__________.____ ______________________________ .__ _______ ________ \______ \ | \_ _____/\_ _____/\______ \ |__|\ \ / _____/ | | _/ | | __)_ | __)_ | | \| |/ | \/ \ ___ | | \ |___ | \ | \ | ` \ / | \ \_\ \ |______ /_______ \/_______ //_______ //_______ /__\____|__ /\______ / \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ artist: Morokh title: Kljatva year: 2019 genre: Black Metal type: Album label: Zero Hero Recordings language: Russian rel. date: 2019-05-17 source: WEB/MP3 quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo runtime: 00:40:02 size: 96.45 MB rip date: 2024-12-11 source url: https://www.deezer.com/album/413222757 tracklist: 1. Pepel 3:23 2. Chjornaja Krov' 4:02 3. Ritual 4:14 4. Tjomnyj Chas 4:10 5. Plamja 4:27 6. Kljatva 3:54 7. Himera 3:50 8. Jazva 4:21 9. Goret' 3:45 10. Ten' 3:56 release notes: "I originally had this album lined up as part of a double-review alongside the latest release from a band who, due to various factors, have ended up becoming this month's focus of The Synn Report. But, due to changing circumstances, it's Russian Blackened Hardcore crew Morokh who are getting top billing today, and will hopefully also garner themselves a few new fans (and sales) from being featured here. The band's second album, ('The Oath') is a little bit Black Metal, a little bit Hardcore, and a little bit Post-whatever... and a lot of fun on top of all that, balancing both unpretentious, uncompromising aggression and ambitiously dynamic (not to mention cathartic) expression in equal measure. The vocals pulse with power and passion, switching back and forth between a throat-scarring shriek and a brutish, belligerent bark, while the guitars throw around meaty riffs, mournful melodies, and scything tremolo runs ├╗ along with a hefty helping of gut-wrenching, neck-wrecking groove - like they're going out of style. The drums are similarly nimble and nuanced, equally capable of laying down a withering hail of blastbeats as they are of locking in to a wickedly infectious, slow-motion stomp, and even the bass gets its time to shine here and there (such as during visceral early-album highlight). As good as the individual performances are though, it's the sharp and smart songwriting which really makes this album such an absolute blast to listen to, with every track having something ever so slightly different, some slight twist to the formula, to recommend it to a potential listener. Tracks like abrasive, mid-paced mauler, the gruesomely groovy, and the moody, malevolent title-track, for example, will most definitely appeal to fans of Wolvhammer, Tombs, and their ill-natured ilk, while the gnarly vocals and nasty guitars recall the very best output of underrated Aussie riff-meisters Ruins. When all is said and done, however, has both the chops and the confidence to stand entirely on its own, and the sheer energy and ferocity displayed across the album's ten tumultuous tracks is absolutely second to none."