Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God

[Nate The Great]

Yes. I aniticipate it will take the rest of the metal world a couple of years to finally start calling it a classic.

Of course I've already given it "classic" status by rating it 10/10.

 

[NAD]

I want to listen to my sample again and again, but I'm trying to refrain until I have the actual CD in my cold dead hands, or something.

 

[Demonspell]

Listening to some samples right now...this is good shit, the riffs are starting to have a trance-like effect on me...sold.

 

[NAD]

Two copies showed up last night, only paid for one. Score. Initial impressions:

Very creepy, really like the use of atonal riffs. Drum machine kinda sounds out of place at times, but works pretty good anyhow, especially that one track with inhuman blastbeats. Vocals are AWESOME. There is a lot going on and this will take some time to really get into it, but I can already tell it will be worth the time to devote to it. Sounds like Negura Bunget and Watchmaker buttfucking young girls in a solid black blender of hate.

 

[Black Winter Day]

i'll give you something for your extra!!!!

 

[NAD]

I offered it to Erik for Emperor - Prometheus, if he doesn't want it it's yours. That reminds me, I have a sealed copy of Supertramp - Breakfast in America that you NEED if you don't have it already, especially with your recent uber obsession with 70s prog.

PM me with what you have for trade.

 

[Black Winter Day]

fuckin a!!! i about took the long way home and bought that the other day! but this is more logical...

 

[Black Winter Day]

hahahaha, i am pun-nay!!!!

 

[NAD]

That was great. I'll bet everyone else is "wtf?"-ing at that.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Superbly eerie, dissonant black metal. Highly recommended.

 

[Black Winter Day]

bought it today. will give it a spin tonight, when the moon rises.

 

[Black Winter Day]

whoa. this is almost enought to send chills down my spine. wow. wicked stuff!

 

[Black Winter Day]

is this a 2004 release?
if it is, drudkh just got a new challenger.

 

[NAD]

I think it was re-released in 2004, originally from 2003.

If I include it in my year end list though yeah, the only real challenger for Autumn Aurora thusfar.

 

[Black Winter Day]

i wonder if it is technically a 2004 release though since WE ALL GOT PROMOS OF IT THIS YEAR! if any of us had gotten them last year, there would be undoubtedly on may of our lists. bah.

 

[NAD]

Another weird one is Fantomas - Delirivm Cordia, god damn it says 2003 on the back, but wasn't released in the US until 2004.

Then there's Machine Head - Through the Ashes of Empires which I owned back in 2003, but wasn't released in the US until last month.

I'm counting both of those for contenders at year end though, even though both were available in Europe last year. Fuck rules!

 

[Demonspell]

Candlelight's recent business strategy seems to be securing rights to highly acclaimed indies (see also Mithras). And so far it's working...

 

[NAD]

Hmm, this and Worlds Beyond the Veil make Candlelight my All Time Favorite Label (For Today).

Drove out in the middle of nowhere tonight (in a place I once got lost and subsequently hunted by a pack of coyotes at 2am, that night ruled) blasting The Work Which Transforms God, fucking creepy. That was fun. :Smokedev:

 

[no country for old wainds]

This Blut Aus Nord release is considerably less crap than Nightside.

 

[Erik]

Says you and no-one else.