There's an inextricable link between
Norway and black metal, but what's the state of the country's supply
right now? I can name a few great names from the Fossbrenna cult, but
other than that the scene seems to be crammed with myriads of
semi-technical, professional, soulless acts that try to evoke the
spirit of the old without success. Tyrant Wrath's debut Torture
Deathcult is another addition to the list of new names playing rather
precise and well produced black metal, and it is only up to the
listener's preferences if Torture Deathcult is at all what he seeks
from his black metal.
Unfortunately, I'm leaning towards a
category named 'I really see no point in overthought and well played
black metal, I prefer it rough with authentic spirit'. I can see the
buckets of sweat that have filled up during the creation of this wild
record full of different riffs and tempo changes, but that does not
equal music that would move me. Tyrant Wrath's take on black metal
has elements of crunchy death metal which works nicely in the tight,
crystal clear production. Evil riffs is the name of the game, meaning
a lot of palm mute along with minor discordance and some rare flirt
with melancholy. Vocals are delivered in a rather familiar black
metal spirit, nothing bad nor necessarily good to say about them.
To sum it up, Torture Deathcult is your
general modern deathened black metal album made by (seemingly)
professional musicians. Great musicianship and none of the
compositions suck (I actually even quite dig the acoustic outro of
”Revelation of Life”), but that is not enough, because the album
leaves no taste afterwards. 45 minutes pass quite fast while this
album is in the background and I can't say I found myself very often
raising my attention to the music, even if I tried. Not bad at all,
but can't spot many, if any, places that would make it great either.
2.5 / 5
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