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(record review)BLACK WINE ORDER-“Folklore”

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The people that are following this webzine for a while will remember that we already featured Black Wine Order on this pages when we reviewed their last album.

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The mystery surrounding this band/project continues on, the new album arrived on our e-mail address. This band has no Fb page, no official page, and the information about it is scarce on the web. All I dug out is that they are from France and that it is pretty much one man project. Believe it or not, this third album is darker than its predecessor and more scary and fitting to be soundtrack to a horror movie. 9 featured tracks are a the collection of dark ambient music, almost ritualistic in some simplistic elements. We can also find a lot of dungeon synth influences. The tracks where vocals exist are mainly some weird singing, spoken word, some whispering, moaning and the vocals add to the disturbing factor in the music of Black Wine Order. As I said last year, this music is not for everyone, but I love to awaken the darkness within me, so if you have similar taste and you crave for an indulgence in such music, be my guest, get this one!

8/10

Bandcamp: https://blackwineorder.bandcamp.com/album/folklore

 

 

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(news) UK death metallers Nihil Eyes to release “Black Path” via Ultraje on May 18th

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UK death metallers Nihil Eyes have signed a deal with Portugal’s Ultraje to release their debut full-length “Black Path” for the first time on CD format on May 18th 2018.

“Black Path” offers a glimpse into the darkest aspects of the human psyche, exploring motivations for people’s darkest intentions. Topics include homicide, suicide, narcissism, mental instability and political corruption, all through different perspectives and approaches regarding composition and subject matter.

With the intention of making that kind of record that they would like to hear and play live, the British band Nihil Eyes offers eight tracks featuring a unique intensity in the contemporary European death metal scene, with excruciating riffs, guitar leads drawn from nowhere, horrifying voices and a musical aesthetic perception out of the ordinary. Heaviness, intensity, emotion and an honest representation of Nihil Eyes is what you can expect from this “Black Path”. Suitable for fans of Carcass and Bolt Thrower.

Pre-orders are now available at this location with free shipping worldwide: https://ultraje.bandcamp.com/album/black-path

Artwork and tracklist below:

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01 Nihil Eyes
02 Burn the Leech
03 Lord of Flies
04 As the Water Falls
05 Border Line
06 True Nihilist
07 Treachery and id
08 Manifesto

 

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(album review)NEXUS-“The Taint”(Agoge Records)

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Nexus come from L’Aquila area in Italy and they were formed in 2009.by vocalist/guitarist Vlad Voicu and bassist/backup vocalist Tony Di Marzio with a dream of combining alternative metal, gothic rock and electronics in their music.

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Agoge Records released their new album and I listened to it and reviewed it for this zine. The album contains 9 tracks of melodic alternative metal with gothic rock influences. The emphasis is on metal because the song structures are heavy but melodic and you ccan almost imagine dancing on these tunes in some gothic club. Vocals are nice and they are not some half spoken word from the tomb, quite the contrary, they make goosebumps on my skin with the melodies especially on “Crimson Wine”, one of the best songs of the album. The use of keyboards and electronics in the songs makes them more rich soundwise. Along the mentioned song, some more songs that were somehow the best for me on this album are “Stillborn” and “Close Your Eyes”. This album is a perfect soundtrack for the rainy and gloomy day, to stop you from being so depressive and teach you how to live with the depression.

8,5/10

Follow the band on FB: https://www.facebook.com/theNexusBand/

Follow the label on FB: https://www.facebook.com/Agogerecords/

Get the album: http://www.agogerecords.com/