BENEATH THE NCS RADAR (PART 17): SACRILEGIOUS IMPALEMENT, BELENOS, WORMREICH, DIABOLUS AMATOR, GRAVESPAWN, VESTERIAN, VAHRZAW

 Album Reviews, RANDOM FUCKING MUSIC  1 Response »
Nov 072016
 

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( Norwegian blogger Gorger is back, highlighting still more releases that we have overlooked.  To find more of his discoveries, type “Gorger” in our search bar or visit Gorger’s Metal.)

Three months have flown by since my last installment. Sorry to keep you waiting. Not that you’ve been waiting, but you know you’ve been missing out on something in the meanwhile. I’ve grown a long list of candidates, but I’d rather not overheat your brain, so we’ll be focusing on a quadruple set as usual, with a further installment coming very soon. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): DIABOLUS AMATOR — “DESPOTIC CONJURING OF THE SOULLESS”

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Mar 072016
 

Diabolus Amator-Despotic Conjuring of the Soulless

 

Despotic Conjuring of the Soulless is the second album by Diabolus Amator, a black metal project created by a multi-instrumental musician now based in Virginia who goes by the name Abyss, with vocals provided by Lörd Matzigkeitus of the Canadian band Idolatry. It consists of 11 original songs and an excellent cover of Inquisition’s wonderful “Desolate Funeral Chant”. For me, the album came out of left field, but it has proven to be a very welcome and highly prized surprise. I’m very glad we have the chance to share with you a stream of the whole album.

The first time I heard the album, I thought I had it figured out by the end of the first three songs — which is the point at which there comes a break in the action, provided by the ominous, groaning ambient track “Invocation of the Abyssic Dragon”. But I was wrong. Not only does the album display different facets of sound and style the deeper you go into it, the best tracks may lie in the second half — though the first half is damned good, too. Continue reading »