_________________________________________________________________________ | . . | . | . | . | . | | . | . | , | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ` | ' | | | ' | | ` | ' | ' | ___|___|___|___|_______|_______|___|___|_______|___|_______|_______|_______|___ \______________________________________|______________________________________/ / \ | Artist..: Wolvhammer / Krieg | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------< | Album...: Wolvhammer / Krieg | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------< | Genre...: Black Metal | Label...: Broken Limbs Recordings | | Year....: 2014 | Cat.No..: | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------< | R.date..: 2023-10-16 | S.date..: 2014-06-24 | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------< | Source..: WEB (16bit) | Encoder.: libFLAC | | Bitrate.: 967 kbps avg. | F.Rate..: 44.1kHz | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------< | http://deezer.com/album/14903531 | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------< | Disc 1 / 1 | | -------- | | | | 01. Wolvhammer - Slaves to the Grime 6:08 | | 02. Krieg - Eternal Victim 3:29 | | | | | | --------------------- | | (69.83 MB) 00:09:37 | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------< | New Jersey based black metal institution Krieg have teamed up with the | | Minnesota based blackened sludge stalwarts Wolvhammer to release a limited | | split 7” vinyl through Broken Limbs Recordings, with 300 copies on black | | and 200 copies on black with green and yellow splatter. Love him or hate | | him, N. Imperial has fashioned Krieg into one of the most prominent USBM | | acts in history, churning out a steady flow of releases since the band's | | 1995 formation. Formed in 2008, Wolvhammer, to date, has released two full | | lengths alongside a few miscellaneous releases. | | | | In press releases, N. Imperial has stated: “Seeing that both bands have | | shared members and toured together in the past it seemed only natural that | | through this camaraderie we would eventually spawn a split release between | | us. Both bands have provided sonic statements of intent for where we are | | at this fine year of our lord 2014 and where we plan on traveling in the | | future.” Makes sense, I guess. Even more so when you realize that both | | Krieg and Wolvhammer are due to release new full length albums in 2014: | | so, consider this a short teaser, if you will. Krieg's seventh full length | | album, Transient, is due out in September of 2014 while Wolvhammer's | | Crawling Into Black Sun is slated for a July 2014 release. | | | | This split lends one side and one track to each band and has a grand | | running time of just under ten minutes. Wolvhammer starts the show with | | their so-called blackened sludge in the form of “Slaves to the Grime”. | | While I detect hints of sludgy dank and blackened tendencies, this track | | has ostensible punk and hardcore leanings, which is not a bad thing of | | course, just unexpected. The band switches gears several times throughout | | the track, going from the punkish swagger to a faster blackened attack | | with rollicking drums and speedy, dissonant power chords and then back | | again. Despite the varying approaches to the same formula, the entire opus | | stays firmly rooted in mid-tempo pacing. The harsh, growling vocals are a | | hefty mix of hardcore shouts and black metal snarls, which keeps the band | | firmly blackened. I applaud the band's attempt to bring something | | different to the table, but the song isn't overly memorable on its own. | | | | Krieg's portion of the split, “Eternal Victim”, is, well, Krieg. If you've | | listened to anything N. Imperial and his ever-changing band of misfits and | | outcasts has recorded in the past decade, then you have a solid starting | | point. The track starts off with a noisy, post-rock infused riff and | | Imperial's trademark screams, as the undertone gradually swells and the | | drummer goes off with spastic fills and rolls. This noisy riff continues | | to surge forward until the band unleashes a monster of a crushingly | | grooving riff which repeats for a few bars before delving into prime USBM | | trem picking and blasting drums, which carries us to the end of the track. | | If this is a preview for the upcoming full length, then consider me | | interested, as this sounds heads about what was on The Isolationist. | | | | While neither band's track is a dud, Krieg certainly steals the show on | | this split. Despite the strength of this split, this will really only | | serve as a collector's item, as it's limited to 500 copies. If you're a | | diehard Krieg or Wolvhammer fan, then scoop this up quick, otherwise just | | hang tight for the upcoming full length albums. | \_____________________________________________________________________________/ ixxu!imp