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Sol Axis was an █ █ █ █ Irish black metal project with a vicious and shredding tone █ █ █ █ painting trails of blood across the malleable darkness of █ █ █ █ an unforgiving atmosphere. ...To Mark the Ages is a █ █ █ █ collection of their previously released and now re-mastered █ █ █ █ 2004 demo, and an EP of the same name. In addition there █ █ █ █ are two Bathory covers ("Raise the Dead" and "The Return of █ █ █ █ Darkness and Evil") and an unreleased track. The band █ █ █ █ featured some members of lesser known Irish bands like █ █ █ █ Abaddon Incarnate, Kingdom and Dreamsfear. █ █ █ █ Much of the material ranges from good to great. In █ █ █ █ particular I enjoyed "Dirge for All Nations" from the 2004 █ █ █ █ demo, which alternates a modern Satyricon-like groove with █ █ █ █ a somber blasting segment. "Through Red Soil" from the EP █ █ █ █ has some barbaric drumming and churning black atmospheres █ █ █ █ conjured through the chords and apocalyptic vocals, with a █ █ █ █ nice Norsecore style arpeggiated breakdown. "Scars On █ █ █ █ Earth" features a grim, flowing riff along with a minimal █ █ █ █ rocking drumbeat before blasting out. Both Bathory covers █ █ █ █ are decent, "Raise the Dead" the better of the two. █ █ █ █ The project is listed 'On-Hold' at their MySpace page, so █ █ █ █ with luck these guys might strap together a full length █ █ █ █ onslaught. While I can't call their writing truly unique, █ █ █ █ it's got that an intangible blackened freshness to it I █ █ █ █ find rare in a lot of black metal. It also wouldn't hurt to █ █ █ █ have another Irish band to follow besides Primordial and █ █ █ █ Altar of Plagues. █ █ █ █ █ █ █░█ █░█ █ █ 1. Intro 1:57 █ █ █ █ 2. Through Red Soil 5:34 █ █ █ █ 3. Scars on Earth 6:42 █ █ █ █ 4. Raise the Dead (Bathory cover) 3:24 █ █ █ █ 5. Icebound 5:38 █ █ █ █ 6. March of Sol 4:34 █ █ █ █ 7. Dirge for All Nations 6:17 █ █ █ █ 8. Through Red Soil (Alternative Version - D 5:34 █ █ █ █ Vokills) █ █ █ █ 9. To Mark the Ages 6:10 █ █ █ █ 10. 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