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| Absu - Third Storm of Cythraul Band: Absu Tracks: - 'Prelusion To Cythraul' Including '...And Shineth Unto The Cold Cometh...' - 'Highland Tyrant Attack' - 'A Magician's Lapis-Lazuli' - 'Swords And Leather' - 'The Winter Zephyr (...Within Kingdoms Of Mist)' - 'Morbid Scream' - 'Customs Of Tasseomancy (Quoth The Sky, Nevermore) ACT I' - 'Intelligence Towards The Crown' - '...Of Celtic Fire, We Are Born' Including 'Terminus (...In The Eyes Of Ioldanach)' - 'Akhera Goiti-Akhera Beiti (One Black Opalith For Tomorrow)' Relentless, furious achievement of Black thrash perfection! Well, like another reviewer for this CD noted, I wasn't expecting all that much when I picked up this CD. (And unlike another reviewer, this CD has NOTHING to do with all things gothic and/or COF... sheesh). I immensely enjoyed "The Sun of Tiphareth" back when it came out, but back then, in high school, I had a very limited budget and could only pick up a new metal CD every now and then, thus providing ample time to digest and absorb everything I got. Now, with a job and with money to spend, a lot of great CDs I buy get drowned out by those whose excellence is evident upon first listen. Given the repeated listenings required to have Tiphareth hit me, I expected the same with Cythraul and thus did not pick it up until recently. Christ on a stick, was that a mistake! Upon first listen, I could not help squealing with delight. I've only heard a few Black thrash (black metal/ old skool thrash metal hybrid, for those who don't know) albums, Absu's second, some Bloodstorm, Sigh's first, and Impiety's "Skull-effing Armageddon" [yet to hear Aura Noir]) and this CD blows all of them way way way out of the water. While Tiphareth was mostly thick atmospherics (no cheeze, mind you) peppered quite profusely with driving thrashy moments, Cythraul is the opposite: brief moments of atmosphere, but mostly fast driving thrash attack that makes you want to bang your head, grab a sword and a case of beer, and go claim the pictish throne and rule with an iron fist. There is technical proficiency at every level; song strucutres are wonderfully fulfilling, changing when they need to, blasting away, slowing down, dropping to slight atmospherics, rocking out... whatever is needed. Production is thick and crunchy, with loud, bombastic, amazingly well-played drums and thrashy guitars, while still retaining that Black metal quality of fuzziness and organicism so important to music coming from this tradition. The vocals.... oh, the vocals! So heartfelt, so emotional, whether it be vitriol, the glory of steel, or the demand of royal right. High-pitched shrieks and growls that really are smack in the middle of Black metal and thrash. They are quite like the Tiphareth vocals but rawer and less afraid to be as expansive in their emotional landscape as possible. One thing I want to emphasize is how rythmically enjoyable this CD is. I Dare you to keep still while listening to this; it is above all things heavy frikking metal. Anyone who appreciates metal, of any type, should pick this up. If you hate Black metal, don't be deterred by the references to such; this CD is Black thrash, a completely different genre. BM fans, who realize where the Norwegian skool really takes its cues, will appreciate this homage to the drunken relentless attack of the Ancient glory days of underg Buy Absu Third Storm Of Cythraul at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.comJamster - the latest ringtones for your phone! |
