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The infamous Akhenaten wrote this 9-song musical
holocaust while in Romania, and the concepts behind the album are based on an
interesting piece of Romanian history. In the year 1460, on St. Bartholomew's
Night, 30,000 died at the hands of the Dragon Prince, or so goes the story in
the liner notes. Musically, this is exactly what you'd expect from Judas
Iscariot: raw and raging black metal. Unlike many albums in the "true" black
metal scene, "To Embrace The Corpses Bleeding" contains some great
musicianship to go along with the interesting imagery and prose. Tracks like
"Bathed In Clouds Of Blood" and "Terror From The Eastern Sky" showcase
some top-notch guitar playing and song structuring. The session drumming by
Cryptic Winter, while mainly the old-school black metal blastorama, also has
frequent moments of creativity in the fills and layouts. "In The Valley Of
Death, I Am Their King" starts off as a mournful aria of sorts, before
erupting suddenly into a black storm. "Spectral Dance Of The Macabre" is an
original number, propelled by a very simple backbeat. Akhenaten also includes
a scathing admonition of the black metal scene in the liner notes, though
it's often hard to tell what is honest and what is pandering to the
expectations of black metal obsessions these days; I gather that this fact was
part of his point. That aside, this is an excellent album with enough
vehemence to last most bands' careers. FAVORITE TRACKS: "Terror From The
Eastern Sky", "With Lust And Murder For Our
Drink".
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1. I Awoke To A |
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Night Of Pain And Carnage 2. Bathed In Clouds Of Blood 3. Terror |
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From The Eastern Sky 4. Where Eagles Cry And Vultures Laugh 5. |
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In The Valley Of Death, I Am Their King 6. With Lust And Murder For Our |
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Drink 7. Behold The Lamb Of God Descending 8. Spectral Dance Of |
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The Macabre 9. The Dead Burst Forth From Their Tombs |
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