Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Demonic/The Empire Of Agony/Necropolis Records/1997 CD Review


  Demonic  where  a  band  from  Norway  that  played  a  very  atmospheric,  raw  and primitive  form  of  satanic  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  1997  album  "The  Empire  Of  Agony" which  was  released  by  Necropolis  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  great  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  synths  bring  a  very  dark  and  atmospheric  sound  to  the  music,  as  for  the  bass  playing  it  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars  and  at  times  they  have  a very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  black  metal  riffs  that  are  very  dark,  raw  and  primitive  sounding  with  most  of  the  songs  not  being  either  too  long  or  short  as  well  as  some  thrash  influences  being  thrown  into  the  riffing  and  there  are  little  to  no  guitar  solos  or  leads  present  on  this  recording.

  Vocals  are  mostly  high  pitched  black  metal  screams  with  some  deep  demonic  growls  being  thrown  into  the  music  at  times,  while  the  lyrics  cover  Satanism,  Demons  and  Anti  Christian  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  dark,  raw  and  primitive  sound  to  it  while  you  can  still  hear  all  of  the  musical instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Demonic  where a  very  great  sounding  atmospheric,  raw  and  primitive  satanic  black  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  style,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "The  Everlasting  Shadow"  "Evoke  The  Demon  Lord"  "Spell  Of  The  Witchdemon"  and  "Torment  Their  Christian  Souls  With  Infernal  Powers".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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  1. They fucking ruled. I had their Demo/Ep and full length when they first got released. I was so stupid for selling everything for an iPod to "consolidate"

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