Akhenathen
presents here another one of his inumerous releases. This time we are greeted
with a MCD released through the German label No Colours Records. This MCD is
quite different from the two latest releases of Judas Iscariot. In my opinion
the best way to analyse this release is to divide it into two parts, being the
first one the two first songs and the second the two last songs.In the first part we can see an aproximation to what the band has done in the earlier releases, I mean that the sound is dominated by mid-pace rythms and extroardinary painful atmospheres. About the second part it is clearly dominated by high paced rythms and razor-sharp riffs, or in other terms, it is quite similar with the two lates releases.
I don't know how many albums has Judas Iscariot released so far, neither how many more will be released, the only think I know is that we are always presented with good material, so I have to congratulate Akhenaten for that.
Another
album from Akhenaten, joining to his enormous amount of releases. As always Akhenaten, composed
and performed all the songs in this release, so don't expect any major changes
in the sound, for the traditional harshness and grimness are still present in
this album as probably will be in all Judas Iscariot releases.
I
wonder...how does Akhenaten gets time to sleep? How many albums will he release
during his life, a billion?? The first time I heard this guy I though:
"Well, he must be Norwegian", because of the clear influence of bands
like Darkthrone and Burzum in the album. Wrong! He's American and we can label
his music as violent, fast and grim Black Metal spitting sheer brutality towards
Christianity and everything related with it ("...what black metal is all
about: destroying Christianity and its subhuman followers!", said he during
a live performance). The tracks here displayed are cold and raw as Hell, and by
this time you've probably deduced that technique and precision aren't - and
probably will never be - present in Akhenaten's music. Everything is quite
simple and effective, as in all the previous works; fast rythms, a quite sloven
drumming, an extremely harsh voice (I consider it as a blending between
Abbath in "Pure Holocaust" with Gaahl in "Under The Sign of
Hell") and gelid guitar riffing. This MCD has 5 tracks and 2 of them
consist mostly on slower parts, that keep up the interest and put eventual
boredom aside (respectively "Journey Through Visions of War" and the
instrumental "March upon a Mighty Throne"). My preference goes to
"Descent to The Abyss", it's a very intense track. Sometimes this
album reminds me of Darkthrone's "Transilvanian Hunger", but in a
"blitzkrieg" version. Highly recommended if you follow intensively the
"true" Blackmetal scene.