Browsing Archive: January, 2017

Review from Franconia Metallum

Posted by Nick Skog on Monday, January 30, 2017, In : German 
From: Franconia Metallum
Published: January 29, 2017

Allein schon der Opener ist Black Metal par exellance. Brachial, melodiös, eingängig, dunkel, bedrohlich, sprich ein absoluter Hammer. Besonders Johan Huldtgren intensive Kreischvocals und das atmosphärisch unheimlich dichte Riffing von Anders Ahlbäck beschwören hier den ein oder anderen Freuden- bzw. Höllentanz herauf.  OBITUS verbinden sie geschickt die tragenden Elemente zu einem gut funktionierenden Ganzen. Majestätisc...

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No Clean Singing reviews 5 minute sample of "Slaves..."

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, January 8, 2017, In : English 
From: No Clean Singing
Published:
January 8, 2017
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[Part of a "Shades of Black" series] 

The Swedish duo Obitus (vocalist/lyricist Johan Huldtgren and multi-instrumentalist/composer Anders Ahlbäck) are not prolific, but when they do release new music, it’s worth close attention. Their debut album March of The Drones (reviewed here) was released in 2009, and all we’ve received from Obitus since then was the excellent single (“Panoticotopia”) they recorded for the Elemental Ni...

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Review from Occult Black Metal Zine

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, January 8, 2017, In : English 
From; Occult Black Metal Zine
Published:
January 4, 2017
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Obitus  are  a  band  from  Sweden  that  plays  a  very  misanthropic  form  of  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2017  album  "Slaves  Of  The  Vast  Machine"  which  will  be  released  in  February  as  a  joint  effort  between  Hypnotic  Dirge  and  Black  Plague  Records.

  A  very  distorted  sound  starts  off  the  album  before  going  into  a  very  fast  and  raw  musical  direction  which  also ...

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 Released: February 16, 2017
500 Copies (250 through HDR)
Genre: Dystopian / Misanthropic
Black Metal

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