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Ugly and grim material from the US Midwest. Basically, you've
got 5 songs of extremely rough and minimal black metal played by Imperial,
with 2 session drummers handling the battery. While some other bands come to
mind when listening to Krieg, such as Burzum and Revenge, they seem to take
things to the farthest possible extremities as far as production and playing
go. The guitars are barely discernable for the most part, and the drumming is
annoyingly monotonous. "As Graveyard Rites As Darkness Fell" actually has
feedback left in the recording. While I can appreciate the primitive aesthetic
of most of these bands, that was just bloody painful to hear on a studio CD.
Taken from a different session than the rest, the second version of "To
Wander The Stars" was, to me, the most interesting song out of the 5, due
mainly to the drumming of Teloc Coraxo, who uses more than 4 pieces of his
drum kit. Akhenaten of Judas Iscariot fame produced the first 4 songs, though
I don't imagine he was expected to do a whole hell of a lot. I have heard
better from the extreme black metal scene, but "The Church" is still not a
bad little play if you're after this type of
thing.
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1. Destructive Ritual 2. To |
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Wander The Stars 3. The Ancients Dwell Beneath 4. As Graveyard |
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Rites As Darkness Fell 5. To Wander The Stars |
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