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album opens up perfectly with a wonderful intro with medieval chanting in the
background and a story narrated by A.C. Wild of the Italian 80's cult black
metal band Bulldozer. This isn't the only guest on this album though since it
also features appearances from Huw Lloyd Langton (ex-Hawkwind), Kobold (Old
Forest) and the electro gothic band History Of Guns. This album is a
manifestation against Christianity as the title implies but this is not really
important right now. What matters is the music and The Meads Of Asphodel have
produced one of the most dynamic and powerful black metal releases I've heard
in a long while. Mixing bombastic black metal with mid-paced traditional metal
and Middle-Eastern influences they have completed a sound that I haven't
heard from any other band so far. This is the first full-length release from
the band which has been in existance only since 1998 and what a debut album
this is! Atmospheric, powerful, brutal, violent, passionate, this is the
ultimate black metal release. If you like bands such as Bal-Sagoth, Cradle Of
Filth, Falkenbach and Dark Tranquillity I think this is definitely something
for you. This is impressive! Having a twelfth track title consisting of
sixteen words is a little too much Bal-Sagoth though... This is an obscure
album but if you don't mind that it is hard not to fall in love with the
wonderful tunes from The Meads Of
Asphodel.
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1. The |
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Excommunication Of Christ 2. Angelwhore 3. The Watchers Of |
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Catal Huyuk 4. Agrat Bat Malab 5. Weeping Tears Of Angel Light |
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6. Bene Ha Elohim 7. Assault And Battery 8. Jezebel |
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And The Philistines 9. Pale Bread Hunger 10. Rise In Godless |
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Hell 11. Disembodied Voices of Melchizedek 12. Falling With |
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Lightning Rays Beamed Through The Blazing Firmament Towards The |
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Untended Burial Ground Of Bharsag Bonus track: |
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13. Calling All Monsters |
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