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This is a great Swedish band with a hybrid sound
blending old and New World influences. The guitar duo of Johnny and Jimmy
shred away throughout the 10 tracks, going from a Swede-tinged Immolation feel
on "The Almighty Is Rising" to Morbid Angel-like moments on "Scum Of The
Earth" and "Deformed Imaginations". On keyboards, Robert blends in subtly,
accenting melodies here and adding some atmosphere there. On the lyrical
front, Grief Of Emerald generally stay within the Christian-bashing realms,
bringing up the incipient fall of the Catholic church through its unnatural
policies on celibacy and the resulting sexual derangements and perversions.
"The Cause" is a superior song, featuring some destructive stop / start
action, intense riffing, harmonic sweeps and off-beat snare work. Jonas is
quite the drummer, possessing solid timing, a bad-ass blastbeat and an ear for
technicality. His performance climaxes on "Those Who Bear The Mark", where
he carries the band through some 7/8 time, then goes on to a nice quarter note
/ eighth note snare pattern before closing the track with some 16th notes on
his ride combined with a hi-hat polyrhythm. Wonderful musicianship! Another
good move by Listenable Records, and an album I highly recommend!! FAVORITE
TRACKS: "The Cause", "Christian Termination", "Those Who Bear The
Mark".
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1. Alas, |
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Spiriti, Sancti... 2. The Almighty Is Rising 3. Raped By The |
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Servant Of God 4. Scum Of The Earth 5. The Cause 6. |
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Christian Termination 7. Deformed Imagenations 8. Consumed By |
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Fire 9. Those Who Bear The Mark 10. Humanitys Fall |
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