The drums are barely audible and most times aren't even necessary as the propulsive element throughout the record remains the guitars.Įverything in this record makes its presence known when it is necessary and only then the artwork feeds into the same mystique that the band members themselves carry making sure that the music speaks for itself. The production is cold beyond words allowing little room for anything to breath. While it can be an unpleasant listen for some it rewards those who take the time to fall within it's grasp. This allows the listener to almost feel pulled into the record that much more. Creating layers of noise that support the overall intensity of the songs themselves. While many bands talk about being trve or not Sutekh are just nastier than the rest. They consistently seem to avoid falling into their own miasma of noise. The band is never too far away from becoming an overdriven mess, yet they never seem out of control either. By the last half of the second song "In Worship They Weep His Name" the band fully embrace the ambient bit that was hinted at on the opener creating a hollow and dark feeling to end the track. Luciform is an experienced, serious, organized, and efficient PvP-focused guild reformed after a long break for the NA launch of Black Desert. The record begins with a cold overly fuzzy monstrous riff slowly building into the main riff of opener "The Great Whore" the band go hard and heavy through the song save for slight moments that break the noise up with calm quiet pieces making way for more darkness to enter the framework.
Instead what you get is something that feels evil acts like a blackened barbarian smashing down your door. There are no hippie-ish, transcendental overtones (ala Liturgy), no overplaying or reliance on synthesizers and choirs ( looking at you Dimmu). While the band play a form of black metal it is imperative that one not get this confused with what gets passed for black metal in the current climate. Unleashed seems to be the only fair way to describe the release of this record as any other terminology feels as though it is undermining the nastiness of this recording. After a number of demos and EPs the members of Sutekh Hexen have unleashed their debut LP upon the world.
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