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Demonoir
Rating: 3.75/5
Listen To: Psalm 7:77
Skip It: Tunnel of Set XI through XVII
Norway’s 1349 evolves on their fifth full-length album Demonoir, with the band’s usual explosive black-metal backgrounding new musical avenues. The first uncharted step is the evolved gothic narrative persona singer Ravn takes on in “Atomic Chapel,” partnered with his usual raspy demon-hisses. The song also employs a ghoulish riff moving slowly over an assault of double bass rolls, the first full-out attention grabber of the album.
Demonoir is also uncharacteristically slow for 1349. Chopperish double bass supported breakdowns like in “Pandemonium War Bells” offer easily adjusted to mid-tempo headbanging opportunities, and catchy octivated power chords that illuminate over layers of heavy distortion. “Psalm 7:77” settles dust with its intro of time-splicing tom-thuds, only to tizzy you again with an energizing, momentum-building guitar and following blast-beat inferno. You are intrigued by beefy power chords continuously revolving behind face-melting scales.
Amidst evolution, Demonoir is still a traditional black-metal powerhouse. “When I Was Flesh” and “The Devil of the Desert“ showcase high-pitched guitar leads soaring over a near-constant blast-beat hum, refreshing glimpses of 1349’s classic noise massacre approach. Lone hovering hornet-buzz guitars are also used to change direction throughout Demonoir, successfully rejuvenating your step before the next lucre noise assault.
The only recognizable down points come with Demonoir’s non-instrumental filler tracks incrementally titled “Tunnel of Set,” which are interjected between each song. While creating a vague fog of eeriness, these tracks can be time consuming while you seat-grippingly anticipate the next turbulent instrumental smash-out awaiting queue.
To sum up, Demonoir is a rounded album with its brave experimental aspects from a staple Norwegian black-metal outfit.
Track Listing:
1. Tunnel of Set XI
2. Atomic Chapel
3. Tunnel of Set XII
4. When I Was Flesh
5. Tunnel of Set XIII
6. Psalm 7:77
7. Tunnel of Set XIV
8. Pandemonium War Bells
9. Tunnel of Set XV
10. The Devil of the Desert
11. Tunnel of Set XVI
12. Demonoir
13. Tunnel of Set XVII
Demonoir
Rating: 3.75/5
Listen To: Psalm 7:77
Skip It: Tunnel of Set XI through XVII
Norway’s 1349 evolves on their fifth full-length album Demonoir, with the band’s usual explosive black-metal backgrounding new musical avenues. The first uncharted step is the evolved gothic narrative persona singer Ravn takes on in “Atomic Chapel,” partnered with his usual raspy demon-hisses. The song also employs a ghoulish riff moving slowly over an assault of double bass rolls, the first full-out attention grabber of the album.
Demonoir is also uncharacteristically slow for 1349. Chopperish double bass supported breakdowns like in “Pandemonium War Bells” offer easily adjusted to mid-tempo headbanging opportunities, and catchy octivated power chords that illuminate over layers of heavy distortion. “Psalm 7:77” settles dust with its intro of time-splicing tom-thuds, only to tizzy you again with an energizing, momentum-building guitar and following blast-beat inferno. You are intrigued by beefy power chords continuously revolving behind face-melting scales.
Amidst evolution, Demonoir is still a traditional black-metal powerhouse. “When I Was Flesh” and “The Devil of the Desert“ showcase high-pitched guitar leads soaring over a near-constant blast-beat hum, refreshing glimpses of 1349’s classic noise massacre approach. Lone hovering hornet-buzz guitars are also used to change direction throughout Demonoir, successfully rejuvenating your step before the next lucre noise assault.
The only recognizable down points come with Demonoir’s non-instrumental filler tracks incrementally titled “Tunnel of Set,” which are interjected between each song. While creating a vague fog of eeriness, these tracks can be time consuming while you seat-grippingly anticipate the next turbulent instrumental smash-out awaiting queue.
To sum up, Demonoir is a rounded album with its brave experimental aspects from a staple Norwegian black-metal outfit.
Track Listing:
1. Tunnel of Set XI
2. Atomic Chapel
3. Tunnel of Set XII
4. When I Was Flesh
5. Tunnel of Set XIII
6. Psalm 7:77
7. Tunnel of Set XIV
8. Pandemonium War Bells
9. Tunnel of Set XV
10. The Devil of the Desert
11. Tunnel of Set XVI
12. Demonoir
13. Tunnel of Set XVII
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