Under Moonlight Sadness "Geneticisis" X-Rated Records (2001)

Under Moonlight Sadness was a mexican band form Mexico City this is a second full-lenght in our discography release date in 2001 by X-Rated records, the line up for this album is:

Iván Vilchis Drums

Jesús Morales Guitars

Carlos Bastida Guitars

Marcos Barba Keyboards

Ivan Bloodhunter Vocals

Carlos Escalante Bass

The track list are: 

1 Architects Of Quanta 07:26

2 Unnatural 05:08

3 One With The Infinite 07:14

4 Bloodhunter 06:35

5 Infinite 04:09

6 Echoes 00:33 (instrumental) 

7 Ethereal Pains 06:27

8 Lord Of Exile Lands 07:50

9 Winter Mourning 06:15

10 Agony Remembrances 05:23

11 A Dream, A Tear... 03:07

The "Geneticsis" album are top of Progresive and melodic death metal, guitars are clean because have a brillant riffs and delays sounds arround the disc. The voice are grows and melodic and same time in a few songs, but alternate too in a rest songs. Passage acoustic and insrtumental are amazing to beggining to end. This album is a Top Best metal album in México, the lyrics are inspired in cosmovision in ancient cultures from México like aztecs and mayan. 

"Architects Of Quanta" are spectacular beggining, "Unnatural" is a beautiful melodic song and simple riffs are involving arround your mind, "Echoes" is an instrumental in the middle album, "Bloodhunter" and "Ethereal Pain" mixed melodic death metal, progressive metal and doom metal parts. The "Goteborg sound" are present in the next songs: "Infinite", "Lord of Exile Lands" & "Winter Mourning". This album is legend lost in the times. 

Tracks 6 to 11 are re-recorded versions of the "Echoes of Ancient Music" demo. 

The initial CD press actually featured the Rossomahaar album "Imperium Tenebrarum", and the first press of Rossomahaar's album featured Geneticsis. A later version had this issue corrected. 

Nargaroth "Black Metal Ist Kreig (A Dedication monument") No Colours Records 2001

Nargaroth’s "Black Metal Ist Krieg" release in January/ February 2001 is an awesome album that every Black Metal fan should check out, it’s definitely worth owning. Each song on this release is full of emotions, sadness, hatred and misanthropy. The guitar riffs and the vocals are depressive but beautiful at the same time and Kanwulf really expresses his thoughts through his music, that’s what makes this album so great. In the booklet, Kanwulf tells us a few things about his past and comments on every song. That’s pretty interesting to read (if you understand German :p). But now let’s come to the music. I’ll go through the songs one by one.

Tracklist are: 

"Introduction" – 2:13

"Black Metal ist Krieg" – 5:01

"Far Beyond the Stars" (cover de Azhubham Haani) – 4:48

"Seven Tears are Flowing to the River" – 14:47

"I Burn for You" (cover Lord Foul) – 2:56

"The Day Burzum Killed Mayhem" – 9:20

"Píseň pro Satana" (cover de Root) – 2:40

"Amarok - Zorn des Lammes III" – 9:30

"Erik, May you Rape the Angels" – 6:58

"The Gates of Eternity" (cover de Moonblood) – 5:04

"Possessed by Black Fucking Metal" – 6:33

Introduction - This has no real melody, the instruments are just randomly played. The most IMPORTANT element of this song are the vocals. Kanwulf uses very high shrieks that sound like he’s being tortured. Sometimes you can hear him yell “Blaaaaaack Metaaaal Ist Kriiiieeeg!”. This song is nothing special, but a decent introduction to the rest of the album.

Black Metal Ist Krieg - This is a very powerful song. It will just crush you. It’s like a big wall that suddenly hits your face. The song immediately starts with a killer riff, very aggressive and fast played drums and Kanwulf screaming “Black Metal Ist Krieg”. The vocals and the riff remain always the same until about 2:50, where a different riff kicks in and the drums get a bit less aggressive. The lyrics will remain the same though. This second part is maybe a bit more melodic than the first part. Overall, this is a very good song, even though it is repetitive.

Far Beyond The Stars - This is an Azhubham Haani cover. It’s nicely done and has some very good riffs. There are slow parts as well as fast parts in this song. I have not much to say here. Good song, but not one of the best.

Seven Tears Are Flowing To The River - This is the fourth song on the album and probably the most emotional and saddest one. It’s a love song. It’s also the longest song on the album, with almost 15 minutes length. It starts with a beautiful ACOUSTIC GUITAR part. At 1:10 a quite depressing riff and the drums kick in. Kanwulf only starts singing at 3:20. The guitar work remains the same until the end of the song and never changes. I really like the melody of this song. Awesome song there, either my second favourite song or even my favourite song on the album, I can’t really decide.

I Burn For You - Another cover song, the original is by Lord Foul this time. During the first 15 seconds, you can hear a teenager yelling something, then the music starts. I like this song too, the GUITAR work is well-done. There is not so much to say here either, because the song isn’t even 3 minutes long.

The Day Burzum Killed Mayhem - As the title suggests, this song is about the murder of Euronymous by Varg Vikernes. According to Kanwulf, Euronymous’ death was the destruction of the Black Metal scene and it has only decreased since then (he also talks about it in the booklet). The song starts with two real news reports in Norwegian from when it happened. At 41 seconds, an aggressive riff suddenly kicks in, aswell as the drums with a blast beat. Then Kanwulf starts singing, this time his voice is a bit lower than on the other songs. The song remains the same until 4:38, where there is a breakdown for a few seconds and then a different more relaxing riff starts and the drums get slower. The song gets aggressive at 6:25 again and remains so until the end. This song is a very good song too with an interesting lyrical theme.

Pisen Pro Satana - This is a Root cover. It’s a decent song but nothing extraordinary. It’s one of the songs that are not outstanding, but there’s nothing bad to say about either (in my opinion). There’s quite some nice riffing though.

Amarok (Zorn Des Lammes III) - Remember when I said that I couldn’t decide if “Seven Tears Are Flowing To The River” was my favourite or second favourite song before? Well, this song is the reason for it. It’s hard to say which one is better, for me they’re about equally good. I really love this song too. It’s quite depressive and kind of sad, but also very beautiful. At the beginning of this song, you can hear waves and thunder. Then there’s something that sounds like a poem. It’s not really singing. It sounds monotonous, but still emotional. At 1:33 a wonderful riff kicks in. This is my favourite riff on the whole album, it’s sad but beautiful at the same time. 30 seconds later the drums start. The “poem” continues until 3:53 where you can suddenly hear Kanwulf screaming, as well as a double-bass. I love that part. Everything is calm and the clean voice is slowly saying the poem and then, out of nothing, BANG! Double-bass and Black Metal shrieks. The riff is still the same as in the beginning, but the song gets more interesting because of the harsh vocals and the more intense drumming. At 5:50, a slightly faster riff starts and remains until the end. Overall, this is an awesome song, and like I said, either my favourite or my second favourite song on this album.

Erik, May You Rape The Angels - This song is dedicated to Erik Brodreskift, the former drummer of Immortal, Gorgoroth and Borknagar, who suicided in 1999. The drumming is very fast on this song and the guitar work is aggressive too. I don’t like this song so much. It’s not too bad, but worse than the other ones in my opinion.

The Gates Of Eternity - This is the fourth and last cover song on the album. The original song is by Moonblood. The riffs on this song are slow, but nice. Good song, although not one of the best.

Possessed By Black Fucking Metal - In this song, Kanwulf says once again that Black Metal has died, but that he is still possessed by it. I like the main riff very much. It’s a well-done song and I think it’s a good ending song for the album. It’s one of the better songs of the album, and you always keep a good memory of an album if the last song is good.

That’s it. We have a fantastic album there. Black Metal Ist Krieg is an awesome Black Metal release. It’s not too raw, most of the riffs are still quite medodic. It’s not too boring either, compared to other Black Metal albums where every song sounds the same. Kanwulf truly expresses all his emotions through the different songs.

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HAIL NARGAROTH!!!!

Black Dawn "Blood For Satan" Necropolis (2001)

Es el primer y único full-lenght de la banda originaría de Nurmo, Finlandia llamada Black Dawn que se publicó en el 2001. Antes habían publicado 3 demos “War Against Christians Demo” 1993, el “Dead Metal Demo” en 1996, y “Blood for Satan Demo” en 1998. Además éste resultó ser su segundo cambio de nombre ya que antes de llamarse así se nombraban Nocturnal Feast durante el periodo de los años de 1992 y 1993, de los meses finales de 1993 al 2002 se conoció como Black Dawn que fue con la que publicó éste trabajo. A partir del año 2003 se cambio el nombre True Black Dawn debido a una demanda de una banda de Black Metal pero originaria de los EE.UU.

La banda finesa editó este gran y oscuro trabajo a través de la label Necropolis Records de Francia el cual contó con algunas piezas de su último demo así como nuevas composiciones de lo mejor del Black Metal Fines, ésta masterpiece tuvo 10 piezas blasfemas de puro poder en las guitarras, batería y la potente voz del frontman. La banda estuvo integrada como cuarteto con el siguiente line up, en primer lugar estuvo en el bajo Anzhaar, en las poderosas y blasfemas vocales Propeth Hoath Troath, en las guitarras  Gaunt y en la batería demoledora Caauldron. Una verdadera horda de la oscuridad con la misión de expandir la palabra blasfema para todos los fans del metal underground.

El track list del disco fue: 

1. Pitbound (The 4th Trial Of Acolyte) 02:01

2. A Hymn To Grand Darkness (The Creed of Hoath) 02:41

3. Of Blackest Witchcraft (The Hoath Manifesto) 04:50

4. Enemy Of The Day 04:21

5. Graverape Ritual 02:46

6. A Horned Moon Rising 03:57

7. Blood For Satan 02:02

8. To Haunt And To Feed 03:05

9. When The Shadows Become Flesh 01:02

10. Within Ye Woods, Before Ye Throne 06:12

Algo verdaderamente blasfemo había de salir ante la formación de miembros de otras bandas como Thrones Of Dawn, Enochian Crescent y And Oceans. Una verdadera fuerza maligna desde Finlandia en todas las 10 canciones llenas de temas referentes a la oscuridad. Desde la primera pieza inicial titulada ya estás apabullado con las guitarras y la demoledora batería en la composición titulada como “Pitbound (The 4th Trial of Acolyte)”. Ya son los primeros acordes y ya estás hipnotizado por toda la demolición que traen en su estilo estos acólitos del mal.

Otra verdadera pieza de poder con todo el arsenal maligno que desprenden los instrumentos de la banda es la titulada “Of Blackest Witchcraft” con una oración al inicio de la composición en referencia a las creencias de las personas. Bien ejecutada en los cambios de ritmos y blastbeast de los todos integrantes de la agrupación. Ésta canción es de mis favoritas de éste trabajo por el tratamiento que le dan a las guitarras y sus cambios de ritmo.

La última pieza que me gustaría recomendar del álbum es la que lleva por título “To Haunt and to Feed” otra excepcional forma de blasfemia auditiva con todos los cánones que marca el Black Metal, aquí no hay tiempo para la melodía sino sólo para la brutalidad en los instrumentos, A pesar de su corta duración es de las más disfrutables y memorables del disco. Seguramente será de tus favoritas del Black Metal finés. 

Para finalizar este breve homenaje a una masterpiece del underground me limito a señalar que es de los mejores discos que se han presentado en el nuevo siglo conmemorando a los grandes del Inner Circle Noruego y de su país natal, solamente éste disco los catapultó como verdaderos referentes del subgénero tanto que inmediatamente tuvieron seguidores en todo el mundo que se empezó a buscar todo lo relacionado con el grupo. Aquí sentencio no es un  proyecto sino una banda total al 100% que no defraudará a quienes los escuchen.

Date una oportunidad de escuchar el trabajo de la banda Black Dawn y ya no habrá vuelta atrás en tu percepción sobre lo que imaginas escuchar, te aseguro que te volverás fan de la agrupación finesa terminada la primera canción, como hemos mencionado éstas ante uno de los mejores trabajos del siglo nuevo. Hasta la próxima reseña del underground amigos y amigas.

Todo el disco completo de la primera y única obra maligna de los antiguos fineses llamados Black Dawn publicada en el 2001.