Blliigghhtted - Into The Cunt Of The Witch - review
Blliigghhtted - Into The Cunt Of The Witch - review
Tracklist
01. Black Flame I: Life Is A Prison02. Black Flame II: Keep Your Light From Me
03. Black Flame III: Death Is Life
04. Illusion I: Religion
05. Illusion II: Pleasure, Pain And Pedophilia
06. Illusion III: Suicide Is Painless
07. Death I: Unknown, Unknowable, Uncertain
08. Death II: Ejaculating Into Darkness
09. Death III: Black Flame Is Refusal
10. Suicide I: Chaos Everywhere
11. Suicide II: Naked Life
12. Suicide III: Certainty Is Illusion
A review by
X-Ray Rod July 27, 2016
Into The Cunt Of The Witch can be seen as a study on suicide. The lyrics on this black metal tale deal heavily with death, suicide, religion, society and the uncertainty behind these concepts. All this through the mind of the deceased member and what could have possibly leaded to her demise. The album is divided in 4 movements with each one covering different lyrical themes while subtle yet effective musical changes take place as well. "Black Flame" kicks off in a straightforward fashion with solid and dissonant black metal mixed with just a tiny bit of death metal here and there for extra oomph. The songs are fairly short but make their point clear with their viciousness and fast pace.
Things slow down with "Illusion", as this movement starts off with hypnotic leads which eventually become more chaotic with time. The vocals are sung quite freely, almost like a narration of Ruhan's life yet they flow well with the music, changing from higher screams to throaty growls and even low, nearly lamenting, clean vocals depending on the music and lyrics. The second half of the album covering the themes of (Ruhan's) death and suicide provides a more dynamic songwriting with slower doomy passages and plenty of melancholic melodies as if they were announcing the upcoming tragedy.
All in all, Into The Cunt Of The Witch is quite the harrowing album. The subject matter and the lyrics related to it are intriguing but do not take over the music. The album changes voices with ease and at times it makes it hard to truly describe its' sound as the elements involved make up an homogenous style. Fans of erratic, chaotic yet oddly melodic metal should dive into this cunt!
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 8 |
| Production: | 8 |
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Damn. This sounds intense.
---- "A life all mine Is what I choose At the end of my days" --The Gathering "A Life All Mine" from Souvenirs
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Was interested in the album even before I knew the background of this. Will definitely get to listening this asap.
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Very well written and pretty accurate review. Having talked to Chaoscunt in great depth about the ideas behind this album before it was actually released, I feel like I gained an even greater appreciation of it when it was actually out and I listened to it. The themes behind it are... very distressing to say the least, but present interesting ways of looking at life and our role and purpose in it, for people who like to think about that kind of stuff. It's quite the existential album. I'd really suggest the intrigued follow along with the lyrics while listening, to fully take in what this work is all about
---- 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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Heh, I accidentally had some Harold Budd playing in the background when listening to this and thought it was a really interesting, jarring mixture of ambient and black metal. That aside, I enjoy it a lot more than their previous releases, though not quite my favorite type of bm
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Interesting title, to say the least. Conceptually it reminds me a lot of Woods of Ypres's Woods V, and I'm very interested in finding more works in a similar vein, so I will definitely have to check this out.
---- "Earth is small and I hate it" - Lum Invader I'm the Agent of Steel.
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Posts: 18615 Written by Auntie Sahar on 28.07.2016 at 05:27 I want to echo the feelings of my brah right here. In this case listening to the album while reading the lyrics actually do enhance the album quite a bit, secially the Illusion and Death movements which imo feature the better half of the album and same goes for the lyrics. Definitely an existential album (using the term in the least cheesy/cliche way possible).
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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Think you meant "Deceased" and not "diseased" 
---- I lift weights and listen to metal
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Posts: 18615 Written by SoUnDs LiKe PoP on 30.07.2016 at 07:13 Thank you! Sorry about that. xD
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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Enjoyed it. Loved the sound of this, simple but effective bm.
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