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Cult Of Fire - मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान



8.3 | 139 votes |
Release date: 30 November 2013
Style: Black metal

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16 want it


01. संहार रक्त काली
02. अस्तित्व की चिता पर
03. शव साधना
04. काली मां
05. मृत्यु ही सत्य है
06. मृत्यु का वीभत्स नृत्य
07. खण्ड मण्ड योग
08. दिव्य प्रेम की ज्वाला से दग्ध

Additional info
Artwork: David Glomba.

Official translations:
"Ascetic Meditation Of Death"

1. Samhara Raktha Kali
2. On the Funeral Pyre of Existence
3. Shava Sadhana
4. Kali Ma
5. When Death Is All
6. Gruesome Dance of Death
7. Khanda Manda Yoga
8. Burned by the Flame of Divine Love

Staff review by
Auntie Sahar
Rating:
8.7
Eastern influences in rock-derived forms of music have come quite a long way since the days of George Harrison and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. With metal in its modern state, we definitely have plenty of bands that follow suit (Nile, Melechesh, and Rudra, to name a few). The problem I find with a lot of this Eastern-infused metal, however, is that the metal almost always seems to trump the Eastern elements, and being the Oriental f̶a̶n̶a̶t̶i̶c̶ ̶ nerd that I am, I find myself looking for bands that strike more of a 50/50 balance between the two. This year, I was lucky enough to get my wish, in the form of Cult Of Fire's sophomore release मृत्यु का तापसी (that's "Ascetic Meditation Of Death," for all you heathen bastards who have not yet mastered the holy Sanskrit).

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published 23.11.2013 | Comments (37)

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12.02.2014 - 17:40
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by mz on 12.02.2014 at 17:03

more like a boring meeting if you ask me.

Haven't used this in a while

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12.02.2014 - 21:52
Rating: 7
mz

Written by Guest on 12.02.2014 at 17:40


Haven't used this in a while

link

in that case, you shouldn't use for inappropriate situation like this one
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28.05.2014 - 16:54
Rating: 8
Alien1988

Written by mz on 12.02.2014 at 17:03

more like a boring meeting if you ask me.


Don't give up on them though. Although this is a very good album I find their debut, Triumvirát, to be the superior one.

Try this
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28.05.2014 - 21:18
Rating: 7
mz

Written by Alien1988 on 28.05.2014 at 16:54


Don't give up on them though. Although this is a very good album I find their debut, Triumvirát, to be the superior one.

Try this


Thanks. Does their debut also contain elements of Indian music?
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28.05.2014 - 22:40
Rating: 8
Alien1988

Written by mz on 28.05.2014 at 21:18

Thanks. Does their debut also contain elements of Indian music?

No, it is more straightforward and I'd say more variable.
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15.06.2014 - 00:25
Rating: 9
Erik M.

Written by Alex F on 12.02.2014 at 16:59

Am I late to the party? This album is fucking amazing


Better later than never is my motto.

Yep, mz is clueless with his 5 rating, as this album is totally awesome indeed. Along with U.M.A., this is easily my favourite black metal release from 2013.
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15.06.2014 - 00:29
Rating: 9
Erik M.

Written by mz on 12.02.2014 at 17:03

more like a boring meeting if you ask me.


If you think this is boring, then I feel sorry for you.
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15.06.2014 - 00:49
Rating: 7
mz

Written by Erik M. on 15.06.2014 at 00:29

Written by mz on 12.02.2014 at 17:03

more like a boring meeting if you ask me.


If you think this is boring, then I feel sorry for you.

I feel that you haven't had enough joy in your life that enjoy this album
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15.06.2014 - 01:03
Rating: 9
Erik M.

Written by mz on 15.06.2014 at 00:49

I feel that you haven't had enough joy in your life that enjoy this album


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15.06.2014 - 06:53
Lit.
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Written by Erik M. on 15.06.2014 at 01:03



He's saying you have low standards.
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15.06.2014 - 07:15
Mattybu

My standards are higher than yours-esque comments =
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15.06.2014 - 09:24
Rating: 7
mz

Written by Erik M. on 15.06.2014 at 01:03

Written by mz on 15.06.2014 at 00:49

I feel that you haven't had enough joy in your life that enjoy this album




What Lit said.
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15.06.2014 - 14:21
X-Ray Rod
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Written by mz on 15.06.2014 at 09:24
What Lit said.

While I actually agree with you regarding Erik's standards of music... but I disagree with you with the rest. This is some good shit. and I take my shit seriously. D:
I like to think that I'm able understand why people like some stuff without me actually enjoying any of it.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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15.06.2014 - 16:04
Rating: 7
mz

Written by X-Ray Rod on 15.06.2014 at 14:21

While I actually agree with you regarding Erik's standards of music... but I disagree with you with the rest. This is some good shit. and I take my shit seriously. D:
I like to think that I'm able understand why people like some stuff without me actually enjoying any of it.


I can see people enjoying this, but as I said, I really hate elements of Indian music. I even barely gave attention to BM parts of this album as I was irritated by eastern influences.
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15.06.2014 - 18:40
Rating: 9
Erik M.

Written by Guest on 15.06.2014 at 06:53

He's saying you have low standards.


I really can't figure out that sentence. Better to have low standards (which I don't have, since I don't hand out high scores (especially 10's) that easily) than to not be able to recognize quality music.
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15.06.2014 - 18:45
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Erik M. on 15.06.2014 at 18:40


I really can't figure out that sentence. Better to have low standards (which I don't have, since I don't hand out high scores (especially 10's) that easily) than to not be able to recognize quality music.

Well he never said anything about quality. He said from the beginning that Eastern influenced music is not to his taste.
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15.06.2014 - 18:49
Rating: 9
Erik M.

Written by Guest on 15.06.2014 at 18:45

Well he never said anything about quality. He said from the beginning that Eastern influenced music is not to his taste.


Fair enough, but a 5 score equals mediocre/not good and is pretty harsh for a quality record such as this I'd say.
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15.06.2014 - 18:51
Lit.
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Written by Erik M. on 15.06.2014 at 18:40

Written by Guest on 15.06.2014 at 06:53

He's saying you have low standards.

(which I don't have, since I don't hand out high scores (especially 10's) that easily)

One need only to look at your lists to prove that wrong, especially your debut album list.

I also liked this album, though I only listened to it once and haven't touched it since. I should try it again, cause I really remember liking it.
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15.06.2014 - 18:51
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Erik M. on 15.06.2014 at 18:49


Fair enough, but a 5 score equals mediocre/not good and is pretty harsh for a quality record such as this I'd say.

I'd rather someone voted how they actually feel about an album that scoring it on what they think it deserves. That's one-step away from LeKiwi-level vote manipulation. Would make no sense for someone to give a high(er) score for an album they absolutely don't like.
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15.06.2014 - 18:51
Rating: 9
Erik M.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 15.06.2014 at 14:21

While I actually agree with you regarding Erik's standards of music...


Dude, you make it sound like I'm D. Monique 2.0 or something.
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15.06.2014 - 18:58
Rating: 9
Erik M.

Written by Guest on 15.06.2014 at 18:51

One need only to look at your lists to prove that wrong, especially your debut album list.

I also liked this album, though I only listened to it once and haven't touched it since. I should try it again, cause I really remember liking it.


Out of all my lists, the debut album list is the worst representation of my taste. A ton of albums on there I don't even like all that much, after all. Hence why in some cases I listened to other people's opinions as to which albums deserve to be on the list. In the end, there will literally be no-one who thinks that all debuts on the list are great. Obviously this list is the best representation of my taste in music. Though I haven't updated it in months, but I will do so when I feel like it (when I expand it to 100 albums, probably).
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15.06.2014 - 19:01
Rating: 9
Erik M.

Written by Guest on 15.06.2014 at 18:51

I'd rather someone voted how they actually feel about an album that scoring it on what they think it deserves. That's one-step away from LeKiwi-level vote manipulation. Would make no sense for someone to give a high(er) score for an album they absolutely don't like.


Okay, you're right actually. I guess it just surprises me how someone like mz (a BM fan) can rate this a 5.
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15.06.2014 - 20:03
Rating: 7
mz

Written by Erik M. on 15.06.2014 at 18:49

Fair enough, but a 5 score equals mediocre/not good and is pretty harsh for a quality record such as this I'd say.


Written by Erik M. on 15.06.2014 at 19:01


Okay, you're right actually. I guess it just surprises me how someone like mz (a BM fan) can rate this a 5.


It seems that if I want to go by your method, I need to give every tech death album a 10. Music rating does not work that way for me. I don't care how much, from technical point of view, an album is well written/executed etc. My honest opinion is that this album is bad.
And if you are surprised by this rating, you should have a look ate my rates of TRoB albums
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15.06.2014 - 22:03
Rating: 9
Erik M.

Written by mz on 15.06.2014 at 20:03

It seems that if I want to go by your method, I need to give every tech death album a 10. Music rating does not work that way for me. I don't care how much, from technical point of view, an album is well written/executed etc. My honest opinion is that this album is bad.
And if you are surprised by this rating, you should have a look ate my rates of TRoB albums


That's not my method at all. I judge music exactly the same way you do, but I said what I said because of you hating/disliking this album, Sadness' and Dolorian's debuts, which are all excellent albums in my opinion. Yes, it's totally your right to hate them for whatever reason, it's just that I was surprised you hate it as I would've guessed it to be your cup of tea.
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27.06.2014 - 05:12
LordHypnos
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Can't believe I missed this gem. Are the album lyrics written in Hindi too?
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14.09.2014 - 22:23
!J.O.O.E.!
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Man, 3.58 to 4.28 odd sounds like the best Drudkh riff Drudkh never came up with, then the rest of the track sounds like The Malediction Fields heaven. Magic stuff.

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14.09.2014 - 23:01
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by mz on 27.01.2014 at 14:55

I don't really like Indian music. No surprise that this album is boring for me. काली मां is really good, though

The funny thing is there's actually barely any Indian music in this. A few atmospheric passages and background sounds nearer the start and end of the record but most of the tracks don't have much of a distinctive Indian identity.
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14.09.2014 - 23:07
Rating: 7
mz

Written by Guest on 14.09.2014 at 23:01

The funny thing is there's actually barely any Indian music in this. A few atmospheric passages and background sounds nearer the start and end of the record but most of the tracks don't have much of a distinctive Indian identity.


Let me have a look at it again.
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14.09.2014 - 23:34
Rating: 7
mz

Yes admittedly my response to this album has been over-reactive. Like I said before, they are pretty good on their BM but some parts are still offensive as fuck. Those parts, however, are not as omnipresent as it initially seemed for me.
Thanks Joe for making me check this again.
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14.09.2014 - 23:36
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by mz on 14.09.2014 at 23:34

Yes admittedly my response to this album has been over-reactive. Like I said before, they are pretty good on their BM but some parts are still offensive as fuck. Those parts, however, are not as omnipresent as it initially seemed for me.
Thanks Joe for making me check this again.

Just so you know I wasn't having a go at you or anything. I was listening through it again and was surprised at how little Indian music there really is in which never occurred to me before. I think everyone probably got swept up in the imagery and song names.
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