![]() Not to forget the raspy and extremely aggressive voice of Onielar, a rare front woman in the hyper masculine black metal universe.ĭarkened Nocturn Slaughtercult have an exceptional overall quality record, and Necrovision is highly recommended to anyone who claims to enjoy black metal. The band even integrate old songs samples and clean guitar passages on Necrocosmic Vision. While their previous albums were unequivocally part of chilly and linear true black metal register, Necrovision’s songs are far more catchier, with very good and thrashy riffs, particularly on Primordial Sapphirine Driplets and The Eviscerator. I nstead of opting for a dry production, the band develops a rich, organic and extremely heavy sound, thus emphasizing rhythm instruments, especially the drums, which are omnipresent. So much power, anger and resentment are emerging from this record that it will leave you speechless: Necrovision is a pure black metal manifest. More than three years after the release of Saldorian Spell, the band returns with Necrovision. DARKENED NOCTURN SLAUGHTERCULT (Germany) Evoking a Decade CD Digibook Compilation (1997-2007) 2008 Osmose Productions. In just four albums, German quartet Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult has risen among the international black metal elite through its stylistic intransigence and seriousness of its convictions. A great album tier rating is deserved.Certain band’s careers command respect, even from the most demanding connoisseurs. Hora Nocturna made me a fan of Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult and set the benchmark for all their other material for me, but Necrovision is a another album under their belt that convinces me that they are one of the best black metal bands going. It’s not the strongest effort I’ve encountered from them, that distinction still goes to Hora Nocturna (2006) but it’s still a lot more satisfying come its conclusion than most other albums of its ilk. Uncompromising and genuine Old School Black Metal - thats what Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult is standing for since 1997, and also the current album. Honestly on this album Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult isn’t doing anything that is particularly out there in terms of uniqueness, just a band playing a genre that they both clearly love and are good at doing. 30 off CD, DVD, and Blu-ray when you spend 30 (excludes pre-orders, sale items. Clean male backing vocals are featured, as well as sections of light, lulling clean tones which will give you a false sense of security before the band thunders back into black metal overdrive to steal your soul. It no doubt also helps the conviction of the album that Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult are one of the black metal bands that take their beliefs, which mostly revolve around the occult, and thus their lyrics, seriously.Īlthough tracks like In the Hue of Night and Upon My Arrival quickly stand out as album highlights, it’s the closing Necrocosmic Vision that takes the prize for being the very best on offer, on account of it showcasing how Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult can do some different stuff while still retaining their integrity as a black metal band. But then why mess with what has proved a winning formula for the band? Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult are true to the original black metal template, although their music has a better production job than, let’s say, Darkthrone’s classic A Blaze in the Northern Sky, but the atmosphere of black metal is present and correct, and not dressed up with fancy thrills, although Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult does utilise some haunting elements, such as backing clean vocals in Necrocosmic Vision, or a sample of music which at a guess dates around the 1940’s – 1950’s at the end of Upon My Arrival and of course the opening intro track Aura, which is more of an ambient piece.Īs an interesting note for those who are not familiar with the band, although you may not realise it to listen to them, Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult is actually a female fronted act, and their frontwoman Onielar deserves a special mention for her growl, which gives the atmosphere of the album a bit of extra venom. Necrovision is a definite case of a band doing what they do best without stepping out of their comfort zone. Released in 2013 this is the first major effort from the group in several years, the last being Saldorian Spell in 2009, although the band did do a split in 2011 with their fellow Germans Purgatory. ![]() Necrovision is the fifth full-length album to be released by German black metal act Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult.
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