Our Lord has Come

Hossana...
New Funeral Mist album coming at 23rd February. Nothing else matters untill then.

Quote from Norma Evangelium Diaboli:

Funeral Mist manifests rarely but when it does, then it is in exceptional glory. While the taint of the pandemonium that was "Salvation" is to never disappear, for it undeniably set new standards within Black Metal and beyond in terms of musical violence, chaos and the channelling of ominous spiritual energies, "Maranatha" materializes like the unadulterated omen of the end of times, like a glowing pitch black pit to whose appeal to jump within nothing can resist. The violence and the musically bizarre are still there, displayed with a rare mastery but a thorough work on atmospheres and structures and the addition of complex layers of ill sounds make this new album by Funeral Mist a renewed challenging experience, as perilous for your mind's sanity as it is for your soul's deliverance. Unique, unmistakable for anything else, Funeral Mist stands with splendour as the epitome of extremism. It is only way beyond one's limits that an encounter with the dimension summoned by "Maranatha" is made possible, an encounter as perilous as this work is cruel.

Contradictory Light

It is a sunny day today, yet I found a fitting "music" backdrop in Aghast's Hexerei Im Zwielicht Der Finsternis. It seemed strange at first but as I continued listening, the whole thing started to make sence to me. A sunny day during the winter offers a contrast by itself. The utterly dark, haunting and ritualistic chanting of Aghast just completes the picture.

After all the light of the sun is as blinding as Der Finsternis.

The burning moon

Although it is the ending of winter (and this one has proven to be a pretty snowy one) the fullmoon in Hellas is still burning like the flames of inferno. The norsemen seem to have persuaded everyone that hell is kind of a fridge, briging their climate condition to the forefront of the lyrical content of black metal (the weather forecast black metal). To my eyes black metal has allways been a nexus to enter the abyss. The themes about the frost and snow didn't help the cause, although there has been serious posting (mainly on the fabulous surreal documents blog) in order to analyze the thematology of the norwegian bands. My opinion is that it was too much depth given to an issue that does not deserve it. I seriously doubt that any of those bands had anything in mind other than the easy solution of writing about their physical surroundings adding a flavour of nationalistic suppremacy (just because it's cold up there?). Don't get me wrong, I love scadinavian black metal but I would pick the roaring flames of hell to paint the canvas of black metal, anytime. Ultimately we are fire and they are ice and probably there is no winner between those two.




I was lucky enough to witness a spectacular fullmoon last night that really haunted me. I found a wonderfull company to Colombia's Reencarnacion's 888 Metal. It is a 1988 record, typical of south american black/thrash of this period. Burning, sick music that sounds like echoing from the tomb. Pitty that the spirit of those bands seems to be missing from today's black metal. This reminds me to dig through my old tapes to find my favorite Genicidio's EP from 1987.
FALL FROM HEAVEN

Complete and utter spiritual death

When everyday routine threatens to destroy creativity and imagination.
When every petty aspect of life that the flock considers as obligation (because they cannot face their miserable life and their incompetence to change it), threatens to consume every fertile and meaningful part of life.
Hail to all those who follow their own path. Hail to those possessed by the spirit of the wolf. May fate brings our paths to cross.

Listen in the dark

The title is a recommendation on how to listen the new Axis of Perdition record, titled Urfe. A dark ambient gem, obviously influenced by soundtrack music. In fact the music in Urfe acts like the soundtrack accompanying the narrator (the british actor Leslie Simpson), and creating a horror filled atmosphere.

This is a two disc affair, the first one (Grief of the unclean) based on electronic ambient and drone sounds, while the second one (The great unwashed) is equally based on electronic and guitar ambient.
The darkness the band evokes is trully admirable and has to be heard to be believed. And I think I traced a bit of Pink Floyd lurking somewhere in the guitar leads.

Excelent atmospheric music to listen in the dark.

AMSG

Twisting the knife of truth

Focused and sober I come for you.
For my hunger never ends.
We are us one. We allways were.
And again we will be.

But now you are two. You'll have to share.

Confusion

Perplexed is the soul and mind of man. Is it possible to channel the same precious emotion and passion to two directions (be it persons or causes) and still be honest and feel full and free inside?

I think it is.