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Baalberith
/ Hex Morbidity / Forneus - In satan´s honour (Uk)
This
3 way split is a great surprise in the underground black metal scene of today I
can say. It include some of the better black metal bands coming from Uk these
days. First when I heard about it I thought that this is probably a typical
middle standard release, but damn how wrong I was about that. First band up is
Baalberith with three tracks and first "Abortion of Religious
Futility" is absolutely a written blackened masterpiece. I could in fact
have bought the split only for this track. It has all that some real aggressive
and evil metal can be expected for in some real well played black metal band.
Next one "Quest for Satan" is a faster one that reminded me a lot of
old Dissection and Deicide, like it, but is not my favorite. Third one
"Apparition of Skulls" starts up mystic and a bit melancholic to went
over to slower dark filled song that really kicks ass. This is also a written
masterpiece as the first one. Next band on the album is Hex Morbidity with
"Holy Shrines" that is a nice surprise for me as I have not heard so
much of this band before. The song have lots of aggression and rawness. Track
two "Unbaptized" is a damn good one, liked this one a lot more than
the first with then. This gived me the feeling of bands from late 80´s and
early 90´s. In fact it reminds a bit of very early Marduk, Treblinka and
Sorcery to mention some bands, damn good track that I will listen much more on.
Last one up is "Stench of Lord and Lamb" that is a nice one with a
good dark atmospheric feeling + that I had the feeling of listening to the
first album of Merciless and Morbid Angel. Best track is the second one with
them in my opinion. But the band shall have some extra push for a very nice
variation in their song writing, damn good work. Third band up is Forneus that
opens up with "Litanies of Hatred", what can I say here except for
total mayhem and hammering raw black metal music that really went into my ears
immediately. This one kicks asses with lots of other bands out there. Second
track " Embrace the Covenant" is a bit slower, but far from soft or
nice, hehe..really liked the parts in it that made me thinking of some songs
with good old Bathory, Dissection and early Gorgoroth. Last track with Forneus
is "Blood Eagle (The Exile)" that is a good song and have both some
slower melody parts along with rhytmic and almost heavy ritual feeling in it,
very good track that needs some extra listening. Some last words to say about
this split, go and get it. This is without any doubt one of the best splits I
have heard at least during whole 2013. And I have hard to believe that I will
hear another one where all bands are very equal when it comes to their playing.
I can´t say that one band is better than the other one, because here has all
three a lot of that you expect to find and wanna hear in black metal. So what
are you waiting for, support the underground scene and you will not regret it.
