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Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CDDA . :: :: Label :: Dark Essence R.date :: 25.10.2013 :: _::__ Cat.nr. :: KAR075 Size :: 82,5 MB __::_ ::// \\:: ::/---------------------------------------------------------------------\:: :: :: /: Encoder :: LAME 3.98.4 -V0 :\ ..: Bitrate :: avg. 282kbps : . . Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo . . . Website :: https://www.facebook.com/sarkom __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ tracklist /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: 01. Doomsday Elite 04:31 :: :: 02. I Utakt Med Gud 04:42 :: :: 03. No Loose Ends 03:48 :: :: 04. Inside A Haunted Chapel 06:57 :: :: 05. Predators in Disguise 06:06 :: :: 06. Solemn Disorder Till Human Extinction 05:34 :: :: 07. Cosmic Intellect 04:48 :: :: 08. Stigma 04:20 :: :: ------- :: .. >> 40:46 min .. __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ release notes /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: :: :: End days... Fimbulvetr... the cold, darkness of three :: :: consecutive winters; the sun and moon torn from the sky; :: :: the dead rising from their graves and poison filling the :: :: air - all-encompassing despair! That's what comes to mind :: :: when you pick up Sarkom's Doomsday Elite, well that and :: :: cardio; double-tap; limber up and it's a marathon not a :: :: sprint, unless it's a sprint, then sprint already! But I :: :: digress, Norwegian based Sarkom play the kind of black :: :: metal that's packed with jagged, razor sharp blast-beats, :: :: inflicting a bite as deep and destructive as say Gravdal, :: :: Endezzma or Nidingr. :: :: :: :: On Doomsday Elite, Sarkom's third studio release, they :: :: intimate that they've surpassed Aggravation of Mind and :: :: Bestial Supremacy and to some extent their brothers in :: :: arms, transcending musical genres and bringing home an :: :: album that's experimental and seething with morose :: :: solicitude. That's a hefty statement and enough to get this :: :: angry metal reviewer interested! :: :: :: :: Doomsday Elite kicks off with a bang! The pace is around :: :: 100 mph on the offset and it roars and gallops along at :: :: this tempo for pretty much the duration of the album. The :: :: title and opening track introduces you to the eroding vocal :: :: diverseness of frontman (and founder) Erik Unsgaard, whom :: :: you may remember delivered So Much for Nothing's debut :: :: album Livsgnist back in 2012. Tracks like "I Utakt Med :: :: Gud," "No Loose Ends," "Predators In Disguise," "Solemn :: :: Disorder Till Human Extinction" (bringing to mind moments :: :: of early Illnath) and last but by no means least "Stigma" :: :: mesh Erik's clean, almost monotonal, narration with gruff, :: :: throaty screams that burrow into your chest and squeeze the :: :: life out of you. But more-so, they introduce you to Erik's :: :: near werewolf-ish growl that indeed raises Sarkom head and :: :: shoulders above the pack. :: :: :: :: Sagstad and Str÷nen keep things interesting with a :: :: distinctly Urgehal flavor to their guitar work. They switch :: :: between thrashy, destructive riffs and solos as thick, :: :: black and sticky as molasses in "I Utakt Med Gud," to mere :: :: moments later delivering something akin to a drawn out :: :: demonic shrieks in "No Loose Ends." When you start to feel :: :: familiarity set in, they shape-shift and tear at you with :: :: the disorientating beast, "Predators In Disguise." Not only :: :: does the track have some great guitar, but the chemistry :: :: between these guitarists and Urgehal's Uruz, providing the :: :: machine-like drum-work, it's well... something else! :: :: Picturing Uruz tear into his kit, with such precision and :: :: force in "I Utakt Med Gud" and "No Loose Ends" has me :: :: waiting with bated breath for a video release for Doomsday :: :: Elite. :: :: :: :: Mastering of Doomsday Elite was carried out by none other :: :: than Tom Kvσlsvoll (Strype Audio) whose worked with the :: :: likes of 1349, Borknagar, Koldbrann, Magister Templi, and :: :: NunFuckRitual to name a few of my favorites. His artistry :: :: keeps the mix plenty modern, guaranteeing that you have :: :: access to each and every stream of thought and theatric :: :: that's gone into the album while still keeping it brutal :: :: enough to strip the flesh from your bones. :: :: :: :: Doomsday Elite is a demanding listen, with guest :: :: performances by the likes of Psy Coma (The Kovenant), Haan :: :: (Svarttjern), Nachtgarm (Negator), Thrawn and V. Larsen, :: :: there's so much happening that by the time you hit "Solemn :: :: Disorder Till Human Extinction" and "Cosmic Intellect" my :: :: attention waned slightly, remedied by the grandiose closing :: :: track "Stigma." While neither of these tracks are out of :: :: place or over long in any way, they have less in them that :: :: holds my attention. Doomsday Elite succeeds in combining :: :: Sarkom's base sound with that of So Much for Nothing's :: :: Livsgnist, fueled along by a healthy dose of pure :: :: adrenalin, this is definitely Sarkom's best work yet! :: :: :: :: . _ _ . :: \: :. \\ ___________ . ___________ // .: :/ __\____ :: ____ ___\ _ / BERC : 2013 \ _ /___ ____ :: ____/__ \\\f3! :: \\\ __ _/_________i_________\ /___/ /// :: cRO/// \ :: :\-\___________\_ ___ / _ _/___________/-/: :: / :: | . . _ _ _/ __/ . \_ _ _ . . | :: : :::::::: | | \\\\\/ _______\____|\ \///// | | :::::::: : :: | | -\-\/____/-------------\____\/-/- | | :: :: | | \ :|: / | | :: : : | . ` ::: ' . | : : . . | : ::: : | . . | :::....:::....::: | : ::::::::::::::::: : . :::''``:::''``::: . : ::: : . ::: . .:. :