Metal Black

General | May 2006

Reviews

Ragnar of Ravensfjord
Reviewed 2007-08-05
Big, dumb & fun Black Metal from the first band to use the two words together. Though they’re paired down to only the original bassist/vocalist, Cronos they still create a pretty decent amount of “Arrrrgh!” A few modern touches like pinch harmonics and some nearly nu-meddle riffs. Far too many tracks that are OK to crap.

((((((1))))) Classic riff, great loud n’ ugly vocals.
((((2)))) Punkish delivery, catchy chorus. Awesome solos.
((3)) Modern riff, pinch harmonics. WTF? Waaay too simple, like they’re catching up with “the kids”
((((4)))) Thrashin’ mayhem with a lotta bass, solid but a tad redundant in the breakdown. Total 80’s hard rock solo.
((((5)))) Trudging through, simple sound of “hells rock n’ roll”
((((6)))) Heavy, quitessentially Venom – killer mix of the slow & slugging with strides towards thrash.
((((7)))) Rad guitar sound kinda clunky chorus.
(FCC “fucked up”)
((((8))) Basic riff, playing at mid-charge, vocal phrasing, similar to later-era Sodom.
((9)) Redundant as fuck-emulates the riff from the Alien Ant Farm hit – WTF?
((10)) Too much Confusion between thrash if it’s it’s thug metal. (FCC “fucked”, “shit”)
(((10))) Sludgey, trudgeing thick but dull as fuck.
(((11)))) Bulldozing riff, excellent bass sound
(((12))))
((((13)))) Totally modern sounding but Chronos vocals make this work fantastically.
(((((14))))) Black Fucking Thrash…Metal! Arrrggh!
(FCC “metal fucking black…” )

Recent airplay

Darkest Realm
to heavy for titaniumJul 19, 2006
A Good Day To Die
to heavy for titaniumJul 12, 2006
Rege Satanas
to heavy for titaniumJul 04, 2006
Darkest Realm
to heavy for titaniumJun 29, 2006
Rege Satanas
too heavy for titaniumJun 23, 2006
Burn In Hell
too heavy for titaniumJun 16, 2006

Charting

2006-05-21 — 2006-07-23 Loud
Week EndingAirplays
Jul 23 1
Jul 16 1
Jul 9 1
Jul 2 1
Jun 25 1
Jun 18 2
Jun 11 1
Jun 4 3

Track listing

1. Antechrist
2. Burn In Hell
3. House Of Pain
4. Death & Dying
5. Rege Satanas
6. Darkest Realm
7. A Good Day To Die
8. Assassin
9. Lucifer Rising
10. Blessed Dead
11. Hours Of Darkness
12. Sleep When I'm Dead
13. Maleficarvm
14. Metal Black