Reverorum Ib Malacht - What Do You Think Of The Old God, We Call Him Judas? - review
Reverorum Ib Malacht - What Do You Think Of The Old God, We Call Him Judas? - review
Band
Reverorum Ib Malacht Release date
July 2005 Tracklist
01. What Do You Think Of The Old God, We Call Him Judas?02. ...And Bathe In Cold Holy Water
A review by
Lucas December 24, 2009
Well, if you're really all that tough and masculine, and want to prove yourself, allow me to introduce you to Reverorum Ib Malacht. Or more in particular, their first demo What Do You Think Of The Old God, We Call Him Judas? (from now on referred to as Judas). Sounds tacky? Think again...
Judas opens up with howling winds and screaming voices. But soon enough an ardent stream envelops you. Within seconds your cosy living room has disappeared and you find yourself in the catacombs of an ancient abandoned monastery, where monks that once resided there suddenly disappeared seemingly without reason, until rumours of an allegiance with the Devil spread in the surrounding villages. It is the production that is largely responsible for the eerie vibe, as it is cataclysmic at the very least. The guitars, keyboards and drums are running rampant, but they're largely indistinguishable. They're morphed into one single stream, one smooth flow of sounds because of the awful (yet amazing) way it is all produced. It's as if every sound echoes through the infinite labyrinths of madness, forever and ever.
"...And Bathe In Cold Holy Water" continues the devilish insanity portrayed in "Judas" and tops it. What a breathtakingly delusional hymn! A beautiful intro slowly dissolves into harsh noise until the hellish stream-of-consciousness takes over again. One last element remains to be described: the vocals. No screams, no shrieks, no growls. No, only hallow, distant and hymnic vocals. Vocals with a confusing warmth to them, all the while remaining eerily estranging, utterly fanatic and despaired beyond words. There are no words.
Judas is Black metal in essence, but Black metal morphed beyond recognition. Amidst the large, ambient walls short bursts of rage spawn and dissolve. These burst seem largely improvised due to their chaotic, sloppy nature and their inconsistent appearances. Still, all the hellish, haunting and horrifying elements of Black metal are kept, intensified by evil Dark Ambient.
So, What Do You Think Of The Old God, We Call Him Judas? I have no choice but to fear and worship him. Unique. Breathtaking. Horrific. Fanatically fantastic.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 10 |
| Originality: | 10 |
| Production: | 9 |
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Got it today and ..... well Heck I am too scared to talk still have to let it soak though , will get back here later
---- He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not bold enough to stare into it himself.
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Posts: 13427 Written by InnerSelf on 19.08.2010 at 01:52 Are you alright? 
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Posts: 18615 Written by Lucas on 30.06.2011 at 21:37 I remember when you send me that shit... I still can't listen to the second track too much. That noisy and ear-piercing moment always makes me feel unconfortable.
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Is this really THAT scary? I've listened to one of the tracks on YT with headphones and it wasn't very scary at all, the atmosphere is good though, those chanting vocals and the raw (shitty) production works perfect but I wouldn't call it scary.
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Posts: 18615 Written by (((O))) on 30.06.2011 at 23:52 Depends on the people... That album caught me out of guard on a very very specific day when I was totally alone and not in a very bright mood. Also... the differencebetween us here seems to be that I didn't knew shit about this music before listening to it you already got quite spoiled about it. Lucas just flat out sended it to me saying "this is sick shit" and that statement can be used to pretty much a lot of shit that I listen to so I didn't expect this AT ALL.
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Posts: 2798 Written by Lucas on 30.06.2011 at 21:37 hehehehe on certain days and when I'm in the right mood for such stuff there is nothing like it ever , maybe just The Ruins of Beverast debut  EDIT : and Darkspace
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Posts: 40071 Written by [user id=4365] on 01.07.2011 at 16:35 Thank God I am not the only one who finds them average and not scary at all. 
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Account deleted Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 01.07.2011 at 17:34 Yep, Lucas definitely dropped the ball on tis one 
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Posts: 40071 Written by [user id=4365] on 01.07.2011 at 19:10 Accroding to me he also dropped it on Oranssi Pazuzu
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Meh guys, I can agree with you that this album shouldn't make the cut for best ofthe decade but it ain't bad at all. The scary part is just subjective though. Even without that factor the music is still kind of neat.
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Oh lord, Marcel and Joe teaming up on me... that's new. 
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Posts: 18615 Written by Lucas on 02.07.2011 at 10:13 They both secretly love you, that is obvious.
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!!! you truly describe the essential atmosphere that this album creates!!! 
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