Virvel Av Morkerhatet – Metamorphosia
(2016, Avantgarde
Music)
Virvel Av Morkerhatet was formed
from the ruins of the band Den Of Winter
in 2008 and in 2010 released the debut album Forsaken
Hate Sickness, mainly including material
accumulated over the years of the Den of Winter existence. In 2013 the band
changed their course and started to work on the second full-length album, which
was going to mark a new era of Virvel Av Morkerhatet.
They
obviously walk the path of avantgarde black metal but with a timid incursion in
the avantgarde genre. Even the earlier Arcturus,
which was an outstanding
understanding of black metal and its deconstruction, was more ambitious than
Virvel Av Morkerhatet’s entry in the genre.
With that put
aside, is Metamorphosia a decent
metal album? To ask the question is to answer it. In fact it is better than
decent but the promess of the promo people is a bit deceiving and I would have been
pleased to have a black metal genre label stock on it instead of a subgenre of
a subgenre categorization.
The drum
parts by Astaroth (Balfor, Chapter V:F10, Deferum
Sacrum, Raventale, P’hevda Phenomenon) are technical and
have the right progressive infuse that it takes to elevate this record to a higher
end black metal entry. The vocal job is separated between Graakh, also on bass, and Howler
(Chapter V:F10, Astral Lueur),
on guitars, are respectable representative of clean and screamed black metal
vocals.
The main
complaint, except for the pinned genre of the album, would be a lack of editing
and a cut into some lenghty songs to tighten and make this album a more
efficient one with the same elements.
6.8
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