Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Canadian


Band: Blasphemy

Logo: Simple and elegant. Like that of an ancient text. Letters are jagged and dripping.

Album:


Gods of War - 1993

Majestic cover hides brooding evil inside. Symbols of the occult featured along side pagan god. Triumphant goddess of war. Glorification of war. Image of the cosmos featured to hint at cryptic mysticism found within. 

Sound: True war metal. Primitive and bludgeoning guitars crush and devastate  Blackened riffs swirl and convulse. Guitars mimic machine guns in their tone. Never slowing, always charging. No emphasis on technicality, only on pulverizing brutality. Solos cry out like fallen soldiers. Drums play strictly blastbeats, bass has very little presence except to accompany drums. Influence from black metal also heard.

Lyrics

"Together proclaiming war
The worlds ending forever more
A nuclear power plant scare
Breathing out the flame of doom
Cursing all evil on the land
Nuke metal sinning calling of war"

Warlike chants riddled with occultism and mysticism. Doom and devastation. Emphasis placed on the event of war. Distorted vocals rasp and grunt creating an evil hellish atmosphere. Sin. Nuclear destruction and hits of apocalypse.

Feeling: True feeling of death and devastation. Like being in a warzone. Lyrics of war mixed with fast pace create a frantic atmosphere, cause listener to feel as if they are in danger. Lyrics concerning occult magic and mysticism creates feeling of some perverse war ritual. Creates

Relation to Scene: Champions of the classic Ross Bay Cult style of death metal. A group of musicians dedicated to what they call "war metal". Created the classic war metal sound. Ross Bay Cult's influence can be found across the globe especially in Canada.



The Band: Skulls (human and animal), bullet belts, chains, gauntlets, upside down crosses, leather. Some corpse paint featured to hint at black metal influence. All members getting old at this point, still haven't given up war metal mentality.

Members:

Nocturnal Grave Desecrator and Black Winds - Bass, Vocals
3 Black Hearts of Damnation and Impurity - Drums
Caller of the Storms - Guitars
DeathLörd of Abomination & War Apocalypse - Guitars

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