Bliss Of Flesh
Beati Pauperes Spiritu ()
Wydane przez Non Serviam RecordsRok wydania Kraj FranceNapisał Flemming Gabin7
I swear that I heard the opening melody from ‘Black Procession’ in the “Inferno” or “Shores Of Hell” chapter from the classic FPS game Doom. I’m not even fucken kidding. I swear it sounds just like it. Are you surprised that Bliss Of Flesh sounds a lot like those classic No Fashion Records melodic black/death metal bands? No? Good. Cos that is exactly what you’re getting here. It kinda sounds like old Dissection, early Lord Belial, A Canorous Quintet and Unanimated. You know, “ancient” stuff that all the stupid, ignorant kids forget exists cos they can’t wrap their stupid heads around the fact that metal was around long before they were ever awkwardly conceived in the back of a stinky, dingy, beaten stationwagon. Which actually fits perfectly with the Latin album title. Blessed are the poor in spirit. Odin knows they don’t spent precious time analyzing and dissecting albums for an audience that probably couldn’t find their way of out a paper bag – let alone, you know, actually argument why they like/dislike something, beyond the “I know what I like” excuse that usually comes with random grunting and involuntary flailing of limbs to drive home an imaginary point. The singer sounds a lot like senor Dan Greening on Cryptopsy’s “Once Was Not”, Tobias Sidegard from Necrophobic or a frog depending on what he is singing. The guy calls himself “Count Necurat” anyway, so I wouldn’t be able to take him serious no matter how hard I tried. Is that a prerequisite to be a black metal vocalist these days? You must absolutely have a silly stage name that means nothing, at all? Makes you wonder what black metal’s obsession with royalty is anyway, with all these “lords”, “counts” and “emperors” around. Why a French band would go and sing German on ‘Forgotten Epitaphs’ is anybody’s guess, but there you have it. They really love to solo too. Weedily-weedily-whoop! Pling-pling-tink-tink-whoow! Chuck Schuldiner, you are not, good sir. Thanks for trying, anyway. At least the guy is not quite as masturbatory, excessive and overindulgent as Ralph “is your band hiring?” Santolla, but you get the gist. So yeah, Bliss Of Flesh. Good band, on the silly side of the spectrum, but that is expected since this is extreme metal. I’d rather sit through this than to listen another inconsequential promo from Sevared, Sumerian or Victory Records. I’d rather lay my head to rest on Robyn Hunt’s wealthy bosom. When is her next OnlyTease photo shoot coming out, you say? Cos that’s stuff I would be actually interested in.
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