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REVIEW: Sadorass - Strength And Wisdom Christhunt Productions, 2002
5.5/10
Sadorass - Strength And Wisdom - cover art Sadorass is the solo project of a member of the German underground black metal band Frost who started working on his own material while Frost was put on ice for a short while in 1996. After recording several demos and one 7" EP in 1999 he has now produced his first full-length album which contains close to an hour of raw primal black metal with a strong feeling of misanthropy. Sadorass perform ice cold metal with harsh vocals and they seem to be musically inspired by bands like Burzum and Darkthrone, thus trying to preserve the original black metal sound that was invented in the late 80's and early 90's in Norway. The guitars are distorted to their limits and the vocals are as tormented as possible which makes this album less accessible to the masses but it was never their intention to appeal to the masses. The production is of course the worst possible in the true Darkthrone spirit and to some degree they have actually managed to recreate that magical atmosphere. As I just mentioned this album does not offer very easy listening and although there are some very nice moments the overall sound is a little too pale for them to be able to compete fully with their Norwegian heroes. Samples from nice guys like James Mason, Charles Manson and Boyd Rice doesn't help that much either... If you are a fan of older Darkthrone you would probably want to check out this band because they are a quality underground band but otherwise stay away from them.

written by Vincent Eldefors

Tracklist

1.
Creation Through Destruction (Intro)
2. The Universal Order
3.
Men Against Mice
4. The Illusory Discrepancy Of Life
5. The Day
Of Abraxas
6. Sowulo
7. Organa Expression In Extremis
8.
The Hateful Flame Invisible
9. Eyes Of A Dreamer
10. Eternal
Terror
11. Hyperborean Slavery
12. Triumph Of The Will
(Outro)

Bonus tracks:
13. Angelhunt
14. Arise Of
His Flaming Empire
15. Dämmerung Ohne Wiederkehr
16. The Haunted
Forest

Playing time: 59.07

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