Rudra - The Aryan Crusade review
| Band: | Rudra |
| Album: | The Aryan Crusade |
| Style: | Death metal, Thrash metal |
| Release date: | 2001 |
| Guest review by: | Paganblood |
01. Intro
02. Aryaputra
03. Hymns To Thee
04. Anantarupa
05. Malevolent Creed
06. Burnt At The Stakes
07. Rudrapatni
08. Amen
09. Homage To The Seers
10. Manifesto Of The Demented
11. Atmavichara
12. Sad But True
13. My Soul Is Marching On
14. I
15. Outro
"They cheat, they lie, they make you weak,
They can't practice what they preach?.
This is the evil that holy men do
In the name of their religion"
"The desperate need for a savior
Is for the fool and the weak"
Rudra released their album "The Aryan crusade" in 2001. This album, consisting of 15 tracks including intro and outro, is a blend of unique thrash/death metal style and Hindu-philosophic and anti-Christian lyrical themes. The vocals, although similar to black metal vocals, have unique tone and the performance of guitars and drums is well-coordinated. Instruments like violin, flute, tabala (traditional Indian percussion) have been used in the intro and outro, and narration as well as acoustic tone have been used in certain instrumental tracks like "Burnt at the Stakes," "Homage to Seers" and "My Soul is Marching On." The rest of the songs are characterized by the band's unique "thrash-death" vocals, distorted guitars (which are melodic except at certain parts) and also by other things like speed, which one would expect in a fusion of thrash and death metal music. However, the tempo of the songs in this album is moderate.
The lyrics have been written in a simple but artistic and impressive manner. The unique aspect of their lyrics is that it is influenced by Hindu philosophy and their lyrics focus mainly on the Hindu belief that a soul is superior than anything else, and hence consider potential in oneself, along with wisdom, most important. In certain songs like "Rudrapatni" (which is about goddess Kali), ancient ritualistic Hindu chants, mentioned in Purans and Veds (these are important Hindu texts) have also been quoted. I would recommend you to read their lyrics at least once.
This album would certainly give enjoyment to an extreme metal fan. I would like to conclude by saying that this album is one of the good examples of albums created as a result of serious, innovative and good effort in music composition and songwriting.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 10 |
| Originality: | 10 |
| Production: | 9 |
Written by Paganblood | 28.12.2006
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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| Uirapuru Liver Failure Posts: 2955  |
Exellent album, really original in its purpose. I liked specialy the hindu chants in ''Atmavichara'', "Rudrapatni" and ''Hymns To Thee''. But my favorite song in this album is Anantarupa, folkloric acoustic parts and a great solo, unfortunaly with very short lyrics. The worst songs (lyrically) are still ''Malevolent Creed'' and ''Manifesto Of The Demented'', just pointless heretic stuff, which doesnt have much to do with the rest of the songs. These are the weakest songs musically also, although not ''bad'' tracks, just worse compared to the others.
----  ---- member of the true crusade against old school heavy metal, early 80s thrash, NWOBHM, traditional doom, first and second wave black metal, old school death metal, US power metal, 70s prog rock and atmospheric doomsludgestoner. o/
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