No. This is just awful to my ears.

It's not the whole "shock" factor or whatever - it's that it suffers from stagnation. I don't feel the songs go anywhere. I don't listen to much drone or noise but I can at least understand sometimes where the progression lies. But with this... it just seems like one incredibly long torture scene. It's uncomfortable and I understand the atmosphere it's trying to create and the eerie vibe its trying to emit, but I kept waiting and waiting for something to happen.

I suppose the only reason I'm even giving this any points at all is for its scare tactics. If I rigged my house to play this album back in its entirety on infinite loop while somehow configuring my light system to work like they do at all the rave shows you hear about then I guarantee I'd be fucked off my ass for the rest of my life, staring blankly at a wall, drooling, rocking back and forth and scratching the flesh from my face.

Like I said, it's torture. But I can understand what people like Joe and Rozz find fulfilling here. It just doesn't work for me.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 22.12.2011 at 09:29

No. This is just awful to my ears.

It's not the whole "shock" factor or whatever - it's that it suffers from stagnation. I don't feel the songs go anywhere. I don't listen to much drone or noise but I can at least understand sometimes where the progression lies. But with this... it just seems like one incredibly long torture scene. It's uncomfortable and I understand the atmosphere it's trying to create and the eerie vibe its trying to emit, but I kept waiting and waiting for something to happen.

I suppose the only reason I'm even giving this any points at all is for its scare tactics. If I rigged my house to play this album back in its entirety on infinite loop while somehow configuring my light system to work like they do at all the rave shows you hear about then I guarantee I'd be fucked off my ass for the rest of my life, staring blankly at a wall, drooling, rocking back and forth and scratching the flesh from my face.

Like I said, it's torture. But I can understand what people like Joe and Rozz find fulfilling here. It just doesn't work for me.

Are we listening to the same record? O.o I don't get any noise or drone from this really, it's repetitive and monotonous of course but just very simple and very effective industrial black metal with a deliciously thick sound. Probably one of the least torturous industrial black records I can think of (compared to stuff like BaN and TAoP). More oppressive rather than torturous, which I guess is the point of the record. It's a record I can quite easily hum along too, which is a nice novelty.

This "progression" you're referring to doesn't really apply to stuff like this which is attempting to highlight political dictatorship, oppression etc. Repetition is a commonly used device to represent this. If it's making you feel the way it does then you could argue it's doing its job well ;] Suffice to say that this isn't a nicey-nice blackgaze record =P

Written by [user id=4365] on 22.12.2011 at 15:27
Are we listening to the same record? O.o I don't get any noise or drone from this really...

Oh I definitely don't think it's noise or drone, I was just using that as a comparison in reference to the whole "stagnation" rant.

And like I said, I understand the draw it can have for some people but it really doesn't do anything for me in terms of enticement. Aside from the "scenes of torture" mood its got going for it, I really can't get into it.

Oh Troy, you were doing so well with Arizmenda and Negative Plane...

Written by [user id=4365] on 22.12.2011 at 20:42
Oh Troy, you were doing so well with Arizmenda and Negative Plane...

I bet in a few months I come back to this and deem it brilliant.

I dunno about that. You seem to loathe this.

Ya I highly doubt there's a chance I'll ever like this.

Unless my tastes change dramatically in the future and then I return to this. But even then there's no guarantee.

Written by [user id=4365] on 22.12.2011 at 20:42

Oh Troy, you were doing so well with Arizmenda and Negative Plane...

Wait, what, when did this happen?

Written by Slayer666 on 22.12.2011 at 21:52
Wait, what, when did this happen?

Debut, not 2011 release.

And NP was a recent revelation.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 22.12.2011 at 21:53

Debut, not 2011 release.

And NP was a recent revelation.

This calls for a MASSIVE BRO FIST. D:

Awesome Album.

A crushing, totalitarian musical force

Krucyator Productions and Maltkross present :

N.K.V.D Vlast Tape Version

-Limited to 100 copies
-Pro. Printed J-Card
-Black Tapes




Available here :

https://www.discogs.com/user/Krucyator
https://nkgb.bandcamp.com/album/vlast
http://krucyator.com/product/nkvd-vlast-tape
https://maltkross.wordpress.com/

Also via P.M or kadyrovski.klan@yandex.com

Album inspires me.

Holy shit. Thank Lenin this thread got revived cuz I just saw they only had two copies left on their bandcamp of their compilation featuring their EP and debut album. Nice.

This have been seriously one of the most important metal albums for me and got me interested into the whole black metal/ industrial aesthetics. Too bad the whole totalitarian aspect of the record has not been matched with anything else as far as I know.

Written by [user id=110592] on 09.06.2018 at 14:06

This have been seriously one of the most important metal albums for me and got me interested into the whole black metal/ industrial aesthetics. Too bad the whole totalitarian aspect of the record has not been matched with anything else as far as I know.

Yeah this album is oppressive and so dense. Love it.

Probably the most "atmospheric" album I have ever heard.

10ed. The only issue i have with this album is that it is too short.

Meh, this just makes me want to listen to Blut Aus Nord. Imagery is the only thing this band has going for it; Russian history is underrated and underrepresented in metal.

This album is available for pre-order on vinyl with the original artwork for anyone who cares about that vintage shit.

Hopefully a sign for a new album coming soon.

The ultimate "atmospheric" black metal album. I have a hard time imagining anything matching this ever again.

Listened to this while driving home this weekend. Such a massive sound. Really enjoy the sound of the drum machine with the layered guitarwork.