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YEAH 666 WORDS ON A REVIEW. HAIL SATAN.

In case any reader has any doubts: Yes. I absolutely LOVED this album. The reason why I went for a N/A rating is because of what I wrote: Every aspect that I loved could very well be one someone absolutely hates. Highly divisive music but that's the beauty of it.

Nice review! Will have to check this out even though I'm not the biggest fan of their style

Written by X-Ray Rod on 12.10.2021 at 16:54

someone absolutely hates

Hello there

^Moi aussi - like Sermon Of Flames, I respect the effort but don't like the outcome, but in this case I found it much less likeable than Sermon Of Flames. I enjoyed reading the review whilst proofing it though, you do an excellent job of selling its essence, whatever one's response to that will be

Written by Alex F on 12.10.2021 at 17:30
Nice review! Will have to check this out even though I'm not the biggest fan of their style

I'd say that liking or not liking the previous two albums isn't necessarily an indication of tou enjoying this one mainly because of all the new things added to it. Of course, liking the previous efforts makes for a more obvious interest to check this one out but still. You get the idea. Let me know what you think of it after you sit through it! I'd say the 3 songs I mentioned by name are the ones people should really sink their teeth on if the only want to have a taste before going for the whole thing.

Written by musclassia on 12.10.2021 at 20:23
I enjoyed reading the review whilst proofing it though, you do an excellent job of selling its essence, whatever one's response to that will be

Thank you for your compliment! And yes, my main objective is to draw curiosity. People should definitely give it a chance no matter the outcome just because of how unique the result is.

Written by musclassia on 12.10.2021 at 20:23

^Moi aussi - like Sermon Of Flames

Sermon Of Flames did not have a ten minute long piece with some lazily processed vocals larping about 666, nor bits where you have a suspicion that someone accidentally moved the drum track a couple of miliseconds after the guitars, nor vocals that sound like that time me and a pal of mine tried to record acapella goregrind.

Excuse me... That track is only 6:42 long.

Tapped out after 15 minutes. Cosmic rifflessness with stupid sounding Monty Python horse clomping drums. At least Through the Cervix is only just only a half hour. And had K.S as a member then.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 13.10.2021 at 00:27

Excuse me... That track is only 6:42 long.

Sure felt a lot longer

Written by UnknownCheese on 13.10.2021 at 05:05
Tapped out after 15 minutes. Cosmic rifflessness with stupid sounding Monty Python horse clomping drums. At least Through the Cervix is only just only a half hour. And had K.S as a member then.

Rifflessness? This one is filled with them. I’d say they are even clearer now compared to the previous two albums as the production is cleaner. Specially compared to Logos which is odd to me because that one, for the most part, got a positive reaction on this site.

First comment I read not liking the drums as well. Her technique is incredible and I just dont hear bad production on it. Oh well. I was prepared to be somewhat alone on this one.

I thank you for giving it a try anyhow!! That is always the most important thing for me. Cheers.

Poor Roddy Let me back you up a little bit here.

The first two tracks perplexed me a little bit, they're way too formless for my taste and I've never been a fan of those deconstructed BM/DM bands. 'How The Watchers...' is where things started getting interesting and more recognizable so to speak. I usually need something to cling to when I listen to music and the rest of the album provided plenty of that with cool riffs, weird effects and those drums... Unlike some, I actually enjoyed the way the drums always sound on the fringes. I don't know if it was intentional, but they sometimes sound as if they've been recorded in mono, and that gives a strange impression of the music being on the brink of madness. Anyway, this is not something I'm going to listen to very often, but I do appreciate the effort.

White Throne is stupid, though.

Also, I would very much like to know what a twelve-runed solar anus is, but I'm a little afraid to google it.

Written by Deadsoulman on 13.10.2021 at 09:34
I don't know if it was intentional, but they sometimes sound as if they've been recorded in mono, and that gives a strange impression of the music being on the brink of madness.

The drums and how they sound remind me a bit of the drums on Ordo Ad Chao which was also extremely controversial production-wise at the time it was released.

Thank you for your input! But do not feel sorry for me. I wrote everything while knowing I was going to be quite alone. The first two tracks do seem to be gatekeepers but I believe they make more sense structure-wise once the full album is heard and you go back to them for revisit. I'm always intrigued by extreme metal bands that do that sort of thing. Like Portal or Impentuous Ritual where the first listening is pretty maddening yet the second one suddenly makes way more sense. Think I did 6 full listenings (not in one day though) before writing anything other than just footnotes.

And yeah, the songtitles are quite something.

Nice review! Not bad overall, sitting at a 7 pending another spin at work to fully digest it. White Throne is dreadful and should have been clipped bringing this under 1 hour. Drums also remind me of "close to a world below" by Immolation, at least the opener from that album. Off doing their own thing and "Slappy" like, if you will.

Written by opeth518 on 13.10.2021 at 15:19
Drums also remind me of "close to a world below" by Immolation, at least the opener from that album. Off doing their own thing and "Slappy" like, if you will.

Good call on Immolation! The type of ”cyclical” fillers and wild turns of pacing does remind me of Close To A World Below with extra tribal on top.

Ok Rod, I'll back you up too (almost). At first, I liked the review more than the album itself. This was quite a difficult listen and I am not sure I will ever come back to it. Like others said, "White Throne" has no reason to exist.

However, I did like “Guardians Of The Liminal” a lot. The track titles are great. And the drumming is very interesting indeed (both performance and sound), by far the best thing about this album for me.

Written by nikarg on 14.10.2021 at 23:56
However, I did like “Guardians Of The Liminal” a lot. The track titles are great. And the drumming is very interesting indeed (both performance and sound), by far the best thing about this album for me.

Glad you sorta liked it. The drumming alone is reason enough to check this album out. If you want a somewhat less out-there experience from this guys then I strongly recommend the debut. More contained with its 30 mins length and doesn't have a track like White Throne haha.

And yes, “Guardians Of The Liminal” is straight up brilliant. I'd say the first 4 songs in total are a great listen. I personally will come back to it a lot once I get my physical copy. But I'll take a pause until then. It is a lot to take in after all.

Apart from White Throne, I really enjoyed it. Felt a bit too long, but yeah I liked how this takes war metal and makes it a bit more interesting by just adding loads of stuff ("Guardians of the Liminal" is my favourite here). Don't really get the hate, but I'm not super into making music so maybe I'm not paying attention to details enough haha

Written by Desha on 24.10.2021 at 22:46
but I'm not super into making music

WHat does that mean?
Glad you enjoyed it though. It is a very interesting lsitening for sure and extremely forward-thinking album considering how war-metal tends to be.

The 666 song was all that matters, it was like a homage to the noise narrative style used on such track:

The rest of it, well, was the same blAntediluvian strand of formula that you either know, or don't. Not a critic to the review, however.