▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: Embrace of Thorns ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Praying for Absolution █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2011 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2012-03-03 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Black Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Nuclear War Now! ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: Vinyl (12") ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ Embrace of Thorns is among the few bands that █ █ continue to successfully redefine and augment █ █ their sound. With each successive release, the █ █ band has come closer to achieving the apex of █ █ their particular darkness. With their new album, █ █ "Praying for Absolution", Embrace of Thorns draw █ █ ever closer to perfect ascension. As on their █ █ monumental "Atonement Ritual" album, Embrace of █ █ Thorns once again employ repetition to enhance the █ █ hypnotic effect of the tracks. With this album, █ █ however, Embrace of Thorns take a more dynamic █ █ approach. All of the bandÆs constituent parts are █ █ perfectly aligned. The guitars are coordinated to █ █ unleash black torrents of desolation upon the █ █ percussive mania that forms the core of the █ █ tracks. The vocals, ominous and macabre, guide the █ █ forces conjured by the sonic rites taking place. █ █ Characterized by instantaneous transitions between █ █ harrowing Death Doom and frenzied Black/Death, █ █ "Praying for Absolution" evokes a sense of endless █ █ death and perpetual rebirth. The cycle of █ █ destruction and becoming. The nexus point of █ █ absolution and ecstatic depravity. Divine blood █ █ reawakens the senses in the service of darkness. █ █ █ █ http://www.nwnprod.com/ █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Unlocking the Gate of Nergal 0:58 ░ ░ 2. Ancient Waters Speak 6:12 ░ ░ 3. A Mass for Fiends Forlorn 5:25 ░ ░ 4. Serpent's Mark 2:28 ░ ░ 5. The Origin of Scourge 2:54 ░ ░ 6. Debris Crowns His Earthly Worms 4:38 ░ ░ 7. In Somberness Purified 4:45 ░ ░ 8. Conscicide (Reaping the Callous Fruits) 3:48 ░ ░ 9. Awakening the Dead 0:49 ░ ░ 10. Ruins of Man Scattered Like Ash 4:28 ░ ░ 11. Scarred by Moloch 4:06 ░ ░ 12. Praying for Absolution 5:15 ░ ░ 13. Incantation of the Four Gates 1:27 ░ ░ 47:13 ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ █ ░ ▓ ░ ■ █▄ ░ ██ ▀█▄░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ░▄██░ ░ ▀████▓█▄▄█████████▓░ ███ ███▓░ █████████▄▄██████▀ ▓ ▓▀▓ ▒███████▀▀ ▀████████▒ ░████████▀ ▀▀███████░▓▀▓ ■ ░ ▄█░█▀▀▄████▄▓ ▀█▀ █▓░ ▒▓█ ▀█▀ ▄████▄ ▀███▄░ ▄█▀░ ░███▀▀▀███▄ ▀█▒ ██▓ ██ ▓█▀ ▄███▀▀▀███░ ▀█░ █▀ ▓██▓ ▄███ ▀█▓ ████ ▒█▀ ▓███▄ ▓██▓ ▀█▓ █▀ ▓██░ ▒██████▓ ▀█ █▓ █▀ ▓██████▒ ░██▓ ▀█ ▒ ▄██ ░███ ▓███▓ ▀░██░▀ ▓███░ ███ ██▄ ▒ ░█▀ ███ ▄▀ ███▄ ▓████▒ ▄███▀▄ ███ ▀█░ ▓█▀ ▄██▄█▀ ░ ██████████████ ▀█▄ ██▄ ▀█▓ █▀ ████▀█▄▓░▄█ ▀██████▀ █▄▓░▄█▀█▄██ ▀█▓ ░ ▄ ██▀ ▀████▀ ▀█▓▀██ ▀████▀ ▀███ ▄ ▒ █░█▓ ██░ █░ █ ░██ ▀██▒█ ███░ ▒█░ ▄ ▓ ▒ ░█▒ ▓███ ░ ▓██ ░ ██▓ ██░ ░██ █▒ ░ ░█ ▀█ █▀ ▓ ░ ░