Thokk
Of Rape And Vampirism
[Mordgrimm]
First Evocation: (First 5 songs of the disc)
Having been fearing anything Ancient-related since seeing the cover for "Mad Grandiose Blood Fiends", I had been avoiding this disc. Luckily, I found it in a used bin. It quite impressed me actually. Riffing is Nordic black metal in nature with a thrash influence. Nothing ground breaking, but it is an enjoyable listen and several of the riff ideas are fresh. No keys, no clean chic voices, just fast, glorious blackish metal. Production is clean and thick. Yea, the vampire thing is old, REALLY old, but don't let the lyrics turn you away from some of these cool riffs.
Second Evocation: (Last 4 songs)
Someone's been listening to too much electronic music. Nothing like the stuff from the First Evocation. Dark, spooky, and . . um . . electronic noise with black rasps and screeches over it. . Actually, kind of interesting at first, but it gets old. I don't know electronic music, so I have no one to compare it to. The rasps and screeches kinda sound like Mortiis' Cintecele Diavolui project, but the music bares no resemblance.
© 2000 j. mcintyre
Having been fearing anything Ancient-related since seeing the cover for "Mad Grandiose Blood Fiends", I had been avoiding this disc. Luckily, I found it in a used bin. It quite impressed me actually. Riffing is Nordic black metal in nature with a thrash influence. Nothing ground breaking, but it is an enjoyable listen and several of the riff ideas are fresh. No keys, no clean chic voices, just fast, glorious blackish metal. Production is clean and thick. Yea, the vampire thing is old, REALLY old, but don't let the lyrics turn you away from some of these cool riffs.
Second Evocation: (Last 4 songs)
Someone's been listening to too much electronic music. Nothing like the stuff from the First Evocation. Dark, spooky, and . . um . . electronic noise with black rasps and screeches over it. . Actually, kind of interesting at first, but it gets old. I don't know electronic music, so I have no one to compare it to. The rasps and screeches kinda sound like Mortiis' Cintecele Diavolui project, but the music bares no resemblance.
© 2000 j. mcintyre