Judas Iscariot / Krieg
To The Coming Age Of Intolerance
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A nice lil split from two of the preciously rare decent black metal hordes of JewSA. Well, since Akhenaten moved to Europe (and BLACK FUNERAL left black metal scene), KRIEG probably remains the only well-known decent american horde. With sweet cover art depicting a flamethrower-using Wehrmacht soldier, this split promises 10 minutes of uncompromising black metal violence, and fulfills that splendidly.
JUDAS ISCARIOT delivers the song "Winterheart", a cover of finnish black metal horde CRIMSON EVENFALL. This band, now known as MUSTA SURMA, is already respected in the UG thanks to an excellent mcd "Riena" and a track on the famous "Black Metal Blitzkrieg" compilation. Akhenaten, however, appeals to their past demo days. "Winterheart" presents fast and violent black metal assault, not unlike modern MUSTA SURMA or older JUDAS ISCARIOT itself. Buried drums, simple, effective and VERY evil riffs, monotonous rhythm -- very norwegian, perhaps, but from the time when "norwegian" equaled "true black metal"...
KRIEG offers a song "Destruction Ritual", which, apparently, has already appeared on half of the band's releases (as an opener on the latest same-titled album, twice on "The Church"...). This version is significantly more underproduced than the album one, with a buried, tomb-like sound. Switching between ultra-fast, bordering on "war metal" (fortunately, only bordering) grinding parts and tense slower fragments, with hysterical vocals and incoherent riffs, this is a fairly typical KRIEG song. Sadly, Imperial's music loses half of its charm without the extensive use of various samples and effects so prevalent on "Rise of the Imperial Hordes"...
A nice slab of vinyl to have, even if only for JUDAS ISCARIOT track. One of the precious few proves that the laughable "USBM" hype actually has some worthwile basis in its root.
© 2002 ghaaroth
JUDAS ISCARIOT delivers the song "Winterheart", a cover of finnish black metal horde CRIMSON EVENFALL. This band, now known as MUSTA SURMA, is already respected in the UG thanks to an excellent mcd "Riena" and a track on the famous "Black Metal Blitzkrieg" compilation. Akhenaten, however, appeals to their past demo days. "Winterheart" presents fast and violent black metal assault, not unlike modern MUSTA SURMA or older JUDAS ISCARIOT itself. Buried drums, simple, effective and VERY evil riffs, monotonous rhythm -- very norwegian, perhaps, but from the time when "norwegian" equaled "true black metal"...
KRIEG offers a song "Destruction Ritual", which, apparently, has already appeared on half of the band's releases (as an opener on the latest same-titled album, twice on "The Church"...). This version is significantly more underproduced than the album one, with a buried, tomb-like sound. Switching between ultra-fast, bordering on "war metal" (fortunately, only bordering) grinding parts and tense slower fragments, with hysterical vocals and incoherent riffs, this is a fairly typical KRIEG song. Sadly, Imperial's music loses half of its charm without the extensive use of various samples and effects so prevalent on "Rise of the Imperial Hordes"...
A nice slab of vinyl to have, even if only for JUDAS ISCARIOT track. One of the precious few proves that the laughable "USBM" hype actually has some worthwile basis in its root.
© 2002 ghaaroth