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#GoodMorningHorn and #HappyHappy #HappyPostEurovisionPizzaForBrunchDay....!
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#GoodMorningHorn and #HappyHappy #HappyPostEurovisionPizzaForBrunchDay....!
I hope you've all #RestedWell and have #FunThings to do...
1: #TwitterX is still a #DumpsterFire
2: #Mastodon is #Lovely; and,
3: #There is a #FreshPotOfCoffee on the #Go...The #PrideOrange #WarMachine is #StandingBy... #IT's #FullOfDiesel... And, #TheMagickBlueJuice... #NoOilChangeRequired
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#GoodMorningHorn and #HappyHappy #HappyPostEurovisionPizzaForBrunchDay....!
I hope you've all #RestedWell and have #FunThings to do...
1: #TwitterX is still a #DumpsterFire
2: #Mastodon is #Lovely; and,
3: #There is a #FreshPotOfCoffee on the #Go...The #PrideOrange #WarMachine is #StandingBy... #IT's #FullOfDiesel... And, #TheMagickBlueJuice... #NoOilChangeRequired
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3: #There is a #FreshPotOfCoffee on the #Go...The #PrideOrange #WarMachine is #StandingBy... #IT's #FullOfDiesel... And, #TheMagickBlueJuice... #NoOilChangeRequired
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#NotNews24 | #UnbreaklingMidMorningBiscuitNotNews... #IT's #DefinitelyNotNews... And, #SomeWeather...
#IT's a #GreyAndGrizzly #FancyHatFurzday; but, we have #Biscuits:
1: #TwitterX is still a #DumpsterFire
2: #Mastodon is #Lovely; and,
3: #There is a #FreshPotOfCoffee on the #Go...The #PrideOrange #WarMachine is #StandingBy... #IT's #FullOfDiesel... And, #TheMagickBlueJuice... #NoOilChangeRequired
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#NotNews24 | #UnbreaklingMidMorningBiscuitNotNews... #IT's #DefinitelyNotNews... And, #SomeWeather...
#IT's a #GreyAndGrizzly #FancyHatFurzday; but, we have #Biscuits:
1: #TwitterX is still a #DumpsterFire
2: #Mastodon is #Lovely; and,
3: #There is a #FreshPotOfCoffee on the #Go...The #PrideOrange #WarMachine is #StandingBy... #IT's #FullOfDiesel... And, #TheMagickBlueJuice... #NoOilChangeRequired
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#NotNews24 | #UnbreaklingMidMorningBiscuitNotNews... #IT's #DefinitelyNotNews... And, #SomeWeather...
#IT's a #GreyAndGrizzly #FancyHatFurzday; but, we have #Biscuits:
1: #TwitterX is still a #DumpsterFire
2: #Mastodon is #Lovely; and,
3: #There is a #FreshPotOfCoffee on the #Go...The #PrideOrange #WarMachine is #StandingBy... #IT's #FullOfDiesel... And, #TheMagickBlueJuice... #NoOilChangeRequired
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#GoodMorningHorn and #HappyHappyBaconSammidgeDay...
#MyLittleBigBuddy #Still hasn't #Found his #MissingSock; I've #HiddenIT #QuiteWell...
1: #TwitterX is still a #DumpsterFire
2: #Mastodon is #Lovely; and,
3: #There is a #FreshPotOfCoffee on the #Go...The #PrideOrange #WarMachine is #StandingBy... #IT's #FullOfDiesel... And, #TheMagickBlueJuice... #NoOilChangeRequired
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#MyLittleBigBuddy #Still hasn't #Found his #MissingSock; I've #HiddenIT #QuiteWell...
1: #TwitterX is still a #DumpsterFire
2: #Mastodon is #Lovely; and,
3: #There is a #FreshPotOfCoffee on the #Go...The #PrideOrange #WarMachine is #StandingBy... #IT's #FullOfDiesel... And, #TheMagickBlueJuice... #NoOilChangeRequired
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Finished up pre-basing work on Perdita Ortega today while hanging out at the LGS. It’s strange how Malifaux models almost feel too simple, but only because of the increasing amount of details on Warhammer, Infinity, and now Warmachine. Definitely a welcome change of pace when it comes to actually *finishing* work!
Now I just need to do some basing so she can git to the tabletop~
#miniatures #paintingMiniatures #miniaturePainting #malifaux #wyrdGames #nerdlings
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Finished up pre-basing work on Perdita Ortega today while hanging out at the LGS. It’s strange how Malifaux models almost feel too simple, but only because of the increasing amount of details on Warhammer, Infinity, and now Warmachine. Definitely a welcome change of pace when it comes to actually *finishing* work!
Now I just need to do some basing so she can git to the tabletop~
#miniatures #paintingMiniatures #miniaturePainting #malifaux #wyrdGames #nerdlings
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Finished up pre-basing work on Perdita Ortega today while hanging out at the LGS. It’s strange how Malifaux models almost feel too simple, but only because of the increasing amount of details on Warhammer, Infinity, and now Warmachine. Definitely a welcome change of pace when it comes to actually *finishing* work!
Now I just need to do some basing so she can git to the tabletop~
#miniatures #paintingMiniatures #miniaturePainting #malifaux #wyrdGames #nerdlings
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Finished up pre-basing work on Perdita Ortega today while hanging out at the LGS. It’s strange how Malifaux models almost feel too simple, but only because of the increasing amount of details on Warhammer, Infinity, and now Warmachine. Definitely a welcome change of pace when it comes to actually *finishing* work!
Now I just need to do some basing so she can git to the tabletop~
#miniatures #paintingMiniatures #miniaturePainting #malifaux #wyrdGames #nerdlings
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Finished up pre-basing work on Perdita Ortega today while hanging out at the LGS. It’s strange how Malifaux models almost feel too simple, but only because of the increasing amount of details on Warhammer, Infinity, and now Warmachine. Definitely a welcome change of pace when it comes to actually *finishing* work!
Now I just need to do some basing so she can git to the tabletop~
#miniatures #paintingMiniatures #miniaturePainting #malifaux #wyrdGames #nerdlings
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#GoodMorningHorn and #HappyHappy #HappyStuffAndNonsenseDay...!
Have we all got our #BaconSammidges? #Ready...?
#BTW: #ICYMI:1: #TwitterX is still a #DumpsterFire
2: #Mastodon is #Lovely; and,
3: #There is a #FreshPotOfCoffee on the #Go...The #PrideOrange #WarMachine is #StandingBy... #IT's #FullOfDiesel... And, #TheMagickBlueJuice... #NoOilChangeRequired
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#GoodMorningHorn and #HappyHappy #HappyStuffAndNonsenseDay...!
Have we all got our #BaconSammidges? #Ready...?
#BTW: #ICYMI:1: #TwitterX is still a #DumpsterFire
2: #Mastodon is #Lovely; and,
3: #There is a #FreshPotOfCoffee on the #Go...The #PrideOrange #WarMachine is #StandingBy... #IT's #FullOfDiesel... And, #TheMagickBlueJuice... #NoOilChangeRequired
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#GoodMorningHorn and #HappyHappy #HappyStuffAndNonsenseDay...!
Have we all got our #BaconSammidges? #Ready...?
#BTW: #ICYMI:1: #TwitterX is still a #DumpsterFire
2: #Mastodon is #Lovely; and,
3: #There is a #FreshPotOfCoffee on the #Go...The #PrideOrange #WarMachine is #StandingBy... #IT's #FullOfDiesel... And, #TheMagickBlueJuice... #NoOilChangeRequired
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#GoodMorningHorn and #HappyHappy #HappyStuffAndNonsenseDay...!
Have we all got our #BaconSammidges? #Ready...?
#BTW: #ICYMI:1: #TwitterX is still a #DumpsterFire
2: #Mastodon is #Lovely; and,
3: #There is a #FreshPotOfCoffee on the #Go...The #PrideOrange #WarMachine is #StandingBy... #IT's #FullOfDiesel... And, #TheMagickBlueJuice... #NoOilChangeRequired
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Have we all got our #BaconSammidges? #Ready...?
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3: #There is a #FreshPotOfCoffee on the #Go...The #PrideOrange #WarMachine is #StandingBy... #IT's #FullOfDiesel... And, #TheMagickBlueJuice... #NoOilChangeRequired
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#GoodMorningHorn and #HappyHappy #HappyStuffAndNonsenseDay...!
Have we all got our #BaconSammidges? #Ready...?
#BTW: #ICYMI:1: #TwitterX is still a #DumpsterFire
2: #Mastodon is #Lovely; and,
3: #There is a #FreshPotOfCoffee on the #Go...The #PrideOrange #WarMachine is #StandingBy... #IT's #FullOfDiesel... And, #TheMagickBlueJuice... #NoOilChangeRequired
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#GoodMorningHorn and #HappyHappy #HappyStuffAndNonsenseDay...!
Have we all got our #BaconSammidges? #Ready...?
#BTW: #ICYMI:1: #TwitterX is still a #DumpsterFire
2: #Mastodon is #Lovely; and,
3: #There is a #FreshPotOfCoffee on the #Go...The #PrideOrange #WarMachine is #StandingBy... #IT's #FullOfDiesel... And, #TheMagickBlueJuice... #NoOilChangeRequired
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Impellitteri – War Machine Review
By Dolphin Whisperer
As the eponymous outfit of American shredhead Chris Impellitteri, Impellitteri has wielded the heavy metal chorus call and neoclassical solo response for near forty years. Though presenting a style that rollicks about Malmsteen-like fretboard gymnastics in a 80s rockin’ manner in the ballpark of the flamboyant Racer X or rough ‘n’ riffy Chastain, Impellitteri has maintained a workmanlike vigor in their long-standing songcraft. Virtuosity in runs and power chord progressions call the shots in this well-attended line of fire-fingered, efficient attacks. And though times are different than when Rob Rock (of his own eponymous works and ex-Axel Rudi Pell), first joined the Impellitteri crew, his continued presence alongside the nimble band leader aims to find that same consistency with this newest War Machine.
Understandably, War Machine veers little from the Impellitteri way. Though the American stalwarts materialized in 1988 as an affair similar to the Rainbow-on-shred names popular of the time, debut Stand in Line even featuring ex-Rainbow, ex-Alcatrazz vocalist Graham Bonnet, Impelliterri grew to thrive less on AOR shakin’ and more on power metal adjacent triumph on successive releases.1 And with the introduction of Rock on mic, Ken Mary (Fifth Angel, ex-Chastain) on kit, and Ed Roth (Driver) on keys, 90s peaks Screaming Symphony and Eye of the Hurricane offered a thrilling and overloaded version of a sound that already possessed much flexing force. Though low on variation, Impellitteri’s style through to War Machine remains classic and guitar-forward, a combo that to lovers of the olde and solo-wild will rarely be displeasing.
Despite the similar nature of everything, both to past Impellitteri works and within its own walls, War Machine comes stacked with bombastic guitar work against ridiculous themes. Reaching for a standard-issue bag of neoclassical tricks, along with spacey phasers that give whiffs of Van Halen party energy (“Superkingdom,” “Just Another Day”), Impellitteri’s licks endure as swift and truly heavy metal. And relying on the intensity of a post-Painkiller world, tracks like “Hell on Earth” and “Light It Up” find an extra rhythmic propulsion that keeps the horns raised high against double-kick assaults.2 Testament to Rock’s not-ageless but studied bravado, his performance, while not striking the highest highs of his younger days, lives in full commitment against campy themes of AI takeover (“Superkingdom”) and getting rowdy in the mosh pit (“War Machine,” “Light It Up”). Adding that all-too-important warmth and earnestness to the smoky stage romp that Impellitteri embodies, Rock persists as a link vital to keeping the War Machine on course.
When Impellitteri fires on all the cylinders still at their disposal, War Machine lives up to its name. But that makes up only about half of its forty-three-minute runtime. At this point in the Impellitteri catalog, the line between filler and iterated event runs thinner than the cutting tone Mr. Impellitteri loves so to highlight his lightning-speed scale laps. In that sense, it shouldn’t matter that “War Machine” is another “Turn of the Century” (Crunch, 2000) shred-laced groove that sets a marching tone, nor should it be a bother that “Beware the Hunter” utilizes one of the most common riff patterns that Impellitteri has ever put to tape. The War Machine versions of these tested sounds should land on their own merit—at cranking speeds (“Wrath Child,” “Light It Up”) and proudest arpeggio (“Superkingdom,” “Just Another Day”) they do, and Impellitteri shows they have ideas left in the tank. But when all eleven tracks don’t show this same fervor at this stage of their career, Impellitteri needs to spend a little more time in curation than creation.
If a younger Dolph had written this review, some of War Machine’s issues of repetition may not have stuck out in as flagrant a stumbling manner. However, Impellitteri, since first entering the fold of cetaceous enjoyment in the mid-00s, has released album after album of lowering differentiation with infrequent flashes of a former shining self. When the past was more recent, less littered by minds who wanted the same 11-dialed Marshall and scalloped Strat in the limelight, Impellitteri’s recursive ideas were more forgivable. But at our current juncture in time, growing every year closer to four decades of Impellitteri occupation, the War Machine must stand against those who preceded and inspired its existence, those who grew shoulder-to-shoulder in shred, and those who have raised themselves on the entirety of that history. And that’s all more fight than War Machine gives.
Rating: 2.0/5.0
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Frontiers Music
Websites: impellitteri.net | instagram.com/chrisimpellitteriofficial
Releases Worldwide: November 8th, 2024#20 #2024 #Alcatrazz #AxelRudiPell #Chastain #FifthAngel #FrontiersMusic #HeavyMetal #Impellitteri #NeoclassicalMetal #Nov24 #PowerMetal #RacerX #Rainbow #Review #Reviews #RobRock #Shred #WarMachine #YngwieMalmsteen
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Did anyone hear about bigtech investing in #nuclear energy to supposedly power 'ai'? here's a supposed article that sounds like it's copy-pasted straight from the nuclear lobby's press release (you can tell because they write "clean energy" as opposed to "toxic waste generating energy that poisons children and placed in bombs to damag the #genetics of people in parts of the world bankers want to harvest").
Amazon bought a nuclear-powered #datacenter in march and now they are investing $500 million in "small modular reactors". The nuclear lobby must be thrilled that everyone seems to be too distracted with the election to even talk about this. This news from amazon came a day after google announced it has big plans to go nuclear over the next decade or so.
in case anyone needed another reason to boycott m$, amaz, and goog....
#pollution #cancer #eugenics #warmachine #weaponsindustry #amazon #google #aws #microsoft #refugeecultivation #modernslavery #datacenters
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Warlust – Sol Invictvs in Vmbrae Satanae Review
By Steel Druhm
Written By: Nameless_N00b_85
Germany’s Warlust promises a sonic Venn diagram of blackened death/thrash with a grand, epic feel. Toiling away in the underground for a decade, Sol Invictvs in Vmbrae Satanae is their third outing, and to hear their label tell it, they’ve leveled up. The promo attached waxed eloquent about “assaults on the false” and music with “genuine evil blood coursing through its veins.” References to Necrophobic and Dissection, on top of the assurance that the album sounds “HUGE” [sic] tantalizes and entices. Add on descriptions of “Maximum evil, muscular chops,” (they really emphasized the “evil” bit,) and “the blackest of atmosphere” and this n00b couldn’t slam play fast enough. What awaits inside isn’t the hellfire promised but is an enjoyable journey all the same.
Warlust demonstrates a keen sense of song arrangement, and this works their formula to their advantage. Drummer Warmachine is the star of the album, using the guitar’s every repeated melody to vary up his style from expected blackened blasts into cymbal heavy beats into octopus-limbed flourishes ensuring that repetitions never sap the song of momentum. Guitarists/Vocalists Aeon and Necromancer rely on a barrage of trem-picked melodies, repeating enough times for Warmachine to show his chops before deftly switching into a chug-heavy attack or chunky groove. They throw plenty of tricks at the listener, ranging from harmonized solos, (“Serpent Crown”), waltz-time signatures (“Legio! Aeternal! Vitrix!” and “Forgotten Cult of Chronos”) and even bass solos (“The Followless”). Each new riff, clean interlude, and solo is masterfully positioned to flow into each other while contrasting with what came before, passages cascading into one another without ever blending into an opaque mess of sound.
An affinity for dynamics and flare riddle Sol Invictvs in Vmbrae Satanae. In fact, Warlusts determination to constantly keep things fresh ends up impeding the full product from excellence. While there are no riffs or moments here that are individually poor, occasionally it seems Warlust start to vibe to their own material too much and overstep the mark in trying to grab that “epic” feel. A mood-setting interlude comes unexpectedly after a meager two “real songs”, which then flows into a song with its own slow buildup (“…Of Gallows and Absurdity”), rendering its presence superfluous. While deft at making sure they keep things moving enough that no riff ever truly collapses into monotony, some tighter editing would help to make sure each moment contained more punch. “Serpent’s Crown” is the worst offender here, beginning with a hook that drags well past its expiration date, only to be returned to for chorus purposes. Luckily, the songwriting gets stronger as the album progresses, and while the instinct to ride a lead one too many times never goes away, it never grows into banality.
Reservations aside, Warlust has a winning formula here. Sol Invictvs in Vmbrae Satanae does indeed sound “huge,” with a mix that serves all instruments without sounding blatantly brickwalled. It has the most present bass I’ve heard in some time, adding sinister rumblings to the albums more dynamic passages, and aiding in its own build to hype during the occasional slowdown. Special attention should be paid to closing track “Black Souls,” as the strongest song on the album. Here is where Warlust unfurls black wings in all their glory, presenting the perfect arrangement of “grand finale”: methodical, deliberate buildup, masterful transitions across motifs, and a final solo that takes up no less than three separate phrases, each building upon the last before collapsing into the albums only moment of genuine shredding virtuosity. If we had an entire album of this quality, I would be tossing caution to the wind and declaring we had an end-of-year list contender on our hands, n00b status be damned. As it is, it confirms the enjoyable recipe the band have concocted and ends on a supreme note of triumph.
In the end, Sol Invictvs in Vmbrae Satanae is a melodic pummeling, with a grand vision, with small stumbles in execution. It isn’t the soundtrack of unrelenting evil, nor is it the blackest album you’re likely to hear as recently as this week. What it is instead is a thunderous, melancholy adventure, rich in stylistic variety and compositional excellence, held back only by album sequencing issues and an overreliance on repetition of motifs. Trimming lengthier passages and tightening the songcraft to the quality of the album’s most excellent moments will ensure that Warlust is ready to storm lists soon enough, and I’ll certainly be looking out for their fourth outing.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: mp3
Label: Dying Victims Productions
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook
Releases Worldwide: September 27th, 2024#2024 #30 #BlackMetal #DyingVictimsProductions #GermanMetal #Review #Reviews #Sep24 #SolInvictvsInVmbraeSatanae #ThrashMetal #Warlust
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Warlust – Sol Invictvs in Vmbrae Satanae Review
By Steel Druhm
Written By: Nameless_N00b_85
Germany’s Warlust promises a sonic Venn diagram of blackened death/thrash with a grand, epic feel. Toiling away in the underground for a decade, Sol Invictvs in Vmbrae Satanae is their third outing, and to hear their label tell it, they’ve leveled up. The promo attached waxed eloquent about “assaults on the false” and music with “genuine evil blood coursing through its veins.” References to Necrophobic and Dissection, on top of the assurance that the album sounds “HUGE” [sic] tantalizes and entices. Add on descriptions of “Maximum evil, muscular chops,” (they really emphasized the “evil” bit,) and “the blackest of atmosphere” and this n00b couldn’t slam play fast enough. What awaits inside isn’t the hellfire promised but is an enjoyable journey all the same.
Warlust demonstrates a keen sense of song arrangement, and this works their formula to their advantage. Drummer Warmachine is the star of the album, using the guitar’s every repeated melody to vary up his style from expected blackened blasts into cymbal heavy beats into octopus-limbed flourishes ensuring that repetitions never sap the song of momentum. Guitarists/Vocalists Aeon and Necromancer rely on a barrage of trem-picked melodies, repeating enough times for Warmachine to show his chops before deftly switching into a chug-heavy attack or chunky groove. They throw plenty of tricks at the listener, ranging from harmonized solos, (“Serpent Crown”), waltz-time signatures (“Legio! Aeternal! Vitrix!” and “Forgotten Cult of Chronos”) and even bass solos (“The Followless”). Each new riff, clean interlude, and solo is masterfully positioned to flow into each other while contrasting with what came before, passages cascading into one another without ever blending into an opaque mess of sound.
An affinity for dynamics and flare riddle Sol Invictvs in Vmbrae Satanae. In fact, Warlusts determination to constantly keep things fresh ends up impeding the full product from excellence. While there are no riffs or moments here that are individually poor, occasionally it seems Warlust start to vibe to their own material too much and overstep the mark in trying to grab that “epic” feel. A mood-setting interlude comes unexpectedly after a meager two “real songs”, which then flows into a song with its own slow buildup (“…Of Gallows and Absurdity”), rendering its presence superfluous. While deft at making sure they keep things moving enough that no riff ever truly collapses into monotony, some tighter editing would help to make sure each moment contained more punch. “Serpent’s Crown” is the worst offender here, beginning with a hook that drags well past its expiration date, only to be returned to for chorus purposes. Luckily, the songwriting gets stronger as the album progresses, and while the instinct to ride a lead one too many times never goes away, it never grows into banality.
Reservations aside, Warlust has a winning formula here. Sol Invictvs in Vmbrae Satanae does indeed sound “huge,” with a mix that serves all instruments without sounding blatantly brickwalled. It has the most present bass I’ve heard in some time, adding sinister rumblings to the albums more dynamic passages, and aiding in its own build to hype during the occasional slowdown. Special attention should be paid to closing track “Black Souls,” as the strongest song on the album. Here is where Warlust unfurls black wings in all their glory, presenting the perfect arrangement of “grand finale”: methodical, deliberate buildup, masterful transitions across motifs, and a final solo that takes up no less than three separate phrases, each building upon the last before collapsing into the albums only moment of genuine shredding virtuosity. If we had an entire album of this quality, I would be tossing caution to the wind and declaring we had an end-of-year list contender on our hands, n00b status be damned. As it is, it confirms the enjoyable recipe the band have concocted and ends on a supreme note of triumph.
In the end, Sol Invictvs in Vmbrae Satanae is a melodic pummeling, with a grand vision, with small stumbles in execution. It isn’t the soundtrack of unrelenting evil, nor is it the blackest album you’re likely to hear as recently as this week. What it is instead is a thunderous, melancholy adventure, rich in stylistic variety and compositional excellence, held back only by album sequencing issues and an overreliance on repetition of motifs. Trimming lengthier passages and tightening the songcraft to the quality of the album’s most excellent moments will ensure that Warlust is ready to storm lists soon enough, and I’ll certainly be looking out for their fourth outing.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: mp3
Label: Dying Victims Productions
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook
Releases Worldwide: September 27th, 2024#2024 #30 #BlackMetal #DyingVictimsProductions #GermanMetal #Review #Reviews #Sep24 #SolInvictvsInVmbraeSatanae #ThrashMetal #Warlust
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Warlust – Sol Invictvs in Vmbrae Satanae Review
By Steel Druhm
Written By: Nameless_N00b_85
Germany’s Warlust promises a sonic Venn diagram of blackened death/thrash with a grand, epic feel. Toiling away in the underground for a decade, Sol Invictvs in Vmbrae Satanae is their third outing, and to hear their label tell it, they’ve leveled up. The promo attached waxed eloquent about “assaults on the false” and music with “genuine evil blood coursing through its veins.” References to Necrophobic and Dissection, on top of the assurance that the album sounds “HUGE” [sic] tantalizes and entices. Add on descriptions of “Maximum evil, muscular chops,” (they really emphasized the “evil” bit,) and “the blackest of atmosphere” and this n00b couldn’t slam play fast enough. What awaits inside isn’t the hellfire promised but is an enjoyable journey all the same.
Warlust demonstrates a keen sense of song arrangement, and this works their formula to their advantage. Drummer Warmachine is the star of the album, using the guitar’s every repeated melody to vary up his style from expected blackened blasts into cymbal heavy beats into octopus-limbed flourishes ensuring that repetitions never sap the song of momentum. Guitarists/Vocalists Aeon and Necromancer rely on a barrage of trem-picked melodies, repeating enough times for Warmachine to show his chops before deftly switching into a chug-heavy attack or chunky groove. They throw plenty of tricks at the listener, ranging from harmonized solos, (“Serpent Crown”), waltz-time signatures (“Legio! Aeternal! Vitrix!” and “Forgotten Cult of Chronos”) and even bass solos (“The Followless”). Each new riff, clean interlude, and solo is masterfully positioned to flow into each other while contrasting with what came before, passages cascading into one another without ever blending into an opaque mess of sound.
An affinity for dynamics and flare riddle Sol Invictvs in Vmbrae Satanae. In fact, Warlusts determination to constantly keep things fresh ends up impeding the full product from excellence. While there are no riffs or moments here that are individually poor, occasionally it seems Warlust start to vibe to their own material too much and overstep the mark in trying to grab that “epic” feel. A mood-setting interlude comes unexpectedly after a meager two “real songs”, which then flows into a song with its own slow buildup (“…Of Gallows and Absurdity”), rendering its presence superfluous. While deft at making sure they keep things moving enough that no riff ever truly collapses into monotony, some tighter editing would help to make sure each moment contained more punch. “Serpent’s Crown” is the worst offender here, beginning with a hook that drags well past its expiration date, only to be returned to for chorus purposes. Luckily, the songwriting gets stronger as the album progresses, and while the instinct to ride a lead one too many times never goes away, it never grows into banality.
Reservations aside, Warlust has a winning formula here. Sol Invictvs in Vmbrae Satanae does indeed sound “huge,” with a mix that serves all instruments without sounding blatantly brickwalled. It has the most present bass I’ve heard in some time, adding sinister rumblings to the albums more dynamic passages, and aiding in its own build to hype during the occasional slowdown. Special attention should be paid to closing track “Black Souls,” as the strongest song on the album. Here is where Warlust unfurls black wings in all their glory, presenting the perfect arrangement of “grand finale”: methodical, deliberate buildup, masterful transitions across motifs, and a final solo that takes up no less than three separate phrases, each building upon the last before collapsing into the albums only moment of genuine shredding virtuosity. If we had an entire album of this quality, I would be tossing caution to the wind and declaring we had an end-of-year list contender on our hands, n00b status be damned. As it is, it confirms the enjoyable recipe the band have concocted and ends on a supreme note of triumph.
In the end, Sol Invictvs in Vmbrae Satanae is a melodic pummeling, with a grand vision, with small stumbles in execution. It isn’t the soundtrack of unrelenting evil, nor is it the blackest album you’re likely to hear as recently as this week. What it is instead is a thunderous, melancholy adventure, rich in stylistic variety and compositional excellence, held back only by album sequencing issues and an overreliance on repetition of motifs. Trimming lengthier passages and tightening the songcraft to the quality of the album’s most excellent moments will ensure that Warlust is ready to storm lists soon enough, and I’ll certainly be looking out for their fourth outing.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: mp3
Label: Dying Victims Productions
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook
Releases Worldwide: September 27th, 2024#2024 #30 #BlackMetal #DyingVictimsProductions #GermanMetal #Review #Reviews #Sep24 #SolInvictvsInVmbraeSatanae #ThrashMetal #Warlust
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Thanks to Matt Baker of Entheos for this amazing reading of an essay we recently published on #Metapsychosis by J.F. Martel, “Being at Sea.” Not only the voice work, but the sound design is top notch. This brings the essay to life in a whole new way.
https://soundcloud.com/warmachinepodcast/jf-martel-being-at-sea-audio-essay