An independent label from the U.K. took a mission to reissue all Blood´s
albums in analogue tape format. The long process
has begun, and I'm already fortunate
enough to receive one of them for a review. Hard to believe, but this album
was originally released 20 years ago already. I would compare this to a good whiskey, in the sense that it only gets better with age, more mature, and more powerful (in your face).
This album fits very specificly into a certain category in my opinion.A
category where the covers are creepy, cheesy and
unpleasant, but most
definetely kicks ass. The crucified heterocephalus
glaber on the cover doesnt work in my opinion. I dont see the relevance to the music... But a cover is still only just a cover, so lets dive head first into this moldy noise…
This is oldschool doomy death metal, grindcore and punk, all these
elements come together and presents the annihilating"Depraved
Goddess".
Prepare yourself to be possessed by the shredding sounds of raw
guitars,sloppy drumming,low bass and gory vocals. The intro is a sample from an old obscure horror flick, which i couldn't identify, unfortunately.. it draws us
slowly into the dark gloomy atmosphere, before ultimately
delivering the final deadly blow to our poor heads, haha. Claus P.Oehler
belches his evil gloomy roars out here in a way thats really impressive to me, and one of the best surprises on this album. Mr.Bernd manages to cover everything with
sweet buzzing noise, and destroying
guitar sound.Unfortunately the bass drowns out a bit in all this sound mess, but delivers perfectly on the track "The
god you save". The tape sound slightly
differs of course from CD, and vinyl
version, but i freaking like it. I love listening
to old albums like this on cassette... a nice trip down nostalgia lane...
Okay, let´s summarize...This is an old (but gold), motherfucker... in a
new shell! Cradle Of Filth worshipers will probably not be very impressed, haha.
If you're into dirty and raw low frequency noise, I suggest you jump on this bad
boy right away!
Rating: 8/10 Blood fb Official Site
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