| 1. Shifting Frequencies |
| 2. To Believe |
| 3. Eleven Eleven |
| 4. Dream Rock |
| 5. Share |
| 6. Are You Ready |
| 7. Easterlies |
| 8. Dream Catcher |
Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
All songs are written and performed by Jim Rick.
I new Sepultura at its best possible evolution.
Like the first Soulfly, everything was heavy, the guitars were raunchy, the bass roared and thunked, and the drumbs and cymbals just flared with fury. There was tribal drums written all over it, and you could hear them perfectly and especially with headphones-what side each instrument was panned on.
In Primitve, Max went and made it a co-op album with each artist's track, but the quality was all tuned down. Much like anything of Ill Nino since Revolution, just littled to nothing basically. The guitars were too clean, and the drums were muted out and panned too softly. That, and the vibe was just too uplifting, especially since Soulfly is all a musical therapy/dedication for Max coping with his dead son. This album blew.
Soulfly 3 comes out, and it didn't blow my socks off lol, It'd made me put them back on. It was a good comeback after the embarassing Primitive. I love how it was really more on the political side of the spectrum lyrically, but it's kind of a bore to feel it - now 2 years later with the support of the war and the world totally takin a downfall.
He experimented a little too much on this album. It seemed a little rushed as most of the songs all had their own volume and instrumentation (which is not bad considering it's primarily different artists every other track) But it just wasn't up to par. Honestly, this should've been the original follow up. If they would've just taken more time on this it could've been a gem.
Now, here we are with Prophecy. It's just as hard as Soulfly 1. To me, the first Soulfly will always be the best one because it's just SO UNIQUE and perfect. I'm not one to have stand out tracks, but stand out segments of the tracks, whether it be intro, outro, chorus, or break... That's the dice I roll. Every song has it's awesomely tribal spots with amped up solos and fit right in with your head as you're having an anxiety attack. They all have long hard rocking moments where you just stand there and bang your head for a good 30-40 seconds non stop, especially on my current anthem 'Born again Anarchist.' That's what really killed 3. It was almost as if there was none, or any that doubled over.... I'm sure I'm in the 'new CD rocks' phase and will tire eventually, but I know that when I put it back in after a 2 month hiatus or whatever.. I'll be kicking a hole in the floor of my car-and probably stuck in traffic because Soulfly, me, and I-95 just can't go together EVER without a big traffic jam. It's as if fate wants us to rock together or something... But in all honesty, if you are hesitant to know if this is another Primitive, or a weaker attempt at 3, it's definately not.
Max returns with more balls in hand than ever-and returns with what originally made Soulfly such a big hit from the Git Go. If you want another shot at Soulfly, take this... The only downfall that I feel is, towards the end of the CD there is a lot of fillers between tracks.. Some tracks go from hard to an abrupt soft end - but it sounds good, but just too abrupt. The reggae tracks you might not like at first, but 'Moses' has me stuck still in the chorus espcially when I'm at work. Hits harder knowing it's about a friend he lost. But besides those -half star faults this disc is definately good enough until Dark ages, which is a whole other rocking story I've yet to tell.
Unfortunatly my only complaint on this album as well as previous albums is, They insist on inserting these distastful instrumentals that do absolutly nothing for the CD cept ruin a perfectly good vibe. I really hope they dont do this on the upcomming Dark Ages. Thats why I give this 4 instead of 5 stars.
-The singer is really talented and consistant, he also manages not to sound like a woman when he hits those high notes!!(no offence to other PM bands, it goes with the territory!)
-The guitar work is genuinley awesome, with great melodies and riffs that leave u feeling like youve just been hit in the face repeatedley, but for some reason it feels really, really good!!
-the drummer sometimes adds fills (or tries to) that are a bit too extravagant, and are faster than the song requires, but he is none the less awesome!!, i play drums so i know just how hard it is to play what is here on this album! he is one hell of a double kick player!!!, brill!
-Bass player is steady, not given much room for expression but adds neat fills and is clearly heard, (something which is disappearing in metal)
I am a massive Power Metal/Metal fan, my tastes range from Hammerfall(awesome), blind guardian(awesome!), iced earth(awesome!), rhapsody(awesome!), and of course the daddies of power metal, ManOwaR(All Hail). to Megadeth, pantera, iron maiden, machinehead, G n R, pre 1994 metallica, testament, Mushroomhead, Lordi, Saxon, Anthrax and others. My taste in metal/rock, has quite a spectrum, this band will make a excellent addition to my collection. I reccommend all of the above, every album is further proof of metals dominance and superiority over other 'NU', and 'RAP METAL' genres, 'DEATH TO FALSE METAL!'(ManOwaR, gods of metal)
Track REVIEW:
Calling from hell 10/10 - Brilliant power anthem
Eternal Flame 9.8/10 - power metal 101, awesome!
Lords of pain 10/10 - one of my favs, KILL!
Sign of the cross 10/10 - Brilliant guitar work
Night of the storm 10/10 - Another fav, awesome Metal!
The traveller ? - brilliant but much, much too short!, could have been a classic!
In Your Sins 11/10 - awesome track, guitar towards the end is tearjerkingly good and heartfelt, solo absolutely AWESOME
Forgotten Soul 9.8/10 - evil intro guitar, remeniecent of the mighty MACHINE HEAD at parts, cool track
When Demons Return 9.7/10 - awesome intro guitar, drummer seems to rush a bit at parts, Awesome none the less!
Regressus/Lost in Time 10/10 - Intro is spinechilling, really! Power, Metal and Might!
Mystic Prophecy 9.7/10 - Drone thumping kick snare drumming, love the double kick on this one!, more metal than power.
The Land of the Dead /10 - another double kick masterclass(hes pretty good at this!), heavy cool song!!
had gotten the regular CD. Regressus is incredible
Power Metal Excellence. On a scale of amazons' 1 to 5
it is a 10. No keys here my friend. Just rippin power/
heavy/speed Metal. Lyrically it is very aggressive as well.
Comparisons could be made musically to bands like Iced Earth
(at their best) and Gus G,s other band Firewind. But Regressus
takes it to a more powerful higher level. And the production
is over the top. The sound these guys got on this one will
punish you. As Arnold would say "If you do not listen....
Then the He** with You".
Before even spinning the actual CD, it's evident that Silencer is far from typical, even by black metal standards. The photo of Nattramn (the vocalist) inside the booklet is singularly disturbing. He slumps, shirtless, against a wall. Dark streaks run down his upper torso, and sickly-looking black hair hangs listlessly, framing an enigmatic visage. The haphazard and bizarrely splotched corpsepaint makes his face a gaping wound. His eyes are obscured, but it almost seems as though he's smiling as he gestures with disfigured hands wrapped in blood-soaked gauze. A disturbing picture certainly, and one that effectively captures the tortured insanity of the songs within.
Silencer's music is painfully dark, driving and relentless. Sweeping, distorted riffs are layered atop one another, and weave in and out between the spectral underlying bass lines as the rapid and distant-sounding drums fire away beneath. The more intense passages are punctuated by slower interludes that reveal a doomier, brooding sensibility. These parts are rather contemplative in mood, for they contain a forlorn, thoughtful quality, a sense of quiet and melancholy reflection. But despite the extremely oppressive atmosphere, the overall effect is quite epic. Silencer portrays a world of stark despair, but does so in an open, expansive manner. Many depressive metal bands aim to produce a deep sense of spiritual torpor that insidiously drains away the listener's vitality. They often achieve this through the use of repetition to emphasize a stagnant feeling of motion without aim, in which one moves but goes nowhere. This is excellent when done correctly, but Silencer takes a markedly different approach. The music of Silencer has the oft-reached for but rarely attained quality of being able to take the listener on a journey. There is repetition here, but it works to create a feeling of fluid progression and forward movement. The instruments flow together seamlessly like the bitter waters of a dark and sunless river, carrying the listener inexorably towards some unspeakable fate.
But it's Nattramn's vocals that really add a whole other dimension to the music. His delivery is completely unique and instantly recognizable, although some comparisons could be made with Rainer Landfermann's performance in Bethlehem. Nattramn's voice is utterly wretched, and drenched with agony and horror. There are harsh black metal rasps, but Nattramn goes much further. Shrieking, screaming, sobbing, gurgling...laughing, choking, screeching, coughing...all here. It may seem unbelievable, or ridiculous even, but it works perfectly and could really not be any other way. The effect arising from the combination of the vocals and the music is truly indescribable, but I'll give it a stab.
For example, in the track "Sterile Nails and Thunderbowels" there is a serene and sadly dreamy undistorted guitar passage about midway through the song. Shortly after it begins, Nattramn starts croaking in a voice that sounds unnervingly like...well...Yoda. Nattramn utters no benevolent words of wisdom, however. This is a Yoda in his death throes, body ravaged by disease, crumbling mind gripped in the foaming jaws of the blackest lunacy. The pairing of Nattramn's hideous voice with the soothing guitar lines is spellbinding. Every time I listen to this passage I imagine a vast nocturnal desert, a barren expanse of sand and stone. Cold stars glint pitilessly in the endless vault of the night sky, and somewhere in the mute desert sands a creature stirs feebly: a dying thing, trembling and bleeding, body mutilated beyond hope and reason. Life is almost extinguished, and all that remains is a terrible desire for oblivion, the poignant longing for death as the last possible escape....
I highly, highly recommend _Death - Pierce Me_ to anyone even remotely interested in depressive music, and more especially to devotees of the suicidal black metal subgenre. Fans of Xasthur, Abyssic Hate, Wigrid, Shining, Nyktalgia and so on, your life is not complete without this record. Silencer is the archetype from which all subsequent suicidal black metal sprung. They were the first, and they are still the greatest.
[Note: Silencer is disbanded now. Nattramn was indeed placed in a mental ward shortly after the release of _Death - Pierce Me_. Since he comprised half the motive force behind the band, this turn of events unfortunately necessitated the end of Silencer. However, Nattramn was not idle during his hospitalization. He formed an industrial dark ambient solo project (allegedly for therapeutical purposes) named Diagnose: Lebensgefahr and released a full-length titled _Transformalin_ in 2006.]
Silencer will take you into a world where there is no hope.
This is one for the masochists.
Thankfully, Autopsy Kitchen have stepped up and rescued this all time black classic from oblivion. And now you can finally experience one of the original black cults who expressed their blackened misery through impossibly anguished vocals. Hysterical shrieks, frenzied and overwrought howls of absolute terror. Never has a band captured grief and misery and loneliness so perfectly and in such an utterly frightening way.
But it's not just the vocals, the music is completely intense and seething as well, with an unrestrained turbulence, dense and buzzing and so emotional and personal and overwhelming. Heart rending minor key melodies emeshed in black swirls of buzz, the riffing so intense and totally manic, exposing a tortured inner world wrought with drama and tension, a dark soul exposed, a damaged personal hell expressed through shriek and buzz. The anguished blasts of blackness are separated by dark doomy ambient passages, from simple mournful acoustic guitar to droney piano fugues to simple melodic doom metal minimalism, but when the riffs and the vocals kick in, a huge brutal blackness dropping on you from above, it's the sort of musical moment that gives you chills, makes your hair stand up on end, and in the right frame of mind makes you want to just break down.
Which is precisely why Silencer and Death - Pierce Me are so revered, this record set the template for ALL depressive suicidal black metal to follow, and while some have come close, Xasthur and Nortt certainly, there is just something so special, and so utterly frightening about this record that keeps anyone from ever capturing the same black musical world of abject fear and unmitigated misery.
All songs are written and performed by Jim Rick.
"The Magical Frequency Band chose me to birth this project. They patiently guided me on this unique inspiring journey, encouraged me with a sound-hand to follow a fluid timeline to this predestination".
Product Description
We're shifting frequencies. Prophecy Rock is the energetic medium of the Shifting Frequency Concert, the grand finale and the time of the great transformation. I know that it might be hard to believe. The Hopi prophecy details much of this journey of mankind, from emergence to self-destruction to re-emergence. Watch the clock! Eleven Eleven. If you're going to make it to the finish you've got to be on time. Watch the sky for the blue star sign when the Blue Star Kachina will remove its mask and halt the sacred ceremonies forever.
The bright days are coming, but the darkness is here. When the world accumulates too many light-absorbing objects, blackness returns. I can't see you, but I can still hear you calling to me. Follow the sound, the beating of your heart and the vibration of compassion combined. We have to learn to live together and share. The synergy of souls provides the harmony, the background and the chorus accompaniment to the lead line.
Are you ready for the changes? Transitioning from matter to higher energetic form requires a fluid perspective, unattached and unimpeded by the fear of letting go. Step into the unknown enthusiastically! Can the hope of a fading dream, the vision of our love lasting, guide us through night's dark and enchanted skies, into the brilliance everlasting there within each moment passing by? Climb the ladder and don't look down. Climb the ladder made out of light and sound.
Prophecy Rock,Jim Rick,Jim Rick,New Age,Prophecy Rock contains original music and content oriented lyrics. It was last performed live with Ritchie Havens, the opener at the famed Woodstock Festival. Prophecy Rock combines Rock and Roll instrumentation with inspirational vocals.
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Prophecy
Soulfly Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
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ASIN: B0001L5NNC Release Date: 2004-03-30 |
Tracks:
- Prophecy
- Living Sacrifice
- Execution Style
- Defeat U
- Mars
- I Velieve
- Moses
- Born Again Anarchist
- Porrada
- In The Meantime
- Soulfly IV
- Wings
Customer Reviews:
Best Soulfly.......2006-12-13
The least best of an amazing band!.......2006-11-27
I new Sepultura at its best possible evolution.
Almost Soulfly 1 All Over Again.......2006-10-05
Like the first Soulfly, everything was heavy, the guitars were raunchy, the bass roared and thunked, and the drumbs and cymbals just flared with fury. There was tribal drums written all over it, and you could hear them perfectly and especially with headphones-what side each instrument was panned on.
In Primitve, Max went and made it a co-op album with each artist's track, but the quality was all tuned down. Much like anything of Ill Nino since Revolution, just littled to nothing basically. The guitars were too clean, and the drums were muted out and panned too softly. That, and the vibe was just too uplifting, especially since Soulfly is all a musical therapy/dedication for Max coping with his dead son. This album blew.
Soulfly 3 comes out, and it didn't blow my socks off lol, It'd made me put them back on. It was a good comeback after the embarassing Primitive. I love how it was really more on the political side of the spectrum lyrically, but it's kind of a bore to feel it - now 2 years later with the support of the war and the world totally takin a downfall.
He experimented a little too much on this album. It seemed a little rushed as most of the songs all had their own volume and instrumentation (which is not bad considering it's primarily different artists every other track) But it just wasn't up to par. Honestly, this should've been the original follow up. If they would've just taken more time on this it could've been a gem.
Now, here we are with Prophecy. It's just as hard as Soulfly 1. To me, the first Soulfly will always be the best one because it's just SO UNIQUE and perfect. I'm not one to have stand out tracks, but stand out segments of the tracks, whether it be intro, outro, chorus, or break... That's the dice I roll. Every song has it's awesomely tribal spots with amped up solos and fit right in with your head as you're having an anxiety attack. They all have long hard rocking moments where you just stand there and bang your head for a good 30-40 seconds non stop, especially on my current anthem 'Born again Anarchist.' That's what really killed 3. It was almost as if there was none, or any that doubled over.... I'm sure I'm in the 'new CD rocks' phase and will tire eventually, but I know that when I put it back in after a 2 month hiatus or whatever.. I'll be kicking a hole in the floor of my car-and probably stuck in traffic because Soulfly, me, and I-95 just can't go together EVER without a big traffic jam. It's as if fate wants us to rock together or something... But in all honesty, if you are hesitant to know if this is another Primitive, or a weaker attempt at 3, it's definately not.
Max returns with more balls in hand than ever-and returns with what originally made Soulfly such a big hit from the Git Go. If you want another shot at Soulfly, take this... The only downfall that I feel is, towards the end of the CD there is a lot of fillers between tracks.. Some tracks go from hard to an abrupt soft end - but it sounds good, but just too abrupt. The reggae tracks you might not like at first, but 'Moses' has me stuck still in the chorus espcially when I'm at work. Hits harder knowing it's about a friend he lost. But besides those -half star faults this disc is definately good enough until Dark ages, which is a whole other rocking story I've yet to tell.
WOW!!!! .......2006-04-16
Prophecy.......2005-09-13
Unfortunatly my only complaint on this album as well as previous albums is, They insist on inserting these distastful instrumentals that do absolutly nothing for the CD cept ruin a perfectly good vibe. I really hope they dont do this on the upcomming Dark Ages. Thats why I give this 4 instead of 5 stars.
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Savage Souls
Mystic Prophecy Manufacturer: Locomotive Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000HWXRG0 Release Date: 2006-09-26 |
Tracks:
- Shadows Beyond My Soul
- Master Of Sin
- Evil Empires
- Savage Souls
- In The Darkness
- Deception Of Hate
- Sins And Sorrows
- Best Days Of My Life
- Nightmares Of Demons
- Victim Of Fate
- Into The Fire
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Regressus
Mystic Prophecy Manufacturer: Nuclear Blast Americ ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B00009AHNQ Release Date: 2003-07-01 |
Tracks:
- Calling from Hell
- Eternal Flame
- Lords of Pain
- Sign of the Cross
- Night of the Storm
- Traveller [Instrumental]
- In Your Sins
- Forgotten Soul
- When Demons Return
- Regressus/Lost in Time
- Mystic Prophecy
- Land of the Dead
- Fighting the World [*]
- Sanctuary [*]
Customer Reviews:
AWESOME POWER METAL, WITH A HEAVY EDGE!!!.......2005-02-21
-The singer is really talented and consistant, he also manages not to sound like a woman when he hits those high notes!!(no offence to other PM bands, it goes with the territory!)
-The guitar work is genuinley awesome, with great melodies and riffs that leave u feeling like youve just been hit in the face repeatedley, but for some reason it feels really, really good!!
-the drummer sometimes adds fills (or tries to) that are a bit too extravagant, and are faster than the song requires, but he is none the less awesome!!, i play drums so i know just how hard it is to play what is here on this album! he is one hell of a double kick player!!!, brill!
-Bass player is steady, not given much room for expression but adds neat fills and is clearly heard, (something which is disappearing in metal)
I am a massive Power Metal/Metal fan, my tastes range from Hammerfall(awesome), blind guardian(awesome!), iced earth(awesome!), rhapsody(awesome!), and of course the daddies of power metal, ManOwaR(All Hail). to Megadeth, pantera, iron maiden, machinehead, G n R, pre 1994 metallica, testament, Mushroomhead, Lordi, Saxon, Anthrax and others. My taste in metal/rock, has quite a spectrum, this band will make a excellent addition to my collection. I reccommend all of the above, every album is further proof of metals dominance and superiority over other 'NU', and 'RAP METAL' genres, 'DEATH TO FALSE METAL!'(ManOwaR, gods of metal)
Track REVIEW:
Calling from hell 10/10 - Brilliant power anthem
Eternal Flame 9.8/10 - power metal 101, awesome!
Lords of pain 10/10 - one of my favs, KILL!
Sign of the cross 10/10 - Brilliant guitar work
Night of the storm 10/10 - Another fav, awesome Metal!
The traveller ? - brilliant but much, much too short!, could have been a classic!
In Your Sins 11/10 - awesome track, guitar towards the end is tearjerkingly good and heartfelt, solo absolutely AWESOME
Forgotten Soul 9.8/10 - evil intro guitar, remeniecent of the mighty MACHINE HEAD at parts, cool track
When Demons Return 9.7/10 - awesome intro guitar, drummer seems to rush a bit at parts, Awesome none the less!
Regressus/Lost in Time 10/10 - Intro is spinechilling, really! Power, Metal and Might!
Mystic Prophecy 9.7/10 - Drone thumping kick snare drumming, love the double kick on this one!, more metal than power.
The Land of the Dead /10 - another double kick masterclass(hes pretty good at this!), heavy cool song!!
Great Album!!!.......2004-11-23
Great Metal Band.......2004-09-09
Definition of Mediocre Power Metal.......2003-11-01
Pulse Pounding Power.......2003-07-13
had gotten the regular CD. Regressus is incredible
Power Metal Excellence. On a scale of amazons' 1 to 5
it is a 10. No keys here my friend. Just rippin power/
heavy/speed Metal. Lyrically it is very aggressive as well.
Comparisons could be made musically to bands like Iced Earth
(at their best) and Gus G,s other band Firewind. But Regressus
takes it to a more powerful higher level. And the production
is over the top. The sound these guys got on this one will
punish you. As Arnold would say "If you do not listen....
Then the He** with You".
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Never-Ending
Mystic Prophecy Manufacturer: Nuclear Blast Americ ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B00061Q8OK Release Date: 2005-02-22 |
Tracks:
- Burning Bridges
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- Wings of Eternity
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- Never-Ending
Customer Reviews:
MYSTIC PROPHECY is DIVINE LYTOURGY for 21st Cent.POWER METAL.......2005-05-03
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Three Times Seven on a Pilgrimage
In the Woods... Manufacturer: Prophecy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B00004R9BG Release Date: 2006-11-20 |
Tracks:
- Seed Of Sound
- Karmakosmik
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- Let There Be More Light
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- Soundtrax For Cycoz (First Edition)
- White Rabbit
- Mourning The Death Of Aase
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The Ultimate Prophecy
J.D. Blackfoot Manufacturer: Fallout ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000OCZ8U6 Release Date: 2007-05-14 |
Tracks:
- One Time Woman
- Angel
- We Can Try
- Good Day Extending Company
- I've Never Seen You
- Ultimate Prophecy
- Death's Finale
- Cycles
- Waiting to Be Born
- Pink Sun
Album Details
Formed from the Ashes of Other Local Bands in Ohio in 1969, J.d. Blackfoot Unleashed this Stunning Blend of Folk, Country and Hard Psychedelia in 1970. Though the Band was Short-lived, their Sole Album Has Gone on to Be Recognised as an All-time Rock Classic, featuring Searing Lead Guitar and Some of the Best Drumming Ever Recorded. Presented Here in Its Original European Artwork, Complete with Eight Ultra-rare Nonalbum Bonus Tracks (Including their Elusive Debut Single) and Historical Liner Notes, It's a Simply Essential Purchase for all Serious Fans of Us Psychedelia.
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Death - Pierce Me
Silencer Manufacturer: Prophecy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B00005TZL8 Release Date: 2006-11-20 |
Tracks:
- Death - Pierre Me
- Sterile Nails & Thunderbowels
- Taklamakan
- Slow Kill In The Cold
- I Shall Dead, You Shall Follow
- Feeble Are You - Sons Of Sion
Customer Reviews:
....as the flickering light of life goes out forevermore...........2007-05-19
Before even spinning the actual CD, it's evident that Silencer is far from typical, even by black metal standards. The photo of Nattramn (the vocalist) inside the booklet is singularly disturbing. He slumps, shirtless, against a wall. Dark streaks run down his upper torso, and sickly-looking black hair hangs listlessly, framing an enigmatic visage. The haphazard and bizarrely splotched corpsepaint makes his face a gaping wound. His eyes are obscured, but it almost seems as though he's smiling as he gestures with disfigured hands wrapped in blood-soaked gauze. A disturbing picture certainly, and one that effectively captures the tortured insanity of the songs within.
Silencer's music is painfully dark, driving and relentless. Sweeping, distorted riffs are layered atop one another, and weave in and out between the spectral underlying bass lines as the rapid and distant-sounding drums fire away beneath. The more intense passages are punctuated by slower interludes that reveal a doomier, brooding sensibility. These parts are rather contemplative in mood, for they contain a forlorn, thoughtful quality, a sense of quiet and melancholy reflection. But despite the extremely oppressive atmosphere, the overall effect is quite epic. Silencer portrays a world of stark despair, but does so in an open, expansive manner. Many depressive metal bands aim to produce a deep sense of spiritual torpor that insidiously drains away the listener's vitality. They often achieve this through the use of repetition to emphasize a stagnant feeling of motion without aim, in which one moves but goes nowhere. This is excellent when done correctly, but Silencer takes a markedly different approach. The music of Silencer has the oft-reached for but rarely attained quality of being able to take the listener on a journey. There is repetition here, but it works to create a feeling of fluid progression and forward movement. The instruments flow together seamlessly like the bitter waters of a dark and sunless river, carrying the listener inexorably towards some unspeakable fate.
But it's Nattramn's vocals that really add a whole other dimension to the music. His delivery is completely unique and instantly recognizable, although some comparisons could be made with Rainer Landfermann's performance in Bethlehem. Nattramn's voice is utterly wretched, and drenched with agony and horror. There are harsh black metal rasps, but Nattramn goes much further. Shrieking, screaming, sobbing, gurgling...laughing, choking, screeching, coughing...all here. It may seem unbelievable, or ridiculous even, but it works perfectly and could really not be any other way. The effect arising from the combination of the vocals and the music is truly indescribable, but I'll give it a stab.
For example, in the track "Sterile Nails and Thunderbowels" there is a serene and sadly dreamy undistorted guitar passage about midway through the song. Shortly after it begins, Nattramn starts croaking in a voice that sounds unnervingly like...well...Yoda. Nattramn utters no benevolent words of wisdom, however. This is a Yoda in his death throes, body ravaged by disease, crumbling mind gripped in the foaming jaws of the blackest lunacy. The pairing of Nattramn's hideous voice with the soothing guitar lines is spellbinding. Every time I listen to this passage I imagine a vast nocturnal desert, a barren expanse of sand and stone. Cold stars glint pitilessly in the endless vault of the night sky, and somewhere in the mute desert sands a creature stirs feebly: a dying thing, trembling and bleeding, body mutilated beyond hope and reason. Life is almost extinguished, and all that remains is a terrible desire for oblivion, the poignant longing for death as the last possible escape....
I highly, highly recommend _Death - Pierce Me_ to anyone even remotely interested in depressive music, and more especially to devotees of the suicidal black metal subgenre. Fans of Xasthur, Abyssic Hate, Wigrid, Shining, Nyktalgia and so on, your life is not complete without this record. Silencer is the archetype from which all subsequent suicidal black metal sprung. They were the first, and they are still the greatest.
[Note: Silencer is disbanded now. Nattramn was indeed placed in a mental ward shortly after the release of _Death - Pierce Me_. Since he comprised half the motive force behind the band, this turn of events unfortunately necessitated the end of Silencer. However, Nattramn was not idle during his hospitalization. He formed an industrial dark ambient solo project (allegedly for therapeutical purposes) named Diagnose: Lebensgefahr and released a full-length titled _Transformalin_ in 2006.]
PURE SUICIDAL BLISS.......2006-12-17
Silencer will take you into a world where there is no hope.
This is one for the masochists.
Never has a band captured grief and misery and loneliness so perfectly and in such an utterly frightening way........2006-07-23
Thankfully, Autopsy Kitchen have stepped up and rescued this all time black classic from oblivion. And now you can finally experience one of the original black cults who expressed their blackened misery through impossibly anguished vocals. Hysterical shrieks, frenzied and overwrought howls of absolute terror. Never has a band captured grief and misery and loneliness so perfectly and in such an utterly frightening way.
But it's not just the vocals, the music is completely intense and seething as well, with an unrestrained turbulence, dense and buzzing and so emotional and personal and overwhelming. Heart rending minor key melodies emeshed in black swirls of buzz, the riffing so intense and totally manic, exposing a tortured inner world wrought with drama and tension, a dark soul exposed, a damaged personal hell expressed through shriek and buzz. The anguished blasts of blackness are separated by dark doomy ambient passages, from simple mournful acoustic guitar to droney piano fugues to simple melodic doom metal minimalism, but when the riffs and the vocals kick in, a huge brutal blackness dropping on you from above, it's the sort of musical moment that gives you chills, makes your hair stand up on end, and in the right frame of mind makes you want to just break down.
Which is precisely why Silencer and Death - Pierce Me are so revered, this record set the template for ALL depressive suicidal black metal to follow, and while some have come close, Xasthur and Nortt certainly, there is just something so special, and so utterly frightening about this record that keeps anyone from ever capturing the same black musical world of abject fear and unmitigated misery.
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Looking for Europe: The Neofolk Compendium
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Within the Prophecy/Behind the Realms of Madness
Sacrilege Manufacturer: Blackend ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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Remastered & reissued. Birmingham Doom / Thrash Metal band Sacrilege date back to 1984 fronted by female vocalist Tam (a.k.a. Lynda Simpson). Sacrilege's opening 1984 line-up saw Tam ranked alongside former Warhammer guitarist Mitch Dickinson, bassist Tony May and drummer Liam Pickering. This release includes the two classic albums Within The Prophecy and "Behind The Realms Of Madness all re-packaged on one CD. These two albums are now seen as underground Metal classics!!! Blackend. 2005.Album Details
Birmingham Doom/Thrash Metal Band Sacrilege Date Back to 1984 Fronted by Female Vocalist Tam (A.k.a. Lynda Simpson). Sacrilege's Opening 1984 Line-up Saw Tam Ranked Alongside Former Warhammer Guitarist Mitch Dickinson, Bassist Tony May and Drummer Liam Pickering. This Release Includes the Two Classic Albums "Within the Prophecy" and "Behind the Realms of Madness" all Re-packaged on One CD. These Two Albums Are Now Seen as Underground Metal Classics!l Classics!
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Darkest Hour: Prophecy Fulfilled
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- Choir Of The Prophecy Fulfilled
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