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' _:_________|_ _|_________:_ | | | | _ _____|___|_ _|___|_____ _ | | | | | . | | . | | : | | : | | l | | l | | X | | X | | X | 01. Harvest 11:34 | X | | X | 02. Return 10:06 | X | | X | 03. The Prison 10:03 | X | | X | 04. The Abyss 12:27 | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | ! x | | x ! . - : : - . :: . . :: `:::: . . ::::' :: :: `:::: . . ::::' :: :: `:::: . r e l e a s e . n o t e s . ::::' `: It must have been a relieving year :' `: for Blood Red Fog for finally :' `: getting some 'older' material out of :' `: the queue, first in the name of the :' `: doublet Death Cult I and II, and a :' `: couple of months later the long- :' `: awaited follow-up to 2006's debut :' `: album got released as well. After :' `: some long delays (most of this album :' `: was put down in 2007 already), :' `: Harvest is here to summon nothing :' `: but atmospheres of inevitable death, :' `: and the very reverence of that. :' `: :' `: Compared to the tapes earlier this :' `: year, Harvest introduces a little :' `: more cleaned up sound. There's :' `: nothing fancy to it though, as :' `: instead of some indiscernible mess, :' `: the production here sounds very :' `: natural yet crisp, being the :' `: opposite of any studio trickery. :' `: They've balanced it well, so that :' `: it's not a modern loudness war disco :' `: nor the resemblance of a hissing :' `: underground demo. You can hear every :' `: punishing note of the plucking :' `: guitar, and the otherworldly vocal :' `: performance of BRF reaches the :' `: listener better than ever. :' `: :' `: What comes to the four long, :' `: individual songs here, I tend to :' `: think that Harvest is knowingly cut :' `: into A and B sides (the back cover :' `: hints that too, in expectations of a :' `: vinyl version, I hope): öHarvestö :' `: and öReturnö begin the album in a :' `: slightly faster manner, firing sweet :' `: guitar lines after another in the :' `: very Blood Red Fog fashion the band :' `: is known for: melancholic torture :' `: fluctuating between tremolo and :' `: slower parts. Typical of the band, :' `: there's a lot of repetition within :' `: songs, and this is even more :' `: apparent here as every song reaches :' `: the 10 minute mark. But during the :' `: course of the album you don't really :' `: notice it: at least I realize it :' `: only if I try to analyze and :' `: memorize every part of the album. :' `: But that's not what you're really :' `: supposed to do anyways. :' `: :' `: öThe Prisonö and öThe Abyssö take :' `: the atmosphere to even broodier :' `: landscapes, and in my opinion this :' `: is where the album does its magic :' `: the best. The pace is slowed down to :' `: a doomy level, and a crucial feature :' `: on both tracks is the appearance of :' `: Shu-Ananda on clean vocals: on öThe :' `: Prisonö he handles an epic chorus :' `: and on öThe Abyssö he is responsible :' `: for all the vocals, concluding in :' `: the last two minutes to shivering :' `: levels of greatness. In all honesty, :' `: this must be one of the best moments :' `: I've heard in Finnish black metal in :' `: a while. It's where intensity and :' `: emotionality collide in a :' `: ritualistic chant in the very best :' `: possible way. :' `: :' `: öThat voice belongs to Satan :' `: The quiet master of my soul :' `: In his footsteps I pass :' `: Into the watery gravesö :' `: :' `: In the light of the last two tracks, :' `: the first two do pale a little, but :' `: all in all what we have here is a :' `: successful album that's been the :' `: soundtrack to my life for the last :' `: month. Along with just a couple of :' `: other releases, it's the only black :' `: metal I've listened to in a while. :' `: An all-encompassing dose to satisfy :' `: my needs of black metal? Apparently, :' `: for now. If you care at all about :' `: Finnish black metal, I wouldn't :' `: hesitate getting your hands on :' `: Harvest which showcases how it's :' `: done pretty damn admirably. :' . ......... . . ................... . : .....::::::::::' : | `````:::::::' | : | `:::::::' | : | | `..:' | | _|__| ` |__|_ __ _________.' | | `._________ __ _ _____________ _ _______________ S! | . ______ _____ / __ __ _____ /__ __ ____ i . _/ ___/ | ___/ /__| |__| | | ___/ / /__| |__ \__| i__ |________. |__________________.| |______/_______ ___\_____ __/ |__| |_____ _ |__| . |__| __ _________ . c r u e l t y . _________ __ `. | _ ___ ____ ____ | .' "|""| | | | ___| ___| |""|" | | ` | | | | : | ` ._______| | : | ------- | : """""" : ' ''''' ` ` --- ` ` _ "" ` -