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Coffee and black metal seem to have become big parts of my morning routine lately. I don't know if that's a healthy thing to start my day but it defititely wakes me up. Today, I selected a surprisingly varied album from Hatecrowned, a band from Tripoli, Lebanon. They have been around since 2011, founded as a duo with some guests on drums and bass. As far as I can find, this seems to be their debut album. It's a damn good one, a must for black metal fans from nearly any generation.
Yes, Hatecrowned seems to be inspired by bands like Behemoth, Watain or Taake. They share a similar hook, a raw, primitive and most of all ferocious sound. Yet, here and there some influences from post-black metal come shining through, placing this band firmly in the modern day scene. Furthermore, there are some death metal elements present as well. 'Coronation of the Eternal and Pure', for instance, sounds surprisingly different from the brilliant blackened anthem 'Infest and Conquer'.
That shouldn't be a problem by the way. All of these songs are blistering pieces of extreme metal. Hell, opener 'Ominous Birth of Serpent' could be the shortest funeral doom song of all time. 'Newborn Serpent', the track, even takes elements from old school heavy metal, mainly in the guitars solos in the calmer passages, right before all hell breaks loose again. And hell does break loose, damn this music is intense at times. On 'Cave of Salvation' the chaotic sound of old school Scandinavian black metal reigns surpreme.
I really dig this album. It has a great sound, plenty of variation and a perfect atmosphere. It breathes despair, fear, misantropy and hopelessness. It's extreme metal at its best, regardless of genre boundaries and other useless limitations. I recommend it to every high-speed headbanger out there. I'm sure it will find its way to my CD-player often from now one, which isn't really the case with many black metal albums to be honest...
http://www.merchantsofair.com/reviews/hatecrowned-newborn-serpent
Yes. This comes definately out of hell. I’m sure! This album is a great punch in the face!”Newborn Serpent”has even more death metal influences then it’s predecessor debut EP”Warpact in Black”and takes the aggression to an even higher level. Especially the songs „Coronation of the Eternal and Pure” and „Funeral Reverie” crush everything on their way.
The vocals are unbelievably evil and strong, both the shrieks and the growls are totally flawless. Well,Ayvaal is a great vokillist, no doubt about that. His low and high vocals are just fucking EVIL sounding piece of Hell.
This is THE perfect mix of brutal death metal with black metal. Brutal as all fucking hell riffs, mixed with dark black metal melody and tremelo picking,The guitars are crunchy and powerful, the bass is harsh the drums are complete blast-fests that will cave your fucking head in,the drumming is top-notch, and the musicianship is perfection. These guys must spend fucking days just sitting in a basement somewhere playing their instruments. Some sections of this CD are so well-written instrumentally that I can’t imagine anything better. It sends a chill down my spine, for instance, to listen to the guitar attack on „Infest and Conquer”.Overall, this album is a riff machine, Hellbent on sending your Soul downwards. Seriously fucking cult.
http://absit-omen.com/hatecrowned-newborn-serpent-satanath-records.html
Hatecrowned are a band from Lebanon that plays a very raw and misanthropic form of black metal and this is a review of their 2015 album "Newborn Serpent" which was released as a joint effort between Satanath Records and Darzamadicus Records.
Clean guitars start off the album along with some deep and grim black metal screams a few seconds later that also get high pitched after awhile along with heavy guitars also making their presence known and after the intro the music goes into more of a fast and raw direction along with a great amount of blast beats.
Throughout the recording you can hear a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and when solos and leads are utilized they are very dark and melodic sounding and the fast riffs also use a great amount of tremolo picking and at times the music brings in an old school Swedish vibe in the faster sections of the music.
Some of the riffs and growls also add a touch of death metal onto the recording and they also bring in a brief avant garde instrumental before returning back to a true style of black metal which also shows some of the riffs also bring in more morbid sounding melodies and there is also a track that also brings in a brief use of acoustic guitars and the title track is very long and epic in length and all of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them.
Hatecrowned plays a musical style that is very heavily rooted mostly in the very fast, raw and heavy European black metal tradition and also add in a touch of death metal to create a very heavy album, the production sounds very powerful and heavy while the lyrics cover Misanthropy, Darkness, Death and Anti Cosmic Luciferianism themes.
In my opinion Hatecrowned are a very great sounding heavy, fast and raw misanthropic black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should c heck out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Infest And Conquer" "Newborn Serpent" and "Wolves".
http://occultblackmetalzine.blogspot.ru/2015/10/hatecrownednewborn-serpentsatanath.html
Based in Tripoli, Hatecrowned is a black metal duo that formed in 2011. They released a fairly well received EP in 2013, Warpact in Black, which was a solid debut, if a little difficult to digest. It wasn’t that the album was extremely dense or complicated, but the band crammed a barrage of influences into a short release creating a rather ambitious effort. One got the impressive that, given the proper breathing room, Hatecrowned could focus and nurture these influences into a devastating and crushing sound.
Two years after their debut, the band returned with their debut full length album, Newborn Serpent, which was released on CD through Russian label Satanath Records. With ten tracks and nearly forty minutes of music, Hatecrowned allows themselves a little more room to stretch their multifaceted sound. Bringing a base of heavy handed and blustery black metal, the band weaves traces of miasmic death metal and trudging doom into their sound, once again delivering a varied barrage of tracks. While the debut EP suffered from a lack of consistency, Newborn Serpent shows the band incorporating this writhing mass of ideas into a cohesive, destructive sound. Swirling trem riffs and blasting drums surge forth while the vocals rip and tear with a mix of rasped screams and deep, menacing growls. These moments make way for crushing, twisted death metal riffs with pummeling double bass runs and trudging, sewer dwelling tempos with thundering bass lines.
While the production is certainly stronger on this go around, there’s still a murky haze shrouding the entire release. It’s not a huge issue, given the style, but the lingering fog presents an unrelenting wall of sound. While it mirrors their darkened, miasmic approach, it’s a fatiguing listen. Occasional keyboard flourishes float across the background and sporadic lead guitar licks pop up throughout, offering a small glimpse of melody among the inexorable black metal. Despite this, the band sounds more organic and much more devastating thanks to the guest rhythm section of GoreDrummer (Pit of Carnage) and bassist Eddy Ferekh (Celestial Winds).
While Newborn Serpent is a challenging listen because of the heavy handed production and melting pot of influences, it’s a crushingly heavy take on black metal. Lebanon isn’t exactly a verdant hotspot of metal bands, so it’s good to see Hatecrowned gaining some steam. The band’s debut full length is a marked improvement over their EP: a fleshed out rhythm section; stronger production values; and a diverse yet cohesive approach to black metal. Certainly an act to keep your eyes on.
http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/review/hatecrowned-newborn-serpent/
This is the début album from Lebanese Black Metal band Hatecrowned.
This is an album that finds its origins in old-school raw black metal. The band take this base though and expand upon it, introducing some darker death metal influences and atmosphere. Bleak melodies and leads occasionally break the blackened surface, but for the most part this is an album that’s swamped in atmospheric distortion from the rhythm guitars. It’s like a fuzzed-up wall of grim auras, ready and willing to crush, smother and consume all in its path. There are also solos, which I approve of big-style.
This methodology works well for the band, and the songs on Newborn Serpent are compelling hymns to hatred and malevolence. The dark death metal elements are combined skilfully into the even darker black metal core of the band, resulting in songs that just seethe misanthropy. Screamed vocals are complemented by deeper growls, providing the songs with enough tools to spread their sinister manifesto.
I like that the band don’t stick to just one way of writing throughout; there’s a good amount of variety here for the style. Some songs are pure black metal, while others let the death metal seep in. Some songs are all about the bile and venom, while others have more atmosphere or pacing. Fast/slow, long/short; the band don’t limit themselves to just one method of assault and should be roundly commended for this.
Very good, very good indeed. Hatecrowned have impressed.
http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Hatecrowned/Newborn_Serpent/521242/
Hatecrowned is a black metal group from Lebanon. Fitting in nicely with the rest of the Satanath Records lineup, these musicians until now have only released an EP. But the topic of today's review, their first full length, is Newborn Serpent. If you like your black metal with a touch of death, just press play.
The bass on "For Scum Thou Art, And Unto Scum Shalt Thou Return" is a swaying pendulum of grimness. Its deliberate pacing is in stark contrast to the racing tremolo patterns. But if there is something here with more rampancy than the guitars, it's the vocals. Sounds tear and spew forth as opposed to what could be called a "delivery." The register favors high shrieks and howls, but sometimes dips into a death growl.
Speaking of death metal, there is definitely an element of melodeath in the solos and some of the riffs a la Dissection. "Newborn Serpent" comes to mind, with it's increased focus on melody and hooks, not to mention the acoustic inclusions. And "Funeral Reverie" opens like a straight up brutal death entry with its grunts and guitar squeals before returning to more blackened sensibilities.
But all in all, this is a work of darkness and bleak world view. The lyrics aren't even essential to picking up on this fact. Enough is said in the instrumentation. Those descending guitar lines, pounding drums, and vacuous shrieks fill songs like "Cave of Salvation" with utter disdain and misery. As mentioned, the album is available through Satanath records, check it out today.
http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Hatecrowned/Newborn_Serpent/521242/
Based in Tripoli, Hatecrowned is a black metal duo that formed in 2011. They released a fairly well received EP in 2013, Warpact in Black, which was a solid debut, if a little difficult to digest. It wasn’t that the album was extremely dense or complicated, but the band crammed a barrage of influences into a short release creating a rather ambitious effort. One got the impressive that, given the proper breathing room, Hatecrowned could focus and nurture these influences into a devastating and crushing sound.
Two years after their debut, the band returned with their debut full length album, Newborn Serpent, which was released on CD through Russian label Satanath Records. With ten tracks and nearly forty minutes of music, Hatecrowned allows themselves a little more room to stretch their multifaceted sound. Bringing a base of heavy handed and blustery black metal, the band weaves traces of miasmic death metal and trudging doom into their sound, once again delivering a varied barrage of tracks. While the debut EP suffered from a lack of consistency, Newborn Serpent shows the band incorporating this writhing mass of ideas into a cohesive, destructive sound. Swirling trem riffs and blasting drums surge forth while the vocals rip and tear with a mix of rasped screams and deep, menacing growls. These moments make way for crushing, twisted death metal riffs with pummeling double bass runs and trudging, sewer dwelling tempos with thundering bass lines.
While the production is certainly stronger on this go around, there’s still a murky haze shrouding the entire release. It’s not a huge issue, given the style, but the lingering fog presents an unrelenting wall of sound. While it mirrors their darkened, miasmic approach, it’s a fatiguing listen. Occasional keyboard flourishes float across the background and sporadic lead guitar licks pop up throughout, offering a small glimpse of melody among the inexorable black metal. Despite this, the band sounds more organic and much more devastating thanks to the guest rhythm section of GoreDrummer (Pit of Carnage) and bassist Eddy Ferekh (Celestial Winds).
While Newborn Serpent is a challenging listen because of the heavy handed production and melting pot of influences, it’s a crushingly heavy take on black metal. Lebanon isn’t exactly a verdant hotspot of metal bands, so it’s good to see Hatecrowned gaining some steam. The band’s debut full length is a marked improvement over their EP: a fleshed out rhythm section; stronger production values; and a diverse yet cohesive approach to black metal. Certainly an act to keep your eyes on.
http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Hatecrowned/Newborn_Serpent/521242/
Lebanese Deathened black metal band realised the album,that is a combination of the death metal and black metal at its best.On this album it can be heard a intereting combination of atmospheric music with death black metal vocal are combined ideally a in the first song at the beginning of the album.Also it can be heard also a tehnical compliance that is brought to ideal,acoustic is solid,production is phenomenal, and also there is on the album a instumental song that is ideally integrated with the hole album.This album takes you in the world of occultism,death,darkeness,evil,destruction. Hatecrowned is anonymous band that desirves more attention of public and listeners,the musicians that exactly know want do they want from their musical presentation,they bring with their music the best of death metal and black metal,The band that showed why should listener listen to these two genres,blackened death metal in the right way with its true essence and power.
http://demonreports.tumblr.com/post/133420637278/album-reviewunderground-of
This is the début album from Lebanese Black Metal band Hatecrowned.
This is an album that finds its origins in Old-School Raw Black Metal. The band take this base though and expand upon it, introducing some darker Death Metal influences and atmosphere.
Bleak melodies and leads occasionally break the Blackened surface, but for the most part this is an album that’s swamped in atmospheric distortion from the rhythm guitars. It’s like a fuzzed-up wall of grim auras, ready and willing to crush, smother and consume all in its path. There are also solos, which I approve of big-style.
This methodology works well for the band, and the songs on Newborn Serpent are compelling hymns to hatred and malevolence. The dark Death Metal elements are combined skilfully into the even darker Black Metal core of the band, resulting in songs that just seethe misanthropy.
Screamed vocals are complemented by deeper growls, providing the songs with enough tools to spread their sinister manifesto.
I like that the band don’t stick to just one way of writing throughout; there’s a good amount of variety here for the style. Some songs are pure Black Metal, while others let the Death Metal seep in. Some songs are all about the bile and venom, while others have more atmosphere or pacing. Fast/slow, long/short; the band don’t limit themselves to just one method of assault and should be roundly commended for this.
Very good, very good indeed. Hatecrowned have impressed.
https://wonderboxmetal.wordpress.com/2015/11/21/hatecrowned-newborn-serpent-review/
Who knew something this brutal could come out of the metal circuit in Tripoli. This is the first full length album, NEWBORN SERPENT, from the band HATECROWNED.
I am going to dive straight into this one with out any messing around. I honestly felt that this band has a lot of potential. They clearly have the chops to make some great music and there is some of that on this album NEWBORN SERPENT. Sadly, this album is about as unoriginal as they come and some of the songs just sound like a muddy mess of thrashing guitars and blast beats. It is a shame really because I can get behind songs like, INFEST AND CONQUER and REDEFINING PURGATORY without question. They have the same charm and charisma that you would find in an IMMORTAL album and I loved these songs. The album however is held back by some fairly dull unoriginal tracks that could of been any other band in the genre.
The biggest problem this band has is the awful production sound. The fairly average songs is something I can handle, they would of came across a lot stronger with better production after all. The guitars are awfully muddy and actually get lost in the mix which does not help. It also seems to chop and change between certain songs as I didn’t find the sound to be a problem at all in the two songs I mentioned above.
Either way, NEWBORN SERPENT is a good enough album from a band who have a lot of personality. It is average in places and fantastic in others. I reckon this band could really pull out a fantastic album in a year or two. NEWBORN SERPENT is a good start if anything.
http://demonszone.com/albums/hatecrowned/newborn-serpent/
Black Metal… Dal Libano! E loro ne hanno di cultura dove attingere se si vuol parlare di divinità, benigne o maligne che siano. Spesso non bisognerebbe leggere la provenienza di una band, altrimenti si rischia di restare influenzati, ma per la miseria se chiudete gli occhi finché ascoltate gli Hatecrowned non può non venirvi in mente l’Egitto e gli stati attorno alle rive del Nilo. Un po’ come Nile e Melechesh, con la differenza che qui il gusto “egiziano” diventa più che altro una fragranza leggera, una sorta di bouchet floreale portato dal vento del Sahara, come se mille ampolle di oli pregiati fossero state rovesciate in qualche affluente di un fiume mesopotamico e poi portate in luoghi distanti da acque impetuose. Lasciatevi ammaliare dalle sinuose spire di questo serpente appena nato. E che sia il vostro ultimo abbraccio…
http://www.metalhead.it/?p=55054
Middle East is not well known by their metal scene, talking more specifically about Lebanon a country hit by various facts, as politics, religion, terrorism, wars, social segregation, poverty, immigration and more, however the metal scene made its roots there long time ago and although their scene is relatively young, we can rescue some names of bands like Blaakyum playing Thrash / Heavy Metal, Kimaera with a Doom / Death metal style, Symphonic metal band Ostura, Black metal band Ayat and recently Hatecrowned also in the Black metal vein, and this time I want to dedicate a space for this band.
Hatecrowned finds enough elements in the Old-school Black metal, rawness, ambiances and ruthless riff that match the crushing drums, the vocals explore a wide range of sounds going from shrieks, adding some howls and traditional death growls, the band was formed in 2011 by Ayvaal in vocals and Dahaaka in guitar and keyboards, during 2013 they released independently their EP titled "Warpact in Black" with four tracks, gaining international attention which lead them to ink a deal, with Russian record label Satanath Records, to release their album debut titled "Newborn Serpent" in last August 13, 2015 as a limited edition, with five hundred copies, the band accomplished their recording, with some guest musicians Benjamin "GoreDrummer" Lauritsen behind the drums and Eddy Ferekh as bassist.
Despite their rawness and heaviness they were able to craft in this album, there are some tracks that simply fall into a muddy pit, call it a flaw in the mixing or mastering or whatever, but in the other side there are plenty tracks to save this album as the opener cut "Ominous Birth of Serpent" there is a bass intro with middle east vibe and raspy vocals, semi fast pace it takes over with blasting drums, "Infest and Conquer" brings me some memories of the old Immortal more alike to the album Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism the riff are aggressive blends perfectly with a pummeling drums, "Void" the instrumental track precede "Redefining Purgatory" and "Newborn Serpent", both are intense, demolishing fast pace with death growls if you are looking for a feeling that approach to misanthropy and darkness here is an excellent dose for you, the short "Funeral Reverie" brings some depressive doom tones, with blistering drums to explore or expand their own path, "Wolves" will embrace you with an ambiance intro, howlings lost in a vast fog in the middle of the forest, blackened riff, pounding drums and vicious shrieks ends this album.
Hatecrowned delivers such level of maleficent dark ambiance without hint of salvation and I have to admit it, though I'm not very familiar with Lebanese metal scene, I felt somewhat attracted by curiosity but with great hopes, my boldness brought me a feeling of yore, even with the few flaws in this is album it worth your time to spend listening to them.
Stay True… Stay Metal… Stay Brutal...
http://insanityremains.blogspot.ru/2015/11/hatecrowned-2015-newborn-serpent.html
I hadn’t listened metal material from Lebanon since heavy metal band Zix. This time is my first encounter with black metal scene from that country, and I’m really impressed.
These guys formed the band in 2011, in the north city of Tripoli, and released a debut EP in 2013. This is the first full length and it’s full of furious atmospheres forged in the rawest side of the genre. Of course, the band denotes people with high musical skills, but they know about extreme compositions and holocaustic structures. All tracks sound great and deliver poisonous doses of ritualistic and chaotic tunes, full of painful guitar riffs and perennial drum beats. Also, recording is direct to the bone, but clear enough to show a band with many hours behind rehearsal room. If you ask me, these guys have mature ideas musically speaking, and they’ve already forged an own sound, which is quite important in novel entities. I mean, especially in this genre. It’s a great album for those followers of underground bands from Middle East, and they should be supported by all of you lazy metal heads, as I’m sure the band fights a lot for promoting their own music. It’s a raw black metal band with a peculiar and distinctive point of view of misanthropy.
https://zombieritualzine.wordpress.com/2015/11/27/album-review-hatecrowned-newborn-serpent/
As much as I like power metal I like a really great extreme metal record. It doesn’t have to be the most technical efficient band. Just as long as they play with conviction. Like Italian Schizo or Bulldozer did in the 80s. I don’t know why but for some reason I get an old school feeling from this Lebanese band. The metal community keeps growing. This is black metal that is like a racing steam engine coming at you and you can’t escape it. Primitive and aggressive the way that I like it. No fancy pansy stuff at all. Just some really cool black metal.
http://battlehelm.com/reviews/hatecrowned-newborn-serpent/
It might not be that huge yet, the Middle Eastern scene, but believe me if I say that there are quite a lot of splendid Metal acts out there, despite religious suppression and narrow-minded bullshit. I can sum up quite an impressive list of great projects and bands from Iran, Saudi-Arab, Jordan or U.A.E., but I have to admit that I do not owe anything at all that comes from Lebanon. So, I’m like a virgin experiencing a Tripoli-based for the first time, but besides the bloody deflowering, it isn’t a painful experience at all; on the contrary, it pleases me, it satisfies me…
Hatecrowned hail from Tripoli, as mentioned before, and they independently released an EP at the end of 2013 (re-released on tape and the digital way in mean time). Now they come up with their first full length, which gets released in a collaboration in between Darzamadicus Records and Satanath Records (it is not for the first time that both labels join forces, by the way). Most of the material was recorded by main members Ayvaal and Dahaaka in Lebanon and, partially, in France, but the drums were recorded at the Art Of War Studio in Denmark by Benjamin ‘GoreDrummer’ Lauritsen, who took care of both mix and mastering too. Newborn Serpent clocks forty minutes and it comes with pretty nice artwork, actually. But let’s focus on the sonic side of the result…
Newborn Serpent stands for forty minutes of energetic, rhythmic, melodic and pounding Ultra-Dark Death / Black / Doom Metal with quite a funereal and melancholic approach. The stuff shows a rather obscured form of highly melodious and timeless, and why not, universal sonic extremity, but expressed through highly professional, creative (though not of the renewing kind) and crafted compositions. It starts with the great introduction, which did leave me confused (the positive way), but the impression of grandiose craftsmanship continues throughout the whole album. Often the so-called ‘Obscure Death / Black’ scene exhales grotesquery, pretention and fakeness, but in this band’s case the purity overwhelms me with warmth and coldness at the same time.
Besides, I think the interaction in between the different angles sounds so fluent, so natural, so evident. Sometimes the whole turns towards misanthropic blackened outbursts, then again towards quasi-grinding Morbid Death expression, occult Doom atmospheres or spine-chilling DSBM-alike structures – and everything in between. But above all, Hatecrowned maintain a cohesive execution, no matter if the outcome is fast or slow, integer or extravert, atmospheric or hateful, darkened or enlightening, melodious or chaotic in essence. It’s rather rare to have such differentiation and, at the same time, quite a coherent result, still with a very same-minded expression of occultism, timelessness and self-identity.
In conclusion I dare to add that Lebanon too, at least by means of this act, takes part of the great (re)vival of Middle Eastern splendor when talking about craftsmanship in both song writing and execution. Newborn Serpent is a fabulous recording that deserves attention; I do hope this review might be part of this band’s recognition!
http://www.concreteweb.be/reviews/hatecrowned
Satanath Records is één van de productiefste labels van de laatste tijd, zo lijkt het. Deze keer bieden ze het Libanese Hatecrowned de kans aan om te debuteren. Na het degelijke Ayat is het de tweede band die ik ken uit Libanon. Ook Hatecrowned brengt blackmetal.
Goed, Hatecrowned dus. Qua artwork en inhoudelijk lijkt het zeker de moeite waard te zijn. Veel Latijn, vreemde en occulte teksten, en een pak tekeningen die overlopen van mysterie. De muziek (hoewel de band bijna verheerlijkt wordt omwille van zijn afkomst) bevat geen hoogvlieger-materiaal. De keys zijn vrij arbitrair in de mix gezet bij de dodelijk gemaakte blackmetal, en dragen niet altijd bij tot de sfeersetting. Daarbij is het drumwerk veel artificiëler en strakker dan de rest van het geweld, waardoor er letterlijk en figuurlijk op twee snelheden gewerkt wordt. Nuja, Immortal deed het decennia geleden, met succes, dus waarom zou Hatecrowned het niet kunnen? Het antwoord: omdat we decennia later zijn. Of het moet zijn dat u bent blijven hangen, dan kan het wel.
http://www.zwaremetalen.com/recensie/33573/Hatecrowned-Newborn-Serpent.html
Afkomstig uit Libanon komt Hatecrowned met een sterk staaltje underground black metal. Na hun start in 2011 en een EP in 2013 is er nu dan 'Newborn Serpent' via Satanath Records. Black metal is niet een muziekstroming die je direct associeert met het Midden Oosten en een album uit Libanon geeft het gelijk een wat exotisch tintje, maar op 'Newborn Serpent' laten ze horen wel degelijk een potje black metal te kunnen spelen. Het is allemaal geen hoogstaand geheel, want het ontbeert voornamelijk een eigen gezicht en speltechnisch zijn er ook de nodige gebreken. Het tempo lijkt af en toe wat mank te gaan en de instrumentbeheersing komt ook niet verder dan de basis. Maar dat maakt dit niet direct een slecht album. Het heeft een lekker 'underground' gevoel en waarschijnlijk is dat voor deze band meer letterlijk te nemen dan die sloot aan Scandinavische bands die menen 'underground' te zijn. Het album zal nergens potten breken, maar als toevoeging aan je verzameling is het geen slechte.
http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/nl/reviews/view/id/31368
It’s hard to even believe this quartet is from Lebanon, and from France, as their playing is so modern and just smashes the senses with its old school death and black metal viciousness.
“Newborn Serpent” is the type of record, which jumps out at the listener from the speakers and mauls like a Great White Shark, as their sound is feverishly twisted and lethal. The guitar rhythms feel like razor sharp machetes that just cut through flesh with such ease and precision, the listener does not even feel that they’ve been wounded.
The whole aura surrounding the ten tracks on this album, is very mysterious yet so mercilessly sinister in vibe. This is not the music you want to listen to at night, as it’s sure to invoke demons from an ancient slumber. Hatecrowned truly know the art of keeping their music so damn dark, you can easily feel it in every note they play due to the morbid climax their songs create upon our frail minds.
This quartet play with so much intensity and conviction, you’re sure to feel the fiery power their hellish songs create on this CD. Plenty of influences from Necrophobic, Belphegor and Setherial can be heard, but with Hatecrowned’s own touch within the music. Listen to the fourth track here: “Coronation Of The Eternal And Pure”, and you’ll be savagely beaten mentally and physically with its might and force, as this number just blows through you like a riff-laden tornado of utter destruction. The drumming alone here blows up like an atom bomb… This song also has some guitar influences from Morbid Angel’s “Altars Of Madness” album, which was pretty cool to hear.
The overall sound of the record is clean as far as the mix and production are concerned, not something that’ll blow you off of your seat, but everything can be heard here for the most part.
Moreover, they’ve an interesting sounding track in the form of “Void”, which has some special, eerie, darkened synth created sound effects of the world after the great apocalypse has destroyed it.
Not to sound too negative, but black and death metal would not be considered extreme metal if it was not negative. Give Hatecrowned a spin and feel all of their bloody hate boil to the brink of total annihilation. Satanath Records
At the time of writing this review, by conducting a search within metal-archives for Lebanese bands, a total of 41 entries are displayed. From these, 3 are listed as "active" black metal bands, with an additional band listed as an active black/death metal band. Hatecrowned is listed among the currently listed active black metal acts. Formed in 2011, Hatecrowned practices an aggressive form of black metal, and "Newborn Serpent" additionally displays some death metal elements during its 39:49 run time, distributed through 10 songs.
While considering how I would write this review, I took some time to get acquainted with fellow Lebanese acts, as I believe a work should be considered not only globally (given the worldwide expression of this particular art form), but it is also important to note its geographical and cultural soundscape as to better ascertain how a release can be as a spear through the shroud of what a particular "metal scene" is.
"Sinful and wretched tales, Made the history of Gods" is a quote taken from the sixth hymn "Redefining Purgatory", and I believe this quote particularly notes what I have ascertained so far, through my contact with Hatecrowned's art. There is clearly a well placed intention within the 10 songs of "Newborn Serpent", featuring Dahaaka (Fawzi Khoder-Agha) on guitars and Ayvaal (Ayman Alloush) handling the vocal duties, although by listening to the entirety of "Newborn Serpent", some questions are left unanswered as to some of the choices on the approach taken on the releases production and aesthetic choices.
"Newborn Serpent" denotes a very specific ambiance around it, the presented work has the ability to make its listener delve into a particular mindset with its soundscape, however the "fade-out" approach to which Hatecrowned has opted to end most songs along with the few seconds of silence between each transition, can be cumbersome to the listeners experience, I felt that it crippled my ability to appreciate "Newborn Serpent" for its qualities.
The first song, "Ominous Birth of Serpent" although being 01:26 in length, does have an official conceptual video that can be seen in the band's official youtube channel (link available in the appropriate section within metal-archives). Although this intro is reminiscent of something Melechesh could do in their earlier works, the following 3 songs, are more death metal oriented, the name of Swedish death/black metal act Soulreaper comes to mind as a reference while listening to these songs. The fifth song, "Void" is an instrumental piece that serves as a transition to a somewhat different musical approach, black metal roots are more evident in this second part of the release, and the death metal elements leave the foreground, being seldom used for the remaining songs of the album.
The songs presented are truly "Sinful and wretched tales", both in their aesthetic and message, the subject of the lyrics is evident, even from a glimpse of the artwork inked by the bands own vocalist Ayvaal. "Newborn Serpent" features 2 serpents displayed in the ouroboros motif, a symbol that can among other things, be representative of the "eternal return", or a cycle of re-creating oneself. Hatecrowned surely re-created itself by distancing themselves from many of the aspects that crippled their previous release, "Warpact in Black", and I expect the band will continue its ascending path, as self-recreation is part of the story of many Gods, so it has been for Hatecrowned.
There are some elements akin to Dissection's acoustic guitar passages, and although various bands have adapted these approaches during the years, many are unaware that this aesthetic is rooted in motifs such as baroque era dances, similar motifs can be heard Bach's BWV996 Bourrée in E-minor, a piece that surely served as inspiration to works such as "Feather's Fell". Instead of these acoustic passages akin to what has been done in the past, I would be curious to see Hatecrowned adapt some Lebanese specific elements to its expression, such as adopting the use of Buzuqs (variants are also present in other cultures, such as the Greek or the distant Irish bouzoukis) or Mijwizs in these approaches, as it would greatly add to the possibility of attaining a more unique sound, instead of attempting to cope with a standard pre-determined sound other bands have used in the past.
It should be noted that both the bass and drums in the album where handled by guest musicians, Eddy Ferekh and GoreDrummer (Benjamin Lauritsen) respectively.
All in all, "Newborn Serpent" is a worthwhile listen, especially to anyone wishing to get acquainted to extreme music performed outside of the usually expected sources, although it will be clear to the listener that although there are some really honest intentions, there is still work to be done in honing the expression of what the project wishes to express.
http://shrineofmadlaughter.blogspot.ru/2016/01/sinful-and-wretched-tales-60.html
Deserto nord africano: sorpresi nel bel mezzo di una tempesta di sabbia, i due ragazzi si rifugiano in un’antica cripta sommersa dal mare desertico e scoperta per caso.
Al riparo dal vento caldo del deserto, ed incuriositi da strani segni sulle pareti, i due, al chiarore di una torcia si avventurano tra gli stretti corridoi scavati da migliaia di anni e trovata un’apertura che porta ad una stanza addobbata come un’antica tomba, si addormentano vicini a quella che sembra una lapide.
Il pavimento intorno a loro comincia a muoversi, lento e sinuoso come un mortale serpente demoniaco, è la fine, i loro corpi stritolati tra le spire del rettile non troveranno più la luce, così come le loro anime scaraventate nel più buio antro infernale.
La colonna sonora di questo incubo è Newborn Serpent, primo bellissimo parto estremo degli Hatecrowned, duo libanese protagonista di un black metal satanico e misantropico, violentissimo, ma molto affascinante e suggestivo.
I due arrivano arriva al debutto su lunga distanza dopo il primo lavoro in versione ep, uscito nel 2013 (Warpact in Black) e tramite la Satanath Records licenzia questo oscuro e devastante lavoro.
Ayvaal (voce) e Dahaaka (chitarre e tastiere) sono aiutati in questo viaggio verso l’oscurità, tra le mortali spire del serpente, da Benjamin “GoreDrummer” Lauritsen alle pelli ed Eddy Ferekh al basso, una sezione ritmica da apocalisse, mentre i due demoni mediorientali compiono atrocità e blasfemie, il primo con uno scream molto evil, ed il secondo tra riff e tappeti di keys che puzzano di putridi antri di piramidi dimenticate dal tempo, dove covate di demoni malefici si nutrono delle anime dannate.
Ottime e suggestive le devastanti trame sonore che compongono brani neri e maligni come For Scum Thou Art, and unto Scum Shalt Thou Return, Redefining Purgatory e la clamorosa title track, un inno alle nefandezze del maligno, tremenda colonna sonora di morte e disperazione.
Ottimo lavoro dunque, proveniente da terre non abituali per il metal estremo così da risultare ancor più affascinante.
http://www.iyezine.com/hatecrowned-newborn-serpent
Se venticinque anni fa il termine Black Metal faceva sorridere i più ed era conosciuto piuttosto per gli squilibrati assassini e piromani provenienti dal gelido nord, oggi non sorprende più di incappare in gruppi Black mediterranei affini ai fenici. Quei navigatori usufruivano già secoli fa del porto di Tripoli e ne stimavano la posizione strategica. Oggi la città pulsa di vita e partorisce progetti come gli Hatecrowned, fondati nel 2011 da Ayvaal (voce) e Dahaaka (chitarra e tastiere). Questa costellazione, completata in studio da musicisti turnisti, ci presenta nel 2015 "Newborn Serpent", uscito due anni dopo l'EP di debutto "Warpact In Black".
Nella musica degli Hatecrowned si riconoscono alcune sfumature orientali, ma le basi sono fornite da gruppi svedesi di calibro come Dissection, Marduk dell'era Legion oppure norvegesi come gli Immortal. I musicisti libanesi si sono però impegnati a fondo e hanno sfruttato le possibilità offerte dagli strumenti, creando dettagli e finezze che prevengono banalità dettate da influenze troppo evidenti. I veloci e irati ritmi martellanti sono alleggeriti da passaggi più lenti e marziali o gravidi di atmosfera. La batteria ben prodotta risalta con una doppia cassa da capogiro ed eccelle nel porre la punteggiatura e gli accenti nelle frasi. Opporsi alla luce e al bene, navigare nell'oscurità e nel male: questa è la sensazione data da canzoni così fredde da poter congelare il Medio Oriente.
Chi sostenesse gli Hatecrown acquistando "Newborn Serpent" non getterà i soldi fuori dalla finestra. È un disco ben eseguito, compatto e di piacevole ascolto.
http://www.aristocraziawebzine.com/recensioni/7461-hatecrowned-newborn-serpent
Hatecrowned ist ein Black Metal-Duo aus dem Libanon, dass seit 2011 aktiv ist und eine EP und ein Album veröffentlicht hat. Seltsam ist schon, dass es sich hierbei nur um ein Duo handelt, das sich, laut Metal Archives, ausschließlich um Gitarre und Gesang kümmert, kann man doch auch ganz klar Bass, Schlagzeug und gelegentliche Keyboards wahrnehmen. Musikalisch gibt es aber die übliche Black Metal-Kost. Mal schleppernd, aber zumeist schnell, mit Hang zu melodischen, schwedisch anmutenden Riffs, aber ohne kitschige Läufe, kommen schon mal Erinnerungen an Dark Funeral, Marduk oder Necrophobis auf. Der böse skandinavische Spirit, wie er Mitte der Neunziger so populär war, wurde hier authentisch eingefangen und kann überzeugen. Hier herrscht trendfreie Zone! Eine gute, zwar recht dünne, aber klare Produktion lässt alle Facetten hervor scheinen und setzt die Musik gekonnt in Szene. Wilde Soli gibt es auch mal, sind aber nicht der Regelfall. Wer hätte gedacht, dass so guter, skandinavisch klingender Black Metal der alten Schule ausgerechnet aus dem Libanon kommt?
http://www.crossfire-metal.de/12613-0-HATECROWNED-NEWBORN-SERPENT.html
В этот раз под жестокие острейшие клинки уборочного комбайна Satanath Records попала ливанская формация HATECROWNED. Таким образом ее диск Newborn Serpent попал в закрома двух издателей — кроме указанного — Satanath Records еще и македонской Darzamadicus Records.
HATECROWNED играет бесчеловечный блак, который затейливо вписывается под черепную коробку слушателя и как реальный Чужой делает свое истребительное дело. Ливанцы ( это Ближний восток, восточный берег Средиземного моря) играют с ноль 11-го года и успели пропустить через свой состав множество металлических людей этой страны. 15 человек — вот такой счет итого. 4 музыканта как-то были выбраны на этом пути — и знаете, они наваяли такой мощный материал, что кажется, что он был скорее изготовлен на капищах древних болот финской земли. А с другой стороны можно справедливо предположить, что в Ливане хватает своих культовых мест так или иначе связанных с оккультизмом и темнейшими силами. Во всяком случае две змеищи, п(ри)(о)хотливо свившихся в остром эротическом акте на обложке компакт диска HATECROWNED намекают как раз на это. Уроборос усложненный — несомненно.
В 13-ом году группа выпускала на горячий песок Ливана эпишку, а сабжевый компакт выкатился в 15-ом, испуская стрелы эзотерического темного и огнедышащего блака. Восемь стрел таких скомпонованы в восьмиконечную звезду на обложке. Не знаю, случайно ли логотип ансамбля выполнен в виде пустынной колючки.
Опубликованные 10 ядовитых бомб HATECROWNED совершенно разнообразны по своим внешним и внутренним параметрам, атмосферно дыша медленными траками черноты и адской золы. Но, как оказалось буквально впоследствии, это было только пекельное вступление. Музыканты скрупулезно разрабатывают шикарный угольный продукт в мид-темпо, а далее и в стремительный.
Причем в мидтемпо струнная группа HATECROWNED организует инфернальное коловращение, максимально внятное, угрожающее, имеющее тенденцию к ускорению, это похоже на ритуальное оживление трупов, в особенности когда лид гитара организует дикий вопль-вскрик. Невольно ох…ешь. Гитарист талантливо формирует беснующуюся плоть компо, заполняя своими звуками межкостные пространства, при том используя совершенно РАЗНЫЕ куски мясного звука, чем собственно обуславливая УСПЕХ этого предприятия. Это очень живо в итоге все складывается, эта реанимация. Полнейшее впечатление. И упомянутые соляки: дерзкие и самочинные, и чудовищные низкочастотные странные звуки — хтонические саундтреки, все работают на «омерзительный» достойный результат HATECROWNED.
Прием надо заметить, что некоторые траки начинаются вполне себе дэтово, мощнейше прорубая время назад блак-дэтовым снаряжением. Как бы это не неожиданно было, моментально ухватывается сверх-идея этого произведения: АТМОСФЕРНЫЙ РИТУАЛ. На то и работают два вокальных исполнения, блаковый и дэтовый, которые не ведут никаких диалогов, как полагается иногда, а каждый по своему терроризирует слушателя. И поверьте: HATECROWNED это удается на 80-95 процентов.
Композер время от времени выдает такие струнные поделки, что напоминают песчаные мистические подвижки в пластах континента, и никак эти куски не кажутся лишними и надуманными, наоборот их мистериозность увеличивает и усиливает градус большого колдовства, задуманного в тиши подземелий и воспроизведенного на этом компакте.
Саунд-воплощение этого диска HATECROWNED выполнено на добротном уровне и проинформирую, что студии в Ливане — есть, и они работают и в металлическом ключе также искушенно, как и в других случаях. Кое-что записано во Франции и Дании, ребята этого не скрывают, а скорее наоборот акцентируют этот факт: «мы сделали все на том уровне, который обеспечит приличный звук». А это так и есть и потому реал диск будет востребован по полной программе.
12 страничный буклет компакта HATECROWNED выполнен как записная книжка завзятого мага с ближнего востока, и потому уровень оккультности на ваших полках немало увеличится. Бояться этого не стоит, ибо на уровне местной локализации различные оккультные символы ведут в астральном плане жесточайшую войну, и проникновение их в наш мир затруднено именно этим нивелирующим фактором. Существует однако мнение, что эзотерический истребительный вольтаж соответственно усиливает положительные аспекты символики, а именно оные могут прорываться в наш мир, будучи не востребованы в астрале. Но это уже настолько тонкая материя, что…
Неслучайно эта тема поднята в отклике именно на этот диск. «Really темное волшебство» написано мрачными иероглифами на штурмбаннере этого произведения HATECROWNED. Высокие баллы.
https://resurgam27.wordpress.com/2016/05/28/hatecrowned-newborn-serpent-2015-sat122-dr-017-cd/
El sello Satanath sigue sorprendiendo con sus ediciones de bandas de los más diversos orígenes. En este caso los elegidos son Hatecrowned, un dúo oriundo del Líbano conformado por Fawzi Khoder-Agha y Ayman Alloush y que aquí editan su primer larga duración, luego de un EP en 2013.
La tipografía elegida no deja dudas en cuanto al estilo abordado: black / death metal del mas crudo y rudo que se pueda encontrar hoy por hoy en el mercado.
Los tiempos rapidísimos y riffs sucios y arrastrados son una constante en el álbum, con la mayoría de las estructuras basadas en la agresión sonora y sin atisbos de melodía.
La respuesta a si este disco pasara desapercibido para el público blacker es un misterio, pero con esta reseña aportamos un grano de arena para que esto no ocurra. “Newborn serpent” nos propone un viaje a lo más profundo del metal negro, y recuerden que en el under está lo verdadero.
http://rockarollazine.blogspot.ru/2016/05/hatecrowned-newborn-serpent-2015.html
„Kolejny rok, a Liban płonie…” śpiewali prawie 30 lat temu punkowcy z KSU, i chociaż sam Liban nie pojawia się obecnie na czołówkach gazet, to Bliski Wschód wciąż pozostaje beczką prochu, której wystarczy jedna iskra. Media, a szczególnie politycy, konsekwentnie budują wizerunek tego regionu jako wylęgarni terrorystów i fanatyków religijnych oraz źródło wszelkiego zagrożenia dla świata. Warto jednak sobie uświadomić, że żyją tam także normalni ludzie, którzy próbują przeciwstawiać się religijnemu fanatyzmowi, chociażby za pomocą muzyki. Przykładem może być pochodzący z Tripoli Hatecrowned, który w 2015 wydał nakładem połączonych sił Satanath Records i Darzamadicus Records debiutancki album zatytułowany Newborn Serpent.
Na płytę składa się dziewięć kompozycji, trwających łącznie trochę ponad 39 minut. Dźwięki, jakie słyszymy to surowy black metal nawiązujący do dokonań drugiej fali z lat 90. Dominują średnie i szybkie tempa. W muzyce panuje minimalizm w postaci przesterowanych gitar, ukrytych w tle klawiszy. Wypluwające teksty poruszające tematy nienawiści, śmierci, lucyferianizmu wokale, oscylują pomiędzy typowym blackowym screamem a growlem. Jest to w pewnym sensie pierwotna, prymitywna forma black metalu, ale na pewno nie można powiedzieć, że jest prostacka. Oczywiście trudno doszukać się w muzyce Libańczyków dużej oryginalności, ale z drugiej strony bije z niej autentyczna i szczera wściekłość i bunt, który można kojarzyć z klasykami wspomnianej drugiej fali. Niestety, trochę sypie się produkcja, nie mam tu zarzutów do brzmienia, ale część utworów po prostu nagle się urywa w połowie dźwięku. Nieco archaicznie brzmią też niektóre sample, chociażby wycie wilków w zamykającym płytę Wolves. No ale jak stara szkoła to stara szkoła.
Czy warto sięgać po tę płytę? Myślę, że tak. Kilka fajnych riffów, zagrywek gitarowy i na basie oraz solówek może nacieszyć uszy. Miło słucha się także wspomnianych, urozmaiconych wokaliz. Ciekawe brzmi połączenie skandynawskiego chłodu i odrobiny bliskowschodniego mistycyzmu. Z czystej ciekawości warto się przekonać, co proponują muzycy z tego niespokojnego regionu.
http://kvlt.pl/recenzje/hatecrowned-newborn-serpent-2015/
Sometimes hopeful careers are ended before they even begun. Well, I'm not sure if the career of HATECROWNED might have been great. But judging from their first (and only) album “Newborn Serpent”, the duo from Tripoli, Lebanon, is a loss for the Black Metal scene. It's not that the band re-invented or revolutionized the genre with this album. But the album has a refreshing old school sound that summons the spirit of the mid of the 1990s, when Black Metal made the first progress. The primitive and evil music of the churchburners took a more mature direction back then and other influences than so called “True Black Metal” became more and more accepted. Especially some melodies, both fragmentary and distinctive, added a new and great note to the old sound. And this era of Black Metal is very well depicted on “Newborn Serpent”. Somehow I feel reminded of the underrated and pretty overlooked THE ABYSS, particularly their first album “The Other Side”. HATECROWNED had a similar feeling how to integrate some melodies into a harsh Black Metal song. The jangling vocals are another thing both bands had in common. But HATECROWNED sounded unique enough to find their own niche in the Black Metal scene. There are so many nice ideas and exciting turns in the songs that make “Newborn Serpent” one of the best albums of the genre I listened to in the past months. So, even though the band split up recently, give their album a chance.
http://www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/Albums-EPs-Demos/H/HATECROWNED--10641.html
Очередная экзотика от Satanath — альбом ажно ливанской группы HATECROWNED из славного города Триполи. Не подумайте, что я хвастаюсь, но это не единственная известная мне группа из Ливана — оттуда родом также формация KAFAN. Музыка KAFAN была абсолютно дичайшим и трудноописуемым явлением, в котором антимузыкальность Black Metal проявлялась во всей красе. Уж не знаю, была ли это изначальная задумка, или так получилось за неимением лучших технических средств, но запись KAFAN в итоге вышла на диске на культовом Full Moon Prods — а это о многом говорит. Теперь у нас есть две интересных толковых метал-банды из Ливана (на 44, если верить метал-архивам). И я замечу, что HATECROWNED тоже веников не вяжут. Группа исполняет Black Metal с монументальным звучанием, которое особенно близко, скажем, замечательному лейблу Iron Bonehead. То бишь тут всё немного кашеобразно, зато грохочет будь здоров. Не DOOMSLAUGHTER или ZOM, но достойно. Примечательно, что по звучанию и характеру песни различаются. К примеру, «Infest and Conquer» исполнена больше в духе старой шведятины — верещащий вокал, тремоло и высокая тональность. А вот следующая за ней «Coronation of the Eternal» — это уже почти стопроцентная айронбонхэдовщина: замогильное рычание, тяжёлые риффы, исступлённый бластбит а-ля ARCHGOAT. И совсем иной звук. Может, это связано с тем, что партии разных инструментов записывались в разных странах — Ливан, Франция, Дания. Но то инструменты, а то целые песни… Как бы то ни было, песни крутые, а это главное.
С идейной частью тоже всё в порядке. У группы, кажется, серьёзные убеждения, поэтому тексты пропитаны люциферианством и прочувствованными мотивами. Написаны они весьма поэтично, напоминая лирику BEHEMOTH. Давно замечаю, что в «металлически недоразвитых» странах к идейной составляющей относятся гораздо серьёзнее, чем в процветающих, где большая часть типа сатанистов строчит словеса, недалеко ушедшие от «я сру и канчаю ва имя казла!». Зацените хотя бы ORATOR из Бангладеш.
К оформлению альбома не получится не придраться. Ладно витиеватые трудночитаемые шрифты — это вкусовщина. Обложка неплоха. Но внутри — карандашные змейки и потешный бублик-глобус, которые не вяжутся с действительно серьёзным альбомом. И опять к шрифтам: везде всё вычурное, а на последней странице буклета что-то из стандартного виндовского набора. Непоследовательность! Это маленькие косячки, но всё же лучше их избегать, когда на альбом возлагаются большие надежды. А они явно возлагаются — лейбл ведь сделал группе футболки и нашивки не для того, чтобы кормить ими моль. Надеюсь, эта рецензия немного поможет поднять продажи, так как альбом действительно хороший. Выпуска на виниле у Iron Bonehead он заслуживает не меньше, чем DALKHU.
Когда я узнала, что группа Hatecrowned – из ливанского города Триполи, на ум сразу же пришла ещё одна формация оттуда же. Проект Kafan, выпустивший одно демо аж в 2003 году, содержание которого – плохо записанный шумный блэк. Я приготовилась слушать что-то настолько же странное, конечно, со скидкой на тяжёлые ближневосточные условия.
Мои ожидания не оправдались с первых же секунд. Хотя запись всё же достаточно шумна, это нисколько её не портит, а скорее создаёт атмосферу. Альбом начинается с мелодичного интро с зачитываемым поверх текстом на латыни и здорово настраивает на нужный лад, готовя к мрачной и злобной музыке релиза. Кроме того, оно сразу же выдало восточное происхождение музыки: oriental-мелодии хоть и не очевидны, но всё же на протяжении всего альбома прорываются сквозь звучание, напоминающее о северной классике блэка. Также заметны и дэтовые влияния, которые более очевидны в первой половине альбома, отделённой от второй небольшой инструментальной композицией.
Если потратить некоторое время на расшифровку странного шрифта, использованного в оформлении буклета, можно понять, что тексты Hatecrowned – о тьме, смерти и ненависти к роду людскому. Вполне типичные темы для блэка. Впрочем, о ненависти к какой-либо религии, как у источников вдохновения группы, речи не идёт: тексты скорее просто выражают симпатии к люциферианству. Вообще, сам буклет оформлен достаточно цельно и стилистически выдержанно, да и качество печати отличное: благо, Satanath Records ко времени выхода альбома уже оформились как серьёзный лейбл.
Если не знать о ближневосточном происхождении релиза, то ничего, кроме лёгких мотивов в музыке, на эту мысль и не натолкнёт. Это типичный хороший блэк, обращающийся к достижениям отцов сцены и переосмысливающий их творчество в современном ключе. У меня такое положение дел вызывает двоякие чувства. С одной стороны, замечательно, что даже в странах со сложной обстановкой – вроде Ливана – теперь абсолютно реально делать качественный метал, с другой – теряется некая самобытность региональных сцен. Общий вывод таков: не стоит ожидать чего-то из ряда вон только из-за того, что группа родом из нетипичной страны. Это качественный релиз, который действительно хорошо звучит – как и любой другой современный блэк средней руки
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