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Ancient Furies es el álbum debut de los Italianos Acheronte,un disco conceptual sobre la muerte y una implacable monarquía antigua.7 canciones de 7 reyes, de 7 monarcas y de 7 furias,un disco crudo y abrasivo.
Addicted To War (Assurnasirpal II) abre este el álbum,con una breve introducción con guitarras bien elaboradas y un sonido bien trabajado con acordes agradables al oído,creando una atmósfera bastante elocuente combinado a la perfección con las voces y gritos desgarradores.
Voces de ultratumba que dan paso a un frenesí de blasfemia y brutalidad de estos Italianos,Destroyer For The Glory (Alexander The Great) sigue con acordes melódicos combinados con una perfecta armonía con la percusión,acá comienza a predominar enormemente la presencia del bajo,dichos instrumentos se mesclan de tal forma brindando un toque extra dando cabida a una especie de marcha que te lleva directamente al mismísimo infierno.
Ancient Persecutor Of Christianity (Diocletian) comienza sin pelos en la lengua,Phobos hace un trabajo de calidad en las guitarras con riffs de excelencia,llegando a un lapsus de completo descontrol y frenesí musical,nuevamente cabe destacar el gran trabajo de A.T. La Morte en el bajo tomando las riendas y guiando por completo al resto de la banda.
La unión entre Lars y A.T. La Morte toman el control en Flagellum Dei (Attila) guiando a las guitarras para una bestial y potente conjunción musical,excelente técnica y un muy buen trabajo en las voces a cargo de Lord Baal,hasta ahora un gran trabajo sin caer en la reiteración al punto de hacer que este disco sea poco digerible y aburrido.
Comenzamos con The Lame One (Timur Barlas)en la cual podemos encontrar gran influencia por la vieja escuela,a diferencia de las otras canciones,se puede apreciar el gran trabajo de Acheronte.
El Apocalipsis Italiano esta mas vivo que nunca.Al grano y si una pizca de piedad es lo que nos brinda The Lord Impaler (Vlad III),existen momentos en donde se torna mas melódico y sera inevitable no poder controlar tus instintos sientiendo como fluye toda esa energía por tu cuerpo.
Con Bloods For The Gods (Ahuitzotl) la banda comienza a bajar el telón de su primer álbum,no dan respiros con varios cambios de ritmos hacen de esto una buena forma de dar termino a Ancient Furies,una canción desquiciada e insana la cual da lugar a unos de los puntos mas épicos logrando armar un puente majestuoso dando el paso a una gran trama de velocidad y técnica enlazados a la notable vocalidad de Lord Baal,buen manejo de los tiempos.
Ancient Furies es el álbum debut de estos Italianos,altamente recomendable,una banda con fundamentos y esencia propia,como se mencionaba anteriormente este disco no cae en lo aburrido,lo único que podrás quedar con un gusto más,bueno esperemos que sigan estos mismos pasos y mas adelante poder escuchar algún nuevo trabajo.
http://www.bloodmetalalliance.com/acheronte-ancient-furies/
Acheronte are a band from Italy that plays a very raw and blasphemous form of black metal and this is a review of their 2016 album "Ancient Furies" which will be released in June by Satanath Records.
A very heavy and melodic sound starts off the album along with some acoustic guitars also being added into certain sections of the recording and when the music speeds up it goes for more of a raw style of black metal that uses a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats while the vocals are grim screams.
Deep growls can be heard in the music at times while the vocals also add in more of a high pitched style of screaming in some parts of the songs and all of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them and when guitar solos and leads are utilized they are done in a very dark and melodic fashion while some tracks also bring in a small amount of spoken word samples.
While the music is very heavily rooted in the 90's the way the songs are produced makes it sound more modern and throughout the recording you can hear a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and a small amount of clean playing can be heard on the last track which is also very long and epic in length
Acheronite plays a style of black metal that is very traditional, raw, fast and aggressive, the production sound s very professional for this style of the genre while the lyrics have a concept to t hem about some of the most vicious and blood thirsty dictators that have ever lived along with a very anti christian themes.
In my opinion Acheronite are a very great sounding fast and raw black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Destroyer For the Glory (Alexander The Great)" "Ancient Persecutor Of Christianity (Doicletian)' and "The Lord Impaler (Vlad Tepes)".
http://occultblackmetalzine.blogspot.ru/2016/05/acheronteancient-furiessatanath.html
Acheronte est un groupe de black metal originaire d’Italie naît vers la fin de janvier 2010, lorsque le guitariste Phobos, après plusieurs tentatives pour créer un groupe de black metal, recrute le bassiste Moriargon, embauche l'expert Lars à la batterie et le chanteur Baal, qui, même si il était un débutant, il se révèle être un chanteur très doué avec une grande présence sur scène. Le line up commence à travailler sur son premier album, intitulé "Demo 2010", qui réunit trois chansons influencées par Mayhem et une reprise de "Freezing Moon" de Mayhem, rendant hommage à ce groupe légendaire. En Septembre 2010 Acheronte commence à jouer des concerts live. En raison de contrastes internes, en Juillet 2011 Moriargon quitte le groupe. En Août 2011 Bolthorn rejoint le groupe comme bassiste, mais il repart après seulement trois mois pour des problèmes personnels et laisse sa place à A.T. La Morte. Pendant ce temps Acheronte continue avec des concerts live et sort l’EP "Genesis of Evil" (2012 par SBRT Records, qui a eu un bon accueil. Ensuite Acheronte sort le split The Last Prayer avec Khephra et Black Faith toujours via SBRT Records. La même année Acheronte sort un deuxième split nommé Eternal Evil avec Noctifer / Hate Them All / Arma Christi via Black Death Production.
Aujourd’hui Acheronte est signé chez Satanath Records et a eu un dernier changement de line up avec le batteur Lars qui part et qui a été remplacé par Bestia.
Le nouvel album et premier full-lenght du groupe se nomme Ancient Furies et sera disponible le 13 juin. Nous avons pu l’écouter et il est vraiment très bon. Il s’agit d’un concept album axé sur la furie et l’excès. On trouve sept titres dediés chacun à un monarque ancien celebre pour son côté extrême.
Voici donc défiler Assurnasirpal II, Alexander the Great, Diocletian, Attila, Timur Barlas, Vlad III, Ahuitzotl. L’album est dans la plus pure veine black metal donc raw, direct, enragé et sans aucun compromis. Oui ce n’est pas original mais ça a le mérite d’être original dans le concept. On a du bon black metal direct et ravageur qui ravira les fans du black metal de la deuxième vague et surtout de Mayhem.
http://metallifer.blogspot.ru/2016/05/telegraph-review-acheronte-ancient.html
Acheronte, fiume del dolore. Acheronte, fast black metal band italiana, nata nel 2010 a San Benedetto del Tronto (AP) e giunta finalmente al debut-album, intitolato "Ancient Furies", grazie alla label russa Satanath Records. Susseguentemente a un demo ("Demo 2010", 2010), un EP ("Genesis of Evil", 2012) e due split del 2013 ("The Last Prayer" ed "Eternal Evil").
"Ancient Furies", è un concept-album basato sulla morte e sulle empie gesta di antichi monarchi passati alla Storia per la loro efferata spietatezza: Assurnasirpal II, Alexander The Great, Diocletian, Attila, Timur Barlas, Vlad III, Ahuitzotl. Sette song per sette sanguinari dittatori, sette sanguinari dittatori per sette furie annichilatrici.
Fast black metal, allora. Già il black metal lo è, veloce. Ma il fast supera ogni confine della conoscenza umana. Valanghe, slavine di blast-beats radono al suolo ciò che prima era, e ora non è più. Metafora per le centinaia di migliaia di esseri umani macellati dai sette tiranni del concept dei Nostri.
Lord Baal conduce come Caronte i suoi compagni Phobos, A.T. La Morte e Lars nel Reame del Caos. Tridimensionale vertigine allucinatoria in cui la schematizzazione del format compositivo è vaporizzata dal bombardamento nucleare del drumming, del riffing, delle lisergiche nonché asfissianti linee di basso.
L'impatto complessivo è titanico. Phobos, da solo, erige un muraglione di suono che si trova al di là dello spazio e del tempo, nel limbo o forse meglio in quell'inferno ove trovano eterna dannazione le sette anime dei despoti. Solo l'incipit di 'Ancient Persecutor of Christianity (Diocletian)', per esempio, è un'iniezione di furia cieca, devastante, dirompente, dai cinematismi non-umani. Sferzate di sangue sublimato in vapore rovente si abbattono sull'auditorio precipuamente per atomizzarlo, come un tornado dalla potenza inconsulta.
'Flagellum Dei (Attila)': il basso oscenamente distorto da il là alla mostruosità fatta in musica. Ondate di riff giganteschi definiscono le coordinate spaziali delle onde foniche, le quali, come uno tsunami, sconquassano la parte corticale del cervello. Provocando cortocircuiti, inversioni polari, trance da hyper-speed. E, quando pare che sia stata raggiunta l'acme dell'accelerazione, si cade in errore. C'è sempre di più, al di là delle ordinarie dimensioni della fisica. C'è 'The Lame One (Timur Barlas)', bestiale richiamo agli dei che governano gli incalcolabili spin delle particelle sub-atomiche. Annichilazione dopo annichilazione, non si smette mai di onorare i carnefici protagonisti delle lyrics con deflagrazioni all'idrogeno: 'The Lord Impaler (Vlad III)'.
E, in cotale, scellerato turbinìo di note, accordi e ritmi, c'è di più: c'è la capacità degli Acheronte di non mollare mai la presa, nemmeno per un decimo di secondo. Inchiodati su una croce di granito ove è timbrato a fuoco il loro stile, il loro marchio di fabbrica. Foggiato in modo indelebile, chiaro, netto, preciso e riconoscibile da distanze siderali; sebbene il caotico mulinare del velopendulo di Lord Baal e della strumentazione degli altri conduca apparentemente ciò che vive a trovare la morte nelle Montagne della Follia.
"Ancient Furies" è un lavoro sorprendente, clamorosamente centrato nel soggetto, che trascina irresistibilmente la musica per teletrasportarla, assieme agli Acheronte, nelle dimensioni dello schizofrenico inferno in cui giacciono, decomposti, i corpi degli orribili Sette.
http://www.truemetal.it/recensioni/ancient-furies-79803
Approdano al primo full-length i marchigiani Acheronte (San Benedetto del Tronto), dopo un rodaggio durato sei anni a suon di ep, demo, split ecc. La band si mostra subito capace e piuttosto convincente sin dall'iniziale "Addicted to War (Assurnasirpal II)", ma dimostrando anche una capacità spiccata nell'interpretare il black in maniera personale (almeno in questa traccia), con sinistri arpeggi che rendono questa canzone da un lato violenta e in classico stile black, ma dall'altro anche capace di aprire qualche spiraglio di evoluzione che potrebbe manifestarsi meglio in futuro. "Destroyer for the Glory (Alexander the Great)" ha la potenza e la velocità dei migliori Marduk: chitarre a motosega, drumming incessante e tanta, tanta violenza.
Il meglio arriva con la bella "Ancient Persecutor of Christianity (Diocletian)", pezzo che riesce a coniugare brutalità e malinconia in modo eccellente, e che finalmente riesce a farci capire di cosa potrebbe essere capace questa band. Precisiamo che i due pezzi d'apertura non erano niente male, ma con questa traccia si ha il vero salto di qualità, grazie ad uno songwriting ispirato e coinvolgente. Da segnalare la spaventosa prova dietro le pelli di Lars, un vero carro armato che distrugge tutto quello che gli si para davanti. "Flagellum Dei (Atilla)", inizia con colpi di rullante militareschi a cui si aggiunge prima il basso di A. T. La Morte, e poi le chitarre stoppate. Dopo una rullata di batteria parte il pezzo ed è di nuovo un diluvio di blast beat, chitarre indemoniate e voce sprezzante.
Arrivati quindi praticamente a metà tracklist possiamo cominciare ad inquadrare meglio questo "Ancient Furies". Cominciamo dal dire che questa formazione sa suonare e sa come si fa del buon black metal, ma forse dimostra qualche limite nella composizione e nella fantasia. Non mancano di sicuro gli spunti interessanti, i quali sono stati infatti espressi nei brani esaminati finora, e non tutto è banale e scontato, ma rimane una sensazione di deja-vu di fondo che molte volte frena le potenzialità dei brani. Dico questo anche perchè, proseguendo con il disco ci troviamo davanti all'ennesimo muro sonoro chiamato "The Lame One (Timur Barlas)", che non aggiunge davvero nulla a quanto detto finora, se non un rimarcare la dose di violenza bruta del disco. Ma il tutto comincia un po' a stancare a mio avviso. Se l'intento della band era quello di realizzare un disco senza fronzoli e di black metal "tirato", allora direi che ci sono riusciti in pieno. Se invece dal black qualcuno pretende emozionalità e atmosfera, allora direi che può stare tranquillamente alla larga da questo disco perchè quello che gli Acheronte possono offrire è solo tanta velocità e intransigenza. E per rimarcare questo concetto, basta ascoltare le finali "The Lord Impaler (Vlad III)" e "Bloods for the Gods (Ahuitzotl)", che si assestano sulle medesime coordinate dei brani precedenti, e quindi non aggiungendo nulla di nuovo.
Ed eccoci alle conclusioni. In generale non posso di certo dire che questo "Ancient Furies" sia un brutto disco, anzi. La band marchigiana dimostra un attaccamento al black metal incrollabile, e l'esecuzione è da manuale del genere, o almeno se ne prendiamo in esame la frangia più veloce e furente (Marduk, Tsjuder, Dark Funeral), ma a mio avviso manca quel tocco magico che avrebbe potuto ergere a livelli ben più alti anche composizioni senza compromessi come queste.
Va bene la brutalità, la velocità e l'esecuzione impeccabile, ma andare avanti per quasi quaranta minuti così è rischioso, perchè si può facilmente scadere nell'effetto noia.
http://heavymetalmaniaczine.blogspot.ru/2016/06/acheronte-ancient-furies-review.html#more
Acheronte play fast & furious in your face Black Metal! Now you should know by now black metal is normally not my flavor so that must mean this one is pretty good. Ancient Furies is a concept album but you don't need to know that to enjoy it. The album is about death and a ruthless ancient monarch: 7 songs for 7 monarchs, 7 monarchs for 7 furies. Ancient Furies is raw and abrasive with big fat black metal riffs that come at you with the ferociousness of a rabid wolf. Acheronte are definitely a throwback to the earliest black metal with all the production quality polish available today. Ancient Furies starts at 100 mph and doesn't slow down through all 7 tracks. This is the type of black metal that even wins me over being fast as a cheetah on meth, as evil as a demon covered in blood and minus any high-pitched "nails on a chalkboard" vocals. This one is pretty damn awesome!
Feind's Fav Track: Ancient Persecutor of Christianity (honestly I just love the blasphemous title!)
Italian black metal, but sounding more Continental than that designation would normally indicate.
Picture Viking-era Graveland vocals over busily buzzing guitars and ridiculous sounding blastbeat drums, but with the oddball feel and lower production values of Italian scene – check out that arpeggiated section in “addicted to war”. Then tag on a weird but somehow sort of generic feeling riffing style that feels a touch Greek, with elements that speak more to French avant-garde BM.
You could easily classify this with the quirkier end of Italy’s metal scene – think a black metal Run After To, I guess – but then those pseudo-Norsecore cum twisting yet pointless Necrophobic riffs kick in again.
And what the hell is with those juvenile blastbeat drums? The guy can obviously play proper double bass, if nothing else (“destroyer for the glory”)…so why deliberately work in a style that feels distinctly South American in a “D.D. Crazy” manner? I don’t get it…
Look, this is no slag. There’s a LOT of weird to be found herein, with “ancient persecutor of Christianity” feeling like a spastically speed-riffed take on Mortuary Drape and plenty of those where the fuck did that come from bits ala Black Hole or the aforementioned Run After To, and the whole thing feels very, very underground in the sense of some unearthed Siciliano artifact from somewhere in the 1988-94 era.
As you might expect from some of the above, these Ancient Furies have a few serious flaws to these ears, but for a relatively new band to be pulling in quite so much vintage Mediterranean underground metal weirdness and off kilter feel is one hell of a feat.
Major points for being just fucking strange in that patented Italian manner.
Seit dem Anbeginn der Zeit, bemalen sich Black Metaler mit Corpsepaint. Dabei sollte beachtet werden, dass man möglichst nicht wie ein dem Zoo entlaufener Pandabär oder gar ein Zebra aussieht. Das haben die Jungs von Acheronte leider versäumt. Allerdings machen sie dafür musikalisch einiges wieder wett. Nach der Gründung 2010 haben die Italiener erst einmal ein Demo, eine EP und zwei Splits rausgebracht, um nun mit "Ancient Furies" ihr Debüt aus den Tiefen der Hölle empor steigen zu lassen. Dominiert wird die Scheibe über weite Strecken von unheilvollen, sehr treibenden Gitarrenmelodien. Lord Baal raunzt, schreit und kräht dazu, besonders gelungen finde ich den gesanglichen Part, wenn Gitarrist Phobos noch seine Back Vocals dazu beiträgt. Ich gehe mal davon aus, dass er den dunklen, diabolischen Anteil daran hat. Das klappt bei "The Lame One (Timur Barlas)" besonders gut und so mache ich diesen Song jetzt mal zu meinem Highlight auf "Ancient Furies". Dieser Silberling transportiert einwandfrei tiefe Schwärze, kommt flott um die Ecke und lässt dem Hörer, natürlich auch aufgrund der Intros und Breaks, keine Zeit zum Ermüden. Da ich extrem schwer zufrieden zu stellen bin, könnte es für mich noch ein wenig garstiger zugehen, aber das ist Nörgeln auf hohem Niveau.
http://www.mega-metal.de/reviews/a/acheronte-ancient-furies.html
The number 7 is the key element of this new album by the Italians of Acheronte and their Black Metal that reminds of Bathory and their Under the Sign of the Black Mark era and Marduk’s Heaven Shall Burn When We Are Gathered. Ancient Furies is composed of seven songs, about seven monarchs for seven furies. In the vein of the second wave of Black Metal and the spirit of De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas by Mayhem, Acheronte are giving many glimpses of well executed Black Metal.
Ancient Furies delivers and won’t disappoint either but it is also a formula that’s been done before. Nothing new but everything is well done without a false note. The choice of seven tracks keeps them from falling into an overly long record and the inevitable drags of unedited debut albums. The pacing is also in a decent order but there are many songs that are monochrome and the album as this homogeneous aspect of a full block and almost like a concept album the songs are united together.
Acheronte have a strong sound that is aggressive yet catchy as they incorpore 80’s Metal elements in their song intros like in ‘’Flagellum Dei (Attila)’’ that could have been straight outta Thrash Metal record of the Bay Area. These early Thrash Metal elements keep getting back to the roots of Black Metal in German bands like early Kreator and Sodom.
As their debut full length, Ancient Furies is a solid intallment that promise a lot in the vein of Black Metal purists. The production is not lo-fi, it was in their earliests efforts, but it is compressed a lot and many sounds are lost in the vacuum-like torpedo that their constant blasting creates.
http://lemotdumelomaniaque.blogspot.ru/2016/06/acheronte-ancient-furies.html
Dopo una serie di uscite dal minutaggio, ridotto i blacksters marchigiani Acheronte arrivano al full length d’esordio.
Il monicker scelto e le tematiche connesse al lavoro , che vede ciascun brano dedicato a storici e sanguinari condottieri quali, tra gli altri, Alessandro Magno, Vlad Tepes ed Attila, istintivamente farebbero pensare ad una band dedita al lato più epico del genere.
In realtà tale aspetto nel black degli Acheronte è presente in maniera piuttosto sfumata, a favore di un approccio canonico ma privo di elementi peculiari, mettendo in luce più l’attitudine e la convinzione con cui la materia viene trattata che non la presenza di spunti capaci di rendere appetibile il lavoro rispetto ad un’affollata concorrenza.
Ancient Furies mette in mostra un’interpretazione onesta e sincera, devota in tutto e per tutto ai dettami primordiali del genere ma, a tratti, piuttosto ripetitiva e, a mio avviso, a forte rischio di accantonamento a meno che, chi si avvicina all’ascolto, non sia un accanito sostenitore a prescindere di tutto il black metal prodotto sul suolo nazionale.
In ossequio al titolo, quindi, molta furia che meriterebbe d’essere un po’ meglio canalizzata visto che, quando rallentano leggermente il passo, gli Acheronte mostrano un volto migliore rispetto a quando si esibiscono in sfuriate parossistiche poco valorizzate, peraltro, da una resa sonora un po’ caotica.
Ne consegue che, alla prima prova su lunga distanza, gli Acheronte si guadagnano senz’altro la sufficienza ma, oltre ad auspicarne l’ approdo ad una maggiore varietà compositiva, mi piacerebbe che in futuro privilegiassero di più quelle parvenze melodiche capaci di rendere, per esempio, Destroyer for the Glory (Alexander the Great), un brano di buona levatura ed un’ottima base da cui ripartire.
http://www.iyezine.com/acheronte-ancient-furies
Великолепный образчик Черного Метала, которому суждено было восстать и восславить жертвенные страницы Былого, Черные Карающие вехи Великой Тирании, Кровью и Действием вершившую Волю Дьявола.
Музыка олицетворяет собой единое с образом, который наследует композицию. Все эмоции и лики миллионов загубленных – несет в себе каждая лента и выражает именно тот характер, что присущ каждому Посвященному.
Без сомнения, весь материал – одна большая Кровавая Жатва, в ней судьба тысячи поколений, им посчастливилось быть убиенными Великими, сущности которых незримо присутствуют и рукополагают.
Особенно прониклись Ядом Ancient Persecutor of Christianity – величайший Гонитель, музыка в честь него пышет Злобой и неугасимой экзальтированной Страстью к уничтожению Неверных , воинственная Flagellum Dei, прославляющая Резню и Одержимая The Lord Impaler, дикая помпезная психотропная Ненависть и Жестокость к отдельному подвиду.
http://metalarea.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=270741&st=0&p=1957096&#entry1957096
Primer disco full de este cuarteto italiano nacido hace 6 años en San Benedetto del Tronto, Italia. Con sólo ver la foto promocional de la banda uno ya sabe qué música hacen: Black Metal. Impío, acelerado, crudo y brutal Black Metal, sin concesiones ni sutilezas de ninguna índole, esto es como un ataque raudo y descontrolado. Tras grabar un Demo, un EP y dos discos compartidos (con Black Faith y Khephra primero, siendo el segundo junto a Noctifer, Arma Christi y Hate Them All), este grupo sale al ruedo con un disco debut conceptual, en el cual las 7 canciones se refieren a 7 monarquías diferentes: 7 monarquías, 7 monarcas, 7 furias.
En lo personal, el estilo de Acheronte me recuerda al Marduk de discos como "Opus Nocturne" o "Nightwing", el Immortal de "Battles in the North", aunque la voz de Lord Baal me recuerda a la de Dagon (Inquisition). Y sí, al ser italianos tienen esa cosa tan rudimentaria del más bruto Black Metal hecho en ese país, con los blast beats explotando incesantemente y las guitarras siendo usadas como sierras. Hasta acá, todo muy claro, pues hablamos de una banda de Black Metal crudo que desata su furia sin piedad alguna. Mas, hay un pequeño problema y es que, por momentos, los italianos deciden incorporar armonías de guitarra de tinte épico que no pegan con las partes más violentas. Veamos, no es fácil unir dos características que, en principio, parecieran estar enfrentadas. En realidad, no se trata de si son opuestas o no, sino de cómo se las trabaje y cómo se las una. Bueno, ahí fallan los Acheronte, en la manera en que lo bestial trata de unirse a los arreglos más grandilocuentes (o que tratan de ser grandilocuentes, en realidad); son buenos, realmente buenos, tocando lo más rápido e inhumano posible, pero fallan claramente cuando pretenden aportar algo de melodía y solemnidad al asunto. Y ahí el disco entra en un desequilibrio bastante marcado, parecieran caer en arenas movedizas cuando eso pasa (el primer track, titulado "Addicted To War (Assurnasirpal II)", es un claro ejemplo de lo que digo). Creo que es un detalle que deberían tener en cuenta para su segundo álbum; o se dedican a tocar tan brutalmente como puedan o bien pulen las falencias, ponen a trabajar sus cerebros y misturan ambas cualidades con inteligencia. Es que hasta para hacer un disco tan crudo y agresivo como éste es necesario poner a laborar la mente.
En cuanto a los momentos más devastadores, todo bien con eso. No sorprenden (dudo que quieran hacerlo), pero te atropellan como una manada de elefantes corriendo a toda marcha. Logran transmitir con bastante fidelidad lo que relatan en sus canciones, siendo "The Lord Impaler (Vlad III)" la que más me gusta de las 7 canciones.
Repito, es un disco que cae en un pozo cuando tratan de agregar arreglos de corte solemne a la cuestión, y cambia rotundamente cuando se ponen en modo brutos a morir. Claro está, yo me quedo con esta última cara de la banda.
http://puroruido.blogspot.ru/2016/07/acheronte-ancient-furies.html
Insomma, se uniamo tutti i punti e se due indizi fanno una prova, mi sa che qui ci è saltato fuori un concept album. Ogni traccia scritta da questi blacksters italiani ha per nome una più o meno importante figura storica. Da Vlad Tepes a Diocleziano, da Alessandro il Grande ad Attila. Insomma, le antiche furie del titolo, ecco. E come vengono mostrati questi carismatici individui? Beh, il Black oltranzista non lascia molto spazio all’immaginazione, quindi ecco che ogni traccia ci mostra probabilmente il lato più epico e aggressivo dei personaggi, immaginati come furie appunto, che cavalcano contro il nemico a rotta di collo. Gli Acheronte sono riusciti a rendere l’idea? Si, tutto sommato si può dire di si. In particolare, l’hanno fatto con un Black piuttosto epico nelle tinte, ma mai lontano dal classico stampo che ha reso famoso il genere. Ecco quindi tracce oscure e maligne, epiche e veloci, con giochi di chitarra minimi e struttura minimale, basati tutti su una sorta di ”effetto ferocia”. Insomma, si gioca sul sicuro qui, andando a pescare dalle radici di un genere che non morirà mai, a dispetto del carattere anticommerciale che l’ha sempre contraddistinto.
http://www.metalhead.it/?p=88281
This is the debut album from Italian underground Black Metal band ACHERONTE. ACHERONTE formed in early 2010 and have steadily built a following in their home country despite a few line-up changes. The band has taken the time to hone their skills and have clearly developed into a taut black metal machine. On Ancient Furies the band dug deep into their black souls and pulled out something dark and rotten. Opening song “Addicted To War” starts with a melodic guitar intro before giving way to a savage mix of blast beats, muscular riffing and guttural vocals that menacingly scrape along the floor. The band show a surprising ear for melody on second song “Destroyer For The Glory” with guitarist Phobos throwing in some superb guitar fills. The band are adept at flitting between different genres of metal with “Ancient Persecutor Of Christianity” displaying a more death metal influence. This is also the case on the bleak blast-fest that is “The Lame One”.
“The Lord Impaler” is one of the most brutal and memorable songs on the album. It’s a grim yet captivating listen with merciless vocals from frontman Lord Baal. Album closer “Aztec Ruler” is a rumbling, bleak epic that includes some welcome and skilfully used acoustic elements for a refreshing change of pace. That is until the thunderous blast beats and walls of distortion take over. It is a fitting finale to an extraordinarily savage album. One of the most interesting elements of the album is the subject matter. Each song looks at the lives (and crimes) of one of the many barbarous war mongers throughout history. For example, “Destroyer For The Glory” is concerned with the life of Alexander The Great while “Flagellum Dei” addresses the life of Attila The Hun. The suitably brutal “Ancient Persecutor Of Christianity” tells the story of the Diocletianic persecution of the Christians during the early part of the 3rd century. Unsurprisingly, the album does possess a song about Dracula himself otherwise known as Vlad The Impaler. While it might be a suitably bleak and morose epic, it manages to sound fresh, avoiding the clichés that might have plagued lesser bands.
This is as raw and savage as Black Metal gets with the band wearing their black hearts on their sleeves. Basing each song on a different historical figure adds an interesting twist to the music with the music easily reflecting the often horrific nature of its subject. All in all this is a promising debut and one that marks the band out as one to watch.
http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/a_2/acheronte-ancient.htm
Acheronte es una banda de Black Metal formada en Italia durante el año 2010. Su discografía contiene una demo, un EP, dos splits junto Kephra y Black Faith, por una parte, y Noctifer, Hate Them All y Arma Christi, por otra. Durante el verano de este mismo año lanzaron su primer álbum de larga duración llamado “Ancient Furies”, a través de Satanath Records.
“Ancient Furies” está formado por 7 canciones dedicadas a 7 gobernantes sanguinarios de la Historia, tales como Attila, Vlad III o Assurnasirpal II, donde principalmente predomina el Black Metal crudo y rápido a base de caóticos riffs de guitarra y blastbeats, pero además, también vamos a encontrar riffs más tipicamente enfocados al Blackened Death Metal; a medio tiempo y donde la melodía hace acto de presencia en forma de armonizaciones tales que denotan una sensación de grandilocuencia muy acertada en consonancia con los temas líricos de cada una de las canciones.
Lo que más me ha sorprendido han sido los diferentes registros vocales de Lord Baal, desde el shriek, hasta ciertas incursiones en el growl, pasando por un tono agónico y pútrido, en la línea de Dagon de Inquisition. Lo cual ayuda a recrear múltiples atmósferas.
Por desgracia, la producción no ayuda a disfrutar de los riffs y los detalles en su totalidad, ya que en ocasiones la exagerada crudeza del sonido convierte la música en un barullo ininteligible. Y en esta ocasión, no le favorece en absoluto.
Si tuviera que elegir la mejor canción del álbum, sin duda elegiría “Blood for the Gods (Ahuitzotl)”. Este track contiene todos los elementos que caracterizan el disco: Black Metal crudo, múltiples tempos e incluso un instante de guitarra limpia.
Acheronte es una buena banda a la que solo le falta pulir ciertos detalles, pero seguro que en un futuro pueden llegar a dar mucho que hablar. Si te gusta el Black Metal, dales una oportunidad.
https://brokentombmagazine.com/2016/11/19/critica-acheronte-ancient-furies-2016/
Eerste langspeler voor het Italiaanse Acheronte, na een pak kleine releases. Het Russische Satanath zag het anti-christelijke, zwarte metaal van deze mannen wel zitten en geeft ze de kans om wat ruchtbaarheid te verzamelen. Ancient Furies moet het gaan waarmaken.
Acheronte brengt rauwe en snelle black metal, het soort dat je kon terugvinden op Osmose Productions begin de jaren negentig. Hier en daar wat invloeden uit de war metal (deathmetalgrowls tot grindcorig venijn), die niet altijd toonvast of op hetzelfde ritme gebracht wordt (op het randje van rommelig). De nummers behandelen een aantal historische eindbazen, deze jongens hebben dus extra aandacht aan de dag gelegd in de lessen geschiedenis. Veel heb ik echter niet bijgeleerd na het beluisteren van dit plaatje (leesbare teksten zijn geen overbodige luxe) en het feit dat het hier gaat over historische figuren vind ik ook geen excuus om alles gedateerd te laten klinken. Ik blijf in ieder geval zitten met een aantal vraagtekens en weinig uitzinnige luisterpret. Lage middenmoot dus.
http://zwaremetalen.com/albumrecensies/acheronte-ancient-furies
First Full Length Album from Italian Underground Black Metal Band, Acheronte. This album released on June 13th, 2016 via Satanath Records. This album listen on this blog as Best Black Metal Cover in June 2016.
1st track, Addicted To War (Assurnasirpal II). Talk about Assyrian King. This song is Melodic and Drums like Mahcine gun. 2nd track, Destroyer For The Glory (Alexander The Great). Glorious, Melodic and Blasting. 3. Ancient Persecutor Of Christianity (Diocletian). Talk about a Roman Emperor, this song have a some Death Metal influence. 4th track, Flagellum Dei (Attila). Attila the Hun, this song is Blasting and Without Guitar Solo.
5th track, The Lame One (Timur Barlas). This song talk about Mongol-Turkish Leader, Timur Lenk or Tamerlane. This song is Dark, Blasting and Noisy Cymbal with some Death Metal Influence. 6th track, The Lord Impaler (Vlad III). Vlad Tepes or Vlad Dracul. It’s very War. 7th track, Bloods For The Gods (Ahuitzotl). Talk about 8th Aztec Ruler. A War song With some accoustic element and Full Blasting like previous tracks..
Tell about Great Leader, an Insane War Album. This’s Great Historical Black Metal Album.
http://www.bdpmetal.net/2016/09/reviews-acheronte-ancient-furies.html#kPCJhK3Ug4zXlKo6.99
„Ancient Furies“ bildet das erste vollwertige Album der italienischen Black Metaller Acheronte, dass sie im 6. Jahr des Bandbestehens zusammengezimmert haben und es scheint sich gleich um eine Art Konzeptwerk zu handeln, immerhin beschäftigt sich jeder Song mit einer geschichtsträchtigen Person wie z.B. Alexander der Große, Attila oder Vlad III. Letzterer dürfte eher unter seinem Spitznamen „Der Pfähler“ Berühmtheit erlangt haben.
Musikalisch geht es dagegen weniger durchdacht zu Sache, so scheint es. Der Drummer ballert sich mit Blast Beats auf eine höhere Geistesebene, während nebenher die Gitarren chaotische und unzusammenhängende Riffs abfeuern, die bereits nach dem ersten Song nerven. Da kommen die Death Metal-Einflüsse im zweiten Song gerade recht, da diese etwas System in das Chaos bringen und der Drang bereits nach 5 Minuten abzustellen etwas abgeschwächt wird. Glücklicherweise bessert sich das Ganze im Lauf des Albums und gipfelt im monumetalen „Flagellum Dei (Attila)“ in der Mitte des Albums. Kraftvolle Riffs, treffen auf donnernde Blasts und das über die Gesamtheit des Albums sehr ordentliche kalte, verhallte Keifen des Sängers. Damit erinnert die Truppe etwas an Marduk nur eben nicht so routiniert.
„Ancient Furies“ rumpelt und donnert, atmosphärisch macht die Sache dennoch was her. Es ist düster, aggressiv und schnell und macht genausowenige Gefangenen wie die besungenen Personen! Nur mit dem Anfang des Albums haben sich Acheronte etwas ins Knie geschossen.
https://metalviewer.wordpress.com/2016/09/25/acheronte-ancient-furies/
New Black Metal album from Italy, Ancient Furies by Acheronte.
Now there’s good black metal and lesser good black metal, and then there’s hardcore black metal fans which… well, they like black metal.
So for ALL fans of black metal, I decided to comment a bit on this album here.
An album presenting their latest drummer who does a good job holding the beats, Acheronte is releasing their first Full-Lenght album today (June 13th, 2016). Although a relatively common black metal album, in my own opinion, the sound could be a bit better. But it is still delivering what the mean black metal fan enjoys.
https://kultur666.com/2016/06/13/ancient-furies-by-acheronte-a-comment/
The Italian band ARCHERONTE excists for almost 16 years now, but still ”Ancient Furies” is their debut album. Prior to this the band released a demo (”Demo 2010”), an EP (”Genesis Of Evil”, 2012), two contributions on a split album, namely ”The Last Prayer” from 2013 with KHEPHRA / BLACK FAITH and ”Eternal Evil” (also from 2013) together with NOCTIFIER, HATE THEM ALL and ARMA CHRISTI. Also did the band participate on ”Sampler Vol. VIII” from Black Tears Of Death. The band plays fast old school Black Metal. This formula still kills, but with todays standards and endless list of similar acts, a band has to deliver something distinguishing excellent and great to be worth the attention. ”Ancient Furies” has its moments, but some riffs and arrangements probably and unfortunately prevent it from falling to this category. Still, the violence that is unleashed in these 7 tracks is amazing. Partly because it sounds quite natural and partly because many tracks have their own charisma. For instance ’Flagellum Dei (Attila)’ made me think of SARCOFAGO and NUCLEARHAMMER, while ’The Lord Impaler (Vlad Tepes)’ reminded of NIFELHEIM and ’The Lame One (Timur Barlas)’ reminded of MAYHEM and all in high speed. Sometimes it’s South American rawness mixed with nordic riffing and this works amazingly good! If you’re a hardcore fan of straightforward Black Metal with fast (almost blastbeat) tempo with some thrashy influence, you should check this out. The vocals by Lord Baal are impressive and have an old Henri Sattler snarl in the era of ”The Christhunt” and ”The Grand Grimoire”. Many songtitles have the name of a historic and cruel ruler in parentheses, which at first made me think this album was full of covers. By their violence, you might think that each track possesses the terror of their named ruler.
http://www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/Albums-EPs-Demos/A/ACHERONTE--10624.html
Estreia dos italianos Acheronte que apresentam um híbrido black metal movido a combustível death de impôr respeito. Cheio de garra e pêlo na venta mas nem sempre consequente. Não é que não apreciemos a brutalidade aqui apresentada, mas raros são os momentos em que nos conseguem realmente impressionar. Boas ideias e boa atitude, só falta a concretização através de bandas mais certeiras na sua eficácia. Mais longe dos lugares comuns que o género impõe e teríamos uma estreia fora do comum. Sendo assim, fica a promessa de que isso possa acontecer num eventual futuro trabalho de longa duração.
http://radiowom.blogspot.ru/2016/12/acheronte-ancient-furies-review.html
Acheronte is war black metal band from Italy. Their LP has been released by Satanath Records last year.
All of the seven songs are true battle hymns, lyrically based on furious warlords. First song depicts Assyrian warrior spirit, guiding us through the sphynx guarded triumph gate to uncompromising and truly energetic black metal. Songs are victorious odes to Alexander the Great, Diocletian. Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan. Vlad Tepesh, and the last one is inspired by the ancient Aztec ruler.
Scream vocals that mostly reminded me of Inquisition are constantly intersected with growl vocals, thus giving the songs an extra dynamics. Striking sharpness of distortion is also fundamentally noticeable, acting like a conquering sword through the flesh of enemies. Uncompromising and pure savage war power riffs reminded me to those of Marduk and Infernal War, with their raw energy and aggressive and striking effect. Release has generally retained much of its original distortion rawness in their final mix.
http://bogotacreviews.blogspot.ru/2017/02/acheronte-ancient-furies.html
There are a couple of people that I don’t really want to meet. One is Charon. I am not too fond of small sailing vessels in really cold water underground. I prefer big ass luxurious ones instead. Listening to metal as I cruise the seas. ACHERONTE is one bad ass brutal piece of black metal. They even put Dark Funeral to shame with their total assault. This is like the brutal Bathory tracks of off “Under The Sign Of The Black Mark” or “Blood Fire Death” turned up to 12. This is black metal that will peel off the paint of any Icon.
http://battlehelm.com/reviews/acheronte-ancient-furies/
These evil Italian bastards in Acheronte, formed in 2010, make the rotten Jesus Christ weep. Hope you are okay with that!
Ancient Furies introduces seven tracks of fast and somewhat chaotic Black Metal mayhem in the vein of Mayhem's De Mysteriis Dom Satanas Mayhem, early Dark Funeral and early Impaled Nazarene, creating one hell of a whirlwind of straightforward and no-gimmicks wholeness that avoids any originality factor like the plague. Unfortunately, it eventually turns out to be quite mediocre and uninspiring, which is kind of sad.
I don't know... In some way, this type of hysteric and blasphemous bombardment is welcome. But in the long run, this blacker-than-thou act lacks just too much of everything to really make an indelible impression. If you are a fan of this fierce sounding 'nothing-new-under-the-brightest-moonlight' Black Metal shit, then you may want to give this a chance. Otherwise you shouldn't bother.
http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=10074
Итальянские олдскульщики, которые преуспевают в таком допотопном блэке, что истоки его теряются среди достижений этрусской цивилизации. Как известно, этруски поставили на алтари свои культурные ценности поранее итальянцев, при том отличались крайней жестокостью в своих ритуальных занятиях. Мне кажется, что именно этот давний аспект культуртрегерства на Апеннинском полуострове заводил нашу сабжевую команду. Иначе трудно объяснить ее столь архетипическую ненависть к отдельным верованиям, а также тягу ко всяким знакам Олдовейшего Зла и Проявлениям Смерти.
Так, - что записали целый альбом, посвященный правителям мира, которые прославились своей крайней нетолерантностью к своим и чужим подданным. Перечислить что ли? Assurnasirpal II (ассирийский царь, ходили слухи, что садист), Alexander the Great (помните трак группы Айрон майдан?), Diocletian (римский император, гонитель христианства), Attila (Бич божий), Timur Barlas (иначе Тамерлан), Тhe Lord Impaler (Vlad III) - (Величайший Князь Влад Колосажатель (иногда Граф Дракула), Ahuitzotl (from Южная Америка). Вот такая горячая компания. Вот такой концептуальный альбом.
Какой же блэк использует Acheronte для воспевания всех этих мрачных и звездных личностей? Это БМ - близкий к тру блаку, специально устремленный на среднечастотную секцию звучания — для придания особого олдового чувства. С самого же начала расхристанный, разбросанный по нотному стану (хахахаха!), с гитарой, которая как бы после тяжелой болезни пытается солировать, = настоящий блэк метал по антимузыкальному посланию.
И хотя группа указывает в качестве влияния на такие столпы от БМ как Mayhem, Darkthrone, 1349, Gorgoroth, Marduk, Dark Funeral, то я бы согласился на две первых команды, а более того - припомнил Carpathian Forest. Именно эти металлеры как раз создают в своих произведениях истинный ГНЕТУЩИЙ ДУХ, на который ориентируется и Acheronte. Вот это — да! самое ОНО!
Далее итальянцы вар(ган)ят такой же сумрачный деструктивный материал, наполненный раздробленными гитарными партиями, соляками, вывернутыми задом наперед(?), неудержимым чертоплясом ритм-секции, где иногда ТАК выбивает большой (бубен) барабан, будто вам в стену постучали ломом.
И конечно, очень в тему - вокал Лорда Баала, поддержанный голосом Фобоса (по совместительству гитариста). Вот вам эталонный олдовый блэк-металлический вокал, адово расщепленный, хриповатый , индифферентный, гипнотизирующий, четко следующий за структурой трака, и оттого еще более ритуальный, чем есть на самом деле. Немного погодя, в следующих компо обнаруживаются более яростные и злобные голосовые выплески, которые дают понять, что Лорд не чужд эмоциональному излиянию)) — строго в адовом ключе, исходя от истинного негативизма, а может быть от труйного ритуала.
Вообще, проходя далее по этому блэк-металлическому побитому и раскрошенному стеклу, все более замечаешь погруженность команды в древнейшие времена БМ. Создается такое впечатление, что Acheronte с удовольствием чувствует себя в этом черном антимузыкальном болоте. И вот вам лучшая ссылка — ментально в некоторых местах итальянцы напоминают финнов Beherit. Возрождая как в жутком ритуале вновь и вновь привидения блэк-металла 80-х. Воистину при этом холодеет сердце.
Не лишним будет напомнить, что Acheronte варят чугун с 2010 года, выбросили на блэк-металлические фондовые рынки за это время: демо, эпишку и поучаствовали в двух сплитах (на кассетах) с такими же отъявленными чертопоклонниками. С того же 10-го года они выступают на сценических площадках Италии, повышая градус кипения вулкана Везувия и радуя фанатов истинного темнейшего саунда.
Для людей, кто в теме.
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Da me neko pita iz koje godine mislim da je ovo izdanje, rekao bih da je iz devedesetih, pre svega po produkciji. Glas ovog slavuja je takođe dosta jeziv, što sasvim pogoduje ovom crnom žanru. Za obožavaoce black metala iz perioda devedesetih, ovaj album nije loš, iako mislim da generalno na muzičkoj sceni nisu uneli ništa inovativno.
https://ciklonizacija.blogspot.ru/2018/02/blitzkrieg6.html