a sense of beauty and grandeur thanks to some stirring | | guitar melodies and understated Emperor-esque synths to really add to the | | cold sound. | | | | There’s a few minor flaws to it, but they’re negligible as Dommedagskvad | | is much more than the sum of it’s parts, a creative, cold, dark and | | melodic piece of Norwegian black metal, hearkening back to the glory days | | of the nineties, while driving forward into the 2010’s as one of the | | finest bands the country has produced in recent years. Make Norwegian | | black metal great again! | \_____________________________________________________________________________/ ixxu!imp