Blut Aus Nord - 777 - Cosmosophy - guest review
Blut Aus Nord - 777 - Cosmosophy - guest review
Tracklist
01. Epitome XIV02. Epitome XV
03. Epitome XVI
04. Epitome XVII
05. Epitome XVIII
Guest review by
Evil Chip January 22, 2013
But then appears a major turn off: the clean vocals. Fuck, they're annoying. While at some parts they really suit the music (like Epitome XVII) they mostly ruin the whole atmosphere that the music slowly creates. The problem is that whereas the music is really flamboyant and unearthly, the vocals are really average and when they try to keep up at the same level with the music they really fail at it. It's like hanging out with a bunch of operatic fat guys with jeans and a shirt. That's the reason why some songs like "Epitome XIV" don't work with the clean vocals and others like "Epitome XVII" do.
But overall 777 - Cosmography is an excellent record with some minor problems (Clean vocals! ehem). It's like a colossal and dehumanized factory that works on its own: industrial sounds crushing over a diminished humanity, that's how big it is. While the dissonance and abrasiveness of the past records is diminished, it gives way to a new hope that takes the shape of a yearned prophecy that everyone in the world is expecting. You never see the arrival of that moment but the melancholic wait for it. Especially in songs like "Epitome XVI" and "Epitome XVII" you can perceive by reading the lyrics that moment of unfulfilled expectation. The whole world is crumbling around you and you are running through tons and tons of junk and rusty cars yet waiting and yearning looking to the sky. Alone.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 9 |
| Originality: | 8 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written by Evil Chip | January 22, 2013
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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Blut Aus Nord is a band that often works in trilogies. And just like they’re currently in the process of closing another trilogy, let’s look at how they closed the best one in the past. Read more ›› |
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Great review! I fully agree with you... It's a very nice album with unfortunate clean vocals.  But at least they aren't that constant throughout the album. The main problem I had was a bit more personal though. I had completely different expectations. I wanted this triology to end differently. The first part had most of their harsh BM sounds, the second one been a bridge between that and their industrial sound... So I wanted the triology to end with a far more mechanic sound in the vein of the last minute of the second aprt of the triology.But yeah, nice album but easily the least good for me.
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Posts: 505 Written by X-Ray Rod on 22.01.2013 at 17:02 Yes, I would've prefered a more industrial-mechanic sound too, but I think this is really good too but not what I was expecting either
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Great review. This is honestly my favorite of the 777 trilogy, for exactly the reasons that you and Mr. Doctor mentioned. Sects was indeed more of Blut Aus Nord's aggressive side, while The Desanctification kinda blended that with some "groovier" songwriting and a more industrial edge. Cosmosophy, though, like you said, is a lot more desolating and melancholic. It's a really creative technique, in my opinion, because it essentially means that the trilogy gets less chaotic as it progresses, but that's not by any means a bad thing. Kinda like it's telling a tale of Armageddon: Sects is the beginning, the violent build up to the end of the world. The Desanctification is the middle, representing the bizzare transition from structure to disorder (hence the fusion of the BM and industrial elements). And then, as you so brilliantly put it, Cosmosophy is the end, where all that we know has been obliterated, and we take in the reality of our desolation in quiet, sorrowful acceptance. Again, spot on review, and fantastic album 
---- I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go. ~ II. VII
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Posts: 505 Written by Auntie Sahar on 04.02.2013 at 06:34 Thanks! I enjoy the evolving variety through all the trilogy also. Although I do enjoy a lot the more dissonant and grimier production of early Blut Aus Nord, these albums really achieve their goals. I like the way they evolved in a good way from raw to mellow, as rarely bands make that step right.
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I love these three records, they combine into a masterpiece, as far as I'm concerned. I must say this one is my favourite. It seems to favour haunting over frightening, melancholy over aggression, it's the one least likely to make me scream and most likely to make me cry. It's a perfect end to the journey of the trilogy, I think .. down, rather than up. Beautiful.
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Posts: 505 Written by Silent Creeper on 13.06.2013 at 10:42 Yeah I know, although I don't know how to edit that mistake. You're the first to notice that mistake 
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