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This marks the second appearance of the Kazakh band SevenSins at our putrid humble site. The first occasion was an enthusiastic review by our long lost friend Gorger of their second album, 2016’s Due Diaboli et Apocalypse. That record revealed a shift in the band’s musical style to a sound that Gorger described as “gentle, melodic, and grandiose symphonic extreme metal, with local seasoning,” integrating metal and symphony in ways that drew “inspiration from classical music, film score, and folk music,” and fluctuated “between waltz and epic drama, with elements of, amongst others, gothic, primitive, and occult undertones”.
With changes in their recording line-up, SevenSins are now returning with a third full-length, to be released on April 19th by Satanath Records (Russia) and Murdher Records (Italy). Its name is Legends Of Kazakhstan, and once again SevenSins have made significant changes in their sound. As one clue, the releasing labels recommend it for fans of Dark Funeral and Watain. As another clue, today we’re introducing a song from the album called “In A Grove of Dancing Birches“, accompanied by a lyric video that creatively displays the words in the band’s native tongue.
The band’s last album presented “a conceptual journey through the dark and obscure side of the Middle Ages in Eastern Europe and Asia”, but this new one, as the title foretells, “focuses on the legends of eastern Kazakhstan which are unknown to many people”.
True to the labels’ descriptive references, this new track discharges fast and poisonous black metal — but that’s not all it does. The music leaps from the speakers with a feverish whirling riff, a blood-pounding rhythm, and a crazed shriek. As the vocals change from rabid screams to imperious roars, the riffing jolts and the drum-work pounds. Those episodes of brute-force hammering become a recurring motif, and in between them the band change the energy and the moods of the music, creating sensations that are mysterious, ecstatic, and cloaked in a feeling of preternatural threat and encroaching horror (accented by cracked and creepy spoken words).
And so, the music proves to be dynamic in its pacing and multi-faceted in its experience. It’s electrifying to hear, but is also atmospheric. It rips, and it also creates feelings of menace and dread.
Screen of review.
https://www.dargedik.com/2020/05/seven-sins-legends-of-kazakhstan-2020.html
Consistência, peso, velocidade e brutalidade são alguns dos quesitos encontrados no projeto SevenSins.
Formado na Ásia Central, praticam um ótimo Black Metal, cheio de consistência e similar ao de grandes nomes conhecidos dos mais variados fãs.
"Legends of Kazakhstan" é o terceiro álbum de estúdio e continua demonstrando a evolução gradativa de seu som, implementando inúmeras referêcias área sua região e forma de contos sobre os mais interessantes assuntos místicos e derivados.
Produção e execução estão um verdadeiro primor, deixando qualquer fã da vertente muito satisfeito, além do que, podendo angariar novos adeptos com tamanha qualidade imposta.
Não deixe de conferir por completo, se estiver familiarizado com a proposta, tenha ciência de que é um grande álbum!
http://rockvibrationsofficial.blogspot.com/2020/05/sevensins-legends-of-kazakhstan-review.html
SevenSins are a band from Kazakhstan an on this recording moves away from the symphonic black/death metal style of previous releases and goes into more of a raw and traditional black metal direction and this is a review of their 2020 album "Legends Of Kazakhstan" which was released as a joint effort between Satanath and Murdher Records.
A very tribal and shamanistic orientated intro starts off the album before going into a heavier musical direction. The riffs also add in a great amount of melody while the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of blast beats.
When tremolo picking is utilized it also gives the music more of a raw feeling while the songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. Folk instruments can also be heard briefly along with the vocals also sounding very deep and angry at times and the tracks also add in a good amount of 90's influences as well as keeping everything up to date.
Whispered vocals can also be heard briefly along with one of the later tracks also being very long and epic in length and also introduces spoken word parts and acoustic guitars on the recording, all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them and the album also closes with a cover of Суицид's "Sleep my Justice". The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in a mixture of English and Kazakh and cover the mythology and legends of their home country.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from SevenSins and if you are a fan of raw and aggressive black metal, you should check out this recording.
http://occultblackmetalzine.blogspot.com/2020/04/sevensinslegends-of-kazakhstansatanath.html
Video review.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uNkeQ173UI
«Legends Of Kazakhstan» – студийная работа казахской black metal банды под названием «SevenSins». Альбом является совместным релизом «Satanath Records» и «Murdher Records».
Официальная страница лейбла «Satanath Records» гласит следующее: «О неизвестном для многих мире преданий и легенд восточного Казахстана, упакованном в быстрый и ядовитый black metal, нам поведает свежий релиз проекта «SevenSins». «Legends of Kazakhstan» – третий альбом музыкантов из центральной Азии, у которых вновь произошли большие перемены в звучании. Долгие годы «SevenSins» хотели отдать дань своему родному краю, который хранит множество загадочных и страшных древних легенд. И вот, спустя 6 лет после зачатия этой идеи, они приглашают Вас окунуться в мир казахстанского black metal. Рекомендуется для любителей «Dark Funeral» и «Watain».
О «быстром и ядовитом» ребята не соврали. С первой же композиции альбома в слух врезаются мощные и уверенные риффы. Хотя самая первая песня является своеобразным интро к альбому, предупреждающим о том, что дальше нас ждут песни с вставками восточных мотивов, так как в ней используется дангыра – древнеказахский и древнетюркский ударный инструмент, представляющий собой бубен: ободок, обтянутый с одной стороны кожей, внутри которого были навешаны металлические цепочки, колечки и пластинки.
Отнести альбом чисто к black metal (каким бы объемным стилем он не был) всё же нельзя, так как в нём можно выделить speed metal, death metal, melodic black metal и даже symphonic black metal. Почти все песни альбома играются в высоком темпе, чувствуются профессиональные гитарные риффы и сильные барабанные партии. Пусть вас не смущают медленные вступления в некоторых песнях, будьте уверены, после них последует каскад из тремоло, дисторшна и град барабанных бас-бочек.
Ещё одной особенностью стиля black metal является использование фольклорных инструментов. В данной работе можно выделить выше упомянутую дангыру и варган (распространенный инструмент восточных народов).
Что касается вокала, то тут типичный для данного направления стиль скримминг. Что интересно – этот стиль представляет собой разновидность горлового пения. Как известно, горловое пение нам как раз и предоставили восточные народы, так что для парней это ещё один способ отдать дань своим корням.
Отдельно хочется остановиться на последних двух песнях альбома, так как они наиболее концептуально продуманные (несмотря даже на то, что последняя песня «Sleep My Justice» является кавером). Песня «Kozy-Korpesh - Bayan-Sulu» - наиболее приближенная к идеалу жанра. Тут есть продуманное приятное интро, сильный куплет, мелодичный переход ко второй части песни и не менее добротное аутро со вставками акустики. Вообще, это древняя казахская лиро-эпическая поэма, которую парни с успехом поставили на музыку и с помощью женского голоса наделили некой изюминкой.
Что касается самого последнего трека, то тут единственный раз со всего альбома используется не обычное тремоло, а настоящее гитарное соло. Соло, конечно, больше характерны для thrash metal и heavy metal, но так как black metal является приемником этих жанров, хотелось бы чтобы ребята больше уделили этому внимание.
Данная музыкальная работа показывает, что коллектив на верном пути, но есть ещё куда расти. Идея черпать вдохновение в этнических мотивах и легендах очень хорошая, тем более, что восточные легенды являют собой необъятный кладезь для искусствоискателей.
https://musicscore.ms/reviews/1536/page/1
Sin I - Guitar/Bass: An extreme-fuel driven melodic black metal with swift rhythm/monochromatic sections & death metal down tune, with added atmospheric (evil) keys
Sin II - Vocals: Harsh cold high pitched shrieks/screams
Sin III - Drums: Fast adrenaline of extreme drum patterns & blast-beats
Sin IV - Overall: Hold on to those serpent's horn's, with this band and their third release, with everything to offer, with their big dark/evil sound
Legends of Kazakhstan opens the album, with a big dramatic soundscape of war anthem drum beats, raw-scratchy guitar/other sound fx, then breaking into life is the rest of the album, that feature eight songs, well seven, with the first track being an instrumental intro
While SevenSins style classified as a Symphonic Death Black Metal, once hitting that play button, you find your self in the world of Legends of Kazakhstan, that feels more of a raw/traditional black metal direction, with some added melodic/keyboard sections in the music, countless blast -beats that are heavy 'n' roll in-sound, insane screams, plenty of melodies (hint of rhythm & roll, and atmospheric fog that wraps around the extreme brutal music, lyrical themes on Anti-Christianity, Philosophy, Kazakh Legends, while all this goes on, you find (at the same time), Seven Sins music also captures the influences of (mixing) both worlds, of big-heavy sound/grand & epic music of Behemoth's 2014 release 'The Satanist', icy cold mist of early Norwegian Black Metal of Mayhem & Darkthrone with the symphonic/melodic soundscapes of Dimmu Borgir & Dissection, with some tint of Kazakh Folk Music, with their extremely creative style of their own
*I thoroughly enjoyed this album; like a few others, I enjoyed listening/reviewing as well* *Another extreme/black/death metal recommendation for your collection*
*Craftmanship of adrenaline & ferocious sounds* *entertaining & powerful musicianship*
Sin V - Artwork: The artwork is, well puzzling, and different, showing what could two skeleton dragons or serpents, But I do love the artwork - Dragons are fantastic & beautiful creatures and very heavy metal!
Sin VI - Outstanding: Where do I begin
Sin VII - Dislikes: None
https://metal1on1.net/seven-sins
Esta banda nacida en Kazajistán que inicialmente en sus 2 anteriores disco nos presento variados sonidos y riffs desde lo melódico hasta lo sinfónico y que a lo largo de esos 2 trabajos fue buscando o encontrando su verdadero estilo, un estilo que ahora es su carta de presentación que sin lugar a dudas marcara su distintivo dentro de la escena black.
Después de buscar como hemos dicho su estilo ha hecho metamorfosis en cuanto a su alineación referente a los integrantes hoy en día quienes son y conforman la banda: Andrey Minov (bajo), Victor Strelstov (teclados),Vladimir Mikhailov (guitarra), Yuri Afanasiev (batería) y Victor Medvedev (voz) con esta alineación se dicen listos para narrar historias obscuras, enigmáticas y poco conocidas de su natal tierra según nos cuentan en su disco.
"LEGENDS OF KAZAKHSTAN" así bajo un bautismo negro y horrendo presentan este trabajo lleno de riffs poderosos, sublimes y con liricas poco conocidas de su enigmática tierra, con una duración aproximada de 33 minutos , esta banda nos transporta a estados diversos y pasajes de su pais, así como relatos funestos y leyendas poco conocidas.
"Qazaq dalasy"
Una introducción instrumental atípica y hasta cierto punto bizarra si somos exigentes y si nos pronunciamos con el genero black, quizás también prohibida o desconocida.
"In a grove of dancing birches"
Riffs cortantes y penetrantes, ese ritmo cadencioso y acelerado marcando los cambios, con voces demoniacas y oscuras en la mas puritita vena black metal, se viene lo más interesante. De alarido!!!
"Three sosns and a sorcerer"
El inicio rápido, las leyendas se tienen que contar como son, crudas, enigmáticas y maléficas, crean una atmosfera peculiar
invitándonos a seguir escuchando más y mejor.
"Miracle with white eyes"
Comienzo con un clásico riff, muy potente, juegan a medio tiempo las guitarras las voces se escuchan muy imperativas con los cambios, para mi una de las favoritas. El estilo se asoma con estos pecadores séptimos. Final con la misma energía que el comienzo.
"Manyrak"
Fuerza, energía y endemoniados riffs que ponen en orbita a quien la escuche, hacen bailar a lucifer. Uff!!
"Serpent mountain"
La serpiente desciende y encanta con mirada suspicaz, alabando con riffs malditos y rápidos, voz y batería sacados de las profundidades a velocidad fugaz y hechicera. Otra de las más destacadas.
"Kozy-Korpesh-Bayan-Sulu"
Narrativa para dar paso a un black metal profundo, enigmático y arrogantemente sublime. Cambios que disipan dudas sobre el potencial de la banda, en la vena de Watain y Dark Messiah, lo desconocido se hace presente.
"Sleep my justice"
No puedo decir que el cover de la banda Suicide sea malo al contrario con variantes y momentos sublimes hasta los mas brutales durante la duración de la misma, pero no deja de ser material ajeno, y claro no me van a dar gusto pero es mi punto de vista.
En general muy buena producción honesta y definitivamente estos pecadores no tiene nada que copiar ni compararlos con bandas de "más" renombre pues simplemente no les hace falta, su sitio se lo están ganando a base de esfuerzo black metal y buena ejecución en su material. Ultra recomendable!!!
https://www.facebook.com/Mutantezineoficial/posts/141162587692822
I was really impressed with this band's last album, the excellent Due Diaboli et Apocalypse, so I was glad to get a hold of their latest full-length, Legends of Kazakhstan. Considering the band's home country and the mysterious and often frightening legends it houses, it's not too surprising they would go ahead and make a concept album based on them.
Anyway, this is very different from their last one, eschewing the symphonic elements of their sound for a more straightforward Black/Death approach in the vein of Dark Funeral and especially Watain. I don't know if this was due to the band losing a couple of members between albums, but while it makes for a somewhat more typical sound, it's still a diabolical and menacing piece that blasts out your speakers like the chilling winds of the ancient steppe. It even slows down for some surprisingly lovely and moving sections on the last two tracks, one of which is a cover of "Sleep My Justice" by (Editor's note: I don't do Cyrillic...) (pronounced Suitsid, or Suicide in English). Other than that, this is an album of snarling Black Metal madness that may be a little less distinct than their old stuff, but leaves them no weaker for it.
https://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=12152
Porque raio é que uma banda daria a um trabalho seu o título “Legends Of Kazakhstan”? Exacto, porque é mesmo do Cazaquistão. Como já devem ter percebido, nós aqui gostamos dos subestimados e como tal, bandas que nos chegam de países inesperados (como o Cazaquistão) chamam-nos logo a atenção. Neste caso, os SevenSins nem preciso de usar essa carta porque a sua música, ainda que sem oferecer surpresa, é bem forte e com qualidade inquestionável. Black metal com uns pingos de death metal e com um som bem bruto, capaz de mandar abaixo um prédio. Que seja uma lição para todos vós cépticos e salteadores de coisas originais. Por vezes não queremos coisas originais. Por vezes só queremos é mesmo mandar um prédio abaixo. Acaba com uma cover dos Суицид, uma referência na música extrema do país que só editou um álbum de originais em 1996.
Desde Kazajistán, como quien no quiere la cosa, el trío SEVENSINS se ha marcado uno de los discos más acojonantes de Black Metal que he tenido ocasión de escuchar este pasado 2020. Con personalidad propia, crudísimos y con aura malsana que se refuerza con la potencia de estar los temas cantados en idioma Kazajo. Se forman en 2008, y Legends of Kazakhstan es su tercer larga duración que se edita en régimen de coedición entre Satanath Records y los italianos Murdher Records. Con esto no voy a decir que sean originales pero sí que tienen elementos que los llevan a otro nivel que se aleja de las bandas estándard del género.
En resumen y así por encima podrían maletiquetarse en la escena del Black Metal nórdico de toda la vida, pero escuchas atentas revelan detalles muy pero que muy interesantes (al menos en este disco ya que los anteriores no tengo ni la más remota idea de a qué suenan). Tienen una pegada gruesa con una base rítmica revienta cimientos nada desdeñable y las vocales suenan orgánicas, variadas y muy bien ejecutas en general, además de ciertos atisbos atmosféricos que recuerdan a Negura Bunget (Folk incluído). Y me explico mejor... abre la instrumental "Kazakh Steppe", con toques militares y folklóricos muy originales (¿alguien se acuerda de los Zpoan Vtenz lituanos?) que van in crescendo hasta que estalla el riff central de la violentísima "In a Grove of Dancing Birches" con toques Thrash y un doble bombo que está a un pasito del Brutal Death. Descensos bruscos del tempo y espectrales voces muy deudoras de Mayhem completan estos primeros compases.
"Three Sons and a Sorcerer", "Manyrak" o "Serpent Mountain" sí que suenan tradicionalmente nórdicas así que me centro en "Miracle with White Eyes"... fortísima y bastante Pagana en sonido. Ritmo sincopado, melódico pero aguerrido y bastantes toques Death en la base rítmica. La forma en que va desplegándose (casi que se derrama) es un gustazo, muy al estilo de algunos discos de Primordial sobre todo en el aspecto tribal de la percusión. Eso, y el plato fuerte de la monumental "Kozy-Korpesh / Bayan-Sulu". Una intro a base de recitados chamanísticos desemboca en un tramo algo más típico que no tarda ni dos minutos en ir virando hacia el Black Doom melódico, subiendo y bajando fluídamente la intensidad a placer y fundiéndose en espectrales voces infantiles.
Cierra el disco "Sleep My Justice" una versión de una banda que la verdad no conozco (Суицид) con toques acústicos a Opeth y con parte central más Heavy Thrash. Resumiendo.... el acierto del tracklist, el minutaje corto y detalles rompedores en tres o cuatro temas amplían el abanico de una banda en crecimiento y que no ha tocado techo todavía.
https://lamuerteteniaunblog.blogspot.com/2021/04/sevensins-legends-of-kazakhstan.html
Третий уже полноформат казахстанской (что видно уже из названия диска) группы. Эта дэт-блэковая бригада работает с 2008-го, и в прошлом году кроме сабжа выпустила еще и пятипесенную эпишку. Кстати, второй альбом также выходил на Satanath Records.
А метал архивы к тэгам стиля добавляют Symphonic, что в каком-то смысле отражает состояние дел и на этом диске. Прежде всего сложным звуком и многослойностью итогового микса. Потому к прослушиванию настоятельно рекомендуется высшее качество звука: или диск, или FLAC (WAV) с Bandcamp.
И самое место сказать, что музыканты SevenSins, прекрасно понимая ситуацию со своим материалом, озаботились толковой студией, которая выдала продукт в наилучшем качестве — с широким динамическим диапазоном и адекватной частотной характеристикой.
Обычно, когда делают акцент на микс и качество звука, то читатель может подсознательно подумать, что речь идет о не очень тяжелом контенте, типа: что тут еще похвалить?
Не в этом случае. SevenSins предлагает мощный и агрессивный блэк дэт металл с неукротимой прямо-таки динамикой, огненной одержимостью и эмоциями на взводе. Взяв от каждого стиля металла (Death Metal и Black Metal) самые впечатляющие подходы, дабы получить на выходе сумасшедшую экспрессию и магнетическую мелодику (сообразно поставленным задачам).
Где-то после половины диска, мне показалось, что креативный состав SevenSins оседлал мега-байки, и несется по степи, оставляя за собой не одну сотню километров. И это все при «почти» кристально чистом звуке. «Почти» - в кавычках только из-за того, что это все-таки экстремальный металл, а не софт рок. Вероятно, это был бы неплохой саундтрэк к фильму 1979 года «Mad Max» (16+), где весь фильм по прериям гоняют постапокалиптические байкеры в косухах.
Необходимо отметить также, что группа создает во многом даже и эпические металлические полотна, особенно в начале некоторых трэков - дабы отразить немереные просторы поставленных задач.
На этом компакте работает трио, что называется «состав - «золотой треугольник» для металла, когда каждый выкладывается по максимуму. Вот этот коллектив: Walter Taro — vocals, Amaron — guitars, Golgorh — drums.
Кроме убойных и реально угарных трэков и позиций, на альбоме есть медленные и спокойные локации, которые, как полагается, создают нервное напряжение между отдельными частями диска... но и … Но и удивительным образом прорываются к лирическим струнам души слушателя, что бывает нечасто у экстремальных групп.
Это совместный релиз Satanath Records с итальянским лейблом MurdHer Records. В компакт-дик вложен стильный, мрачно оформленный 8-страничный буклет с текстами, Pit-Art CD - лазерное нанесение рисунка на рабочую поверхность диска.
https://vk.com/resurgamresponces
I like how this one starts with a riff that resembles Slayer and then breaks into total black metal mayhem, still with that Slayer vibe to it. Everything is my kind of black metal cup. I like what I hear. I like the attack there is to this. The full speed ahead, there is no tomorrow feel I get from this. You don’t have to make things so intricate for it to be interesting. Sometime less is just fine. There is nothing hard to figure out with this one. And that is its strength. This is fist in the air black metal.
After very drum & effects driven intro track, next song is called In a Grove of Dancing Birches which is my favourite one of the album. Music here brings some old school thrash metal vibe (brutal, dark sounding guitar riffs) of bands like Sodom, Possessed, Dark Angel, Slayer, but do not get use to it too much, Sevensins is a black metal band, and they quickly turn their music toward this genre by playing fast, sinister riffs, but also some heavy and melodic ones too.
If you like music in the vein of Dimmu Borgir, some vocals distortions and just standard black metal shrieks, I think, excruciatingly harsh song is Three Sons And A Sorcerer, also having those "evil" and groovy guitar moments, which are enchained to the sound of the band.
A song Miracle With White Eyes is having these rhythmic and heavy riffs which will send you to hell - the place I sometimes like to be in my mind when normally listen to angry black metal...
Manyrak and Serpent Mountain are mid-fast, raw sounding tracks, where band`s music preferences went more toward aggressive and chaotic at times, Nordic black metal.
7 minutes long song is Kozy-Korpesh / Bayan-Sulu, which is also the longest one of the album. Vocalist screams sound also sinister while the music interweaves the slower fragments with the faster ones or, when it needed to be some of a story to tell - they asked a child to do it in the song.
Sevensins is covering song Sleep My Justice of the band Суицид, in this version, it`s more melodic black/death metal song, with atmospheric fragments when singer of the band tries to whisper in your ears...I find best music of the band in tracks 1-4, and one more thing, I really like the album cover of Legends Of Kazakhstan.
How many extreme bands do you know from Kazakhstan? I have to admit that my knowledge was limited to just a handful of acts from out there. But I do follow for some years is SevenSins, originating from the far East of this immense country, quite close to the Russian Federation and not that far away either from China or Mongolia. Anyway, this band started as a Death Metal oriented act at the end of this century’s first decade, and throughout these years they released three full-length albums and one EP. This review will deal with their last full-length, released in a partnership of MurdHer Records and Satanath Records, just like 2016’s Due Diaboli Et Apocalypse.
I have no information about when and where this newest album was recorded, but Legends Of Kazakhstan was released on compact disc, being 100 digipack copies and an edition of 400 copies as jewel-case CD. It comes with an eight-page booklet in black and white, which includes the lyrics in their native tongue (no idea what the actual content is like, but the titles are translated and do give a clue of the concept), as well as some sober artwork and pictures of the three members (yet also here: no idea who is behind the artwork, unfortunately). And those three members, that’s Viktor ‘Walter Taro’ Medvedev (vocals), Yurey ‘Golgorh’ Afanasiev (drums) and Vladimir ‘Amaron’ Mikhailov (guitars) – no idea, once again, about session musicians (yes, I don’t know much, haha).
Anyway, the eight pieces last for thirty-two minutes, including the bonus track, which actually is a cover of Суицид (= suizid). And in the vein of the latest recordings, this one too continues the permanent evolution of this band. It starts with a shorter prologue, actually an extremely energetic tribal song called Kazakh Steppe, and it gives you the feeling of a herd of wild horses, far away at the vast Kazakh meadows, getting closer, fast like a storm-wind, nearby, until they come that close that you feel the air blast. I’m glad that my fantasy has chosen horses to pass by that quickly, and not bears, wolves or tigers, ha…
Yet as from In A Grove Of Dancing Birches, SevenSins show their teeth (including pieces of meat and drops of blood). What they bring is a continuation, though much more intense, of Due Diaboli Et Apocalypse. It’s fast stuff – with the necessary decelerations! – that concentrates on harshness and devastation at the one hand, and melody at the other. Symphonic Black / Death Metal to some, Blackened Death Metal to others; but I think this goes wider and farther.
The speed, for example, is truly unique. Okay, about 99 percent of the bands vary from slow over mid-tempo to fast, but SevenSins have the ability to have each single composition being filled with blasting eruptions and doomed chapters, and everything in between. Time after time, they manage to switch easily from a slower excerpt to an explosive one, then again slowing down before turning once more into pyroclastic energies. And they do it oh so organic; it’s always so comfortable, I mean, it lacks of some forced would-be attitude. Really, really respectable!
Another great thing is the variation in structure plus the addition of spoken words or acoustic passages, all done at the right moment, to give an example. The balance in between tradition and a rather modern approach too, as well as the equilibrium melodic versus aggressive, are surpluses to lift up the result to a high level of song writing and execution. The dramatic, even theatrical performance is actually very firm, without fading away in ludicrous stupidity or unnatural artificiality. Even the cover Sleep My Justice is a mostly acceptable tribute to end with.
Even though the production is saintly (read: extremely ‘perfected’), I think the impeccable clean sound is a good thing in this band’s case. This specific approach of Black Metal can cope with a more decent sound quality, and it simply needs that full, magisterial production for sure. Bombast is an essential and indispensable basic attitude for this specific trend, and a rich, tight sound strengthens that orchestral approach for sure. Besides, the final mix too focuses on all participating elements, because the aggression of the rhythm section is at least as important as the finesse of the leads or the persuasive expression of the vocals. The bass lines or double drums are not inferior to the main guitar riffing or screams, and that improves the listening experience (at least if you don’t care about catchy, poppy, commercial – and therefor fake – bullshit; this band does not sell nonsense!).
In a very wide sense, I can imagine that fans of Behemoth, Azarath, Dimmu Borgir, Septicflesh, Obsidian Gate, Veliar or Demonic Resurrection will adore this latest SevenSins full-length album for sure! The label also comes up with Dark Funeral and Watain as reference, and why not…
https://www.concreteweb.be/reviews/sevensins
SevenSins is a murderous black/death metal trio coming from East Kazakhstan. It was founded in 2008. "Legends of Kazakhstan" is their third full-length album up to now so far. It has eight chapters with a playing time of over 33 minutes. Their music is enough varied, thus besides the accustomed fast double bass attacks and blast beats you will be able to hear there a lot of catchy guitar riffs and killer grooves. Of course, most of the time their songs storm with a menace, but plenty of great mid-paced passages are also featured there. The screams of Walter are filled with rage and hate, they sound absolutely misanthropic to me, but then we have moments where his bloodthirsty screams turn to clean-singing and mystic talks. The lyrics come in Russian language and there are six of their own. By the way, at the end of the disc, the band pays tribute to an old thrash/death metal band from East Kazakhstan called Суицид. They've covered the song "Спи моя справедливость" from the band's sole record "Философия жизни" (1996). Needless to say, they've did a good job with it, as atmosphere-wise it perfectly fits to the album. If you are a big fan of the Scandinavian black metal hordes, then I warmly advice you to listen to "Legends of Kazakhstan", it won't disappoint you!!!
http://castrum.com.ua/encomium/7albums3.htm
Seven Sins on bändin nimenä sellainen, että suu napsuu saman tien halusta lipittää 7 Up -limonadia, mutta korkkaan muuttoavusta saaneeni lager-drinksin, hehheh! Yhtye tulee Kazakhstanista, ja yksi hyvä ystäväni on kazakki, joten on mukava lähteä maistelemaan hänen kotimaansa eksoottisen makuisia metalliyhtyeitä.
Ikävä kyllä “Legends Of Kazakhstan” ei ole kulinaristisen nautinnon multihuipennus, vaan pikemminkin -30% alennushintalapulla varustettua Vaasan ruisleipää. Levyn parhaimpia ja mielenkiintoisimpia hetkiä ovat introbiisi “Kazakh Steppe” sekä “Kozy-Korpesh / Bayan-Sulu”, joissa kuullaan folk-rumpuja ynnä muuta jänskää. Näiden hetkien ajan pystyn sieluni silmin näkemään itseni lentelemässä Kazakhstanin arojen yläpuolella haukkana. Kii kii!
Muutoin biisimateriaali ei herättele itsessäni oikein mitään. Soundit ovat mukiinmenevät, niissä ei mitään napistavaa. No okei, basarirummut ovat aika pinnassa, ja kun rumpali Golgorh tykkää takoa tuplia aika vapaalla otteella, niiden nakutus tulee kyllä tutuksi. Nopeissa paahdoissa noin 90% ajasta vaivun vain synkkyyteen levyä kuunnellessa, mutta toden totta, levyn parhaimmat hetket koetaan silloin kun bändi malttaa hidastaa tahtia ja vähän tunnelmoida. Hupaisaa on jälleen huomata, myös tällä levyllä paras biisi on cover-veto “Sleep My Justice”, joka on jätetty viimeiseksi kappaleeksi. Tässä värssyssä kuullaan myös heittämällä albumin parhaimmat riffit, eli mitä tämä kaikki oikein kertookaan itse Seven Sinsistä?
Yhtyeen black/death metal ei tarjoile oikein mitään mitä ei muuten olisi jo kuultu tuhannen muun bändin kohdalla. Vokalisti Walter Taronkin työskentely on korkeintaan tasoa ihan ookoo, ja fakta on se että IHAN OOKOO EI RIITÄ! Rakkaat lukijat, suositelkaa minulle parempaa kazakkimetallia, jotta voin kertoa ystävälleni, että hänen maastaan tulee myös varteenotettavaa raskasta taidetta.
https://metalliluola.fi/seven-sins-legends-of-kazakhstan-2020/