The Konsortium - Rogaland (EN)
Band: The Konsortium (N)
Genre: Black Thrash Metal
Label:
Agonia Records
Album title: Rogaland
Duration: 45:32
Releasedate: 01.06.2018
The Norwegians again. The Konsortium crawl out of the deepest
forests with the second longplayer. If you think of the usual, badly
produced Black Metal, you think wrong. The Konsortium celebrate
their sound with ice-cold fog in such a technical and imaginative
way that it creates a spell from which it is hard to escape. In
addition, the production also corresponds to the mangy sound with a
good quality and it has pressure.
Fast-paced riffs that are
murderous, sometimes typically disharmonious and mean-looking. They
escape into everlasting sustained melodies, just to afterwards
bounce on them hysterically - but in a structured way. Almost punk
song structures alternate with epic harmonies and form a construct
that - although almost progressive - comprehensibly develops a
tremendous amount of energy. Then if you think: "now that whole
thing rocks itself into the eternal hunting grounds due to almost
chaotic arrangements", the work turns towards hymnic realms.
There is also a lot of variety in the vocals in order to let the
songs have an individual touch so that they don't just rattle
through the songs hatefully and boldly.
The leaflet lables
them as the genre "Thrash", but I would rather replace that with the
term "Avant-garde", because the songs are due to their emotional
state to sophisticated and sublime. The band also does not shy away
from using a saxophone, horns and flamenco guitars just like in the
song "Havet "to create a deeply mystical and disturbing mood that I
only heard in early Celtic Frost.
Conclusion:
If you want
to give yourself a mix of old Celtic Frost, Satyricon and
Dissection, you have to listen to it. Fans of black metal, whose
horizons goes beyond the usual underground level... enjoy this disc!
Very cool thing that creates a unique atmosphere and dismantles the
fucking turnip. Candidate for the black, rotten but shiny pearl
2018. There can only be one rating...
Rating: 10/10
Recommendations: Everything
01. Innferd
02. Skogen
03. Fjella
04. Stormen
05.
Hausten
06. Arv
07. Havet
08. Utferd
F.G. Gugelli - Vocals, Guitars
T. Jacobsen - Guitars
B.
Waldejer - Guitars
Teloch - Bass
Dirge Rep - Drums
Guest Musician:
Cpt. Estrella Grasa - Vocals
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Author: Steiff
Translator: Sereisa