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The Summit of Creation demo CD 2007
1: The Summit of Creation
2: Baian kara ula
3: Brittle Soul Lost
4: Attempting to Unify Chaos
5: Rejoicing the Utter Black Bittterness
6: Withering Scorn Collision
7: All Shall Perish
8: Conviction
line-up:
Bart van Bussel (guitars)
Rudi (synthesizers, clean vocals)
Baxy (bass)
Jasper (drums)
Manoloxx (vocals)
     
Review: Don't get me
wrong: these are musicians that can play their
instruments, know how to create a solid structure
suitable for atmospheric black metal. The production they
use on The Summit of Creation is very well
balanced and shows all the guitars, the keyboard
melodies, the growling black metal vocals, some decent
clean vocals. It contains clearly audible drums and has
enough diversity to attract an audience. But it's the
same audience that is generally deeply moved by bands
like Dimmu Borgir, Old Man's Child, Cradle Of Filth, and
mainly skim the high-profile surface of black metal
scene. The audience that turns to Gorgoroth releases -
Gaahl era - when needing that rebellious 'underground'
feeling. It's so not an audience I feel a part of, which
makes me reject the songs I hear, despite the catchy
hooks and well-played tunes. Perhaps someone will find
this a 'nice' trip back to 1998 - more or less the years
of summit of atmospheric black metal creation - but
that's not me...
Source: NLBMe exclusive,
January 2018.
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