Antichrist (Akercocke album)

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Antichrist
Akercocke studio album

Publication
(s)

May 28, 2007

Label (s) Earache Records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Death metal , black metal

Title (number)

10 (12 for special edition )

occupation

production

Akercocke

Studio (s)

Goat of Mendes HQ, London

chronology
Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
2005 		Antichrist -

Antichrist is the fifth studio album by British metal band Akercocke . It is stylistically for the most part to be assigned to Death and Black Metal , and was released on May 28, 2007 by the record label Earache Records . It was produced and recorded by band members Jason Mendonca and Matt Wilcock in London , the mixing was done by Karlos Bareham with the assistance of Adrian Breakspear. Most of the music on the album was written by drummer David Gray, only The Dark Inside was written in collaboration with Jason Mendonca and the final acoustic piece, Epode , was written by Peter Benjamin. Shortly before the album recordings, Benjamin replaced the previous bassist Peter Theobalds.

The repeated quotation "I believe that when I die, I shall rot, and nothing of my ego shall survive." From the song Axiom comes from the British philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell .

Track list

  1. Black Messiah - 0:53
  2. Summon the Antichrist - 5:11
  3. Axiom - 5:11
  4. The Promise - 3:34
  5. My Apterous Angel - 6:49
  6. Distant Fires Reflect in the Eyes of Satan - 2:28
  7. Man Without Faith Or Trust - 3:25
  8. The Dark Inside - 6:40
  9. Footsteps Resound in an Empty Chapel - 4:17
  10. Epode - 2:36
  11. Chapel of Ghouls - 5:08
  12. Leprosy - 6:20

The last two tracks are only available on the special edition of the album, which is limited to 8000 copies . These are cover versions of the death metal bands Morbid Angel and Death and are originally from the albums Altars of Madness and Leprosy .

style

Compared to the previous album Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone , the band did without excessively long songs. In addition to the guttural vocals typical of the band, some of the pieces also contain clear vocals. In addition, the band uses unusual elements from electronic music , industrial and acoustic music in some songs . Lyrically, the band on Antichrist mainly focuses on criticism of organized religion.

The album cover is a monochrome dark green. There is only the band name and album title in white letters, as well as a black and white collage in the middle consisting of cutouts of various photographs of people, animals and trees.

reception

The album was well to very well received by critics. Eduardo Rivadavia gave Allmusic three and a half out of five possible points and called the music "inspired and versatile". Volkmar Weber's conclusion in Rock Hard magazine was similar , he called the band “rich in contrast, provocative [and] stylish” and stated that the band was “visionary, but still extreme to the core” and, unlike bands like Ulver , Manes and Arcturus "have not written off metal for a long time".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Eduardo Rivadavia: Antichrist - Review , allmusic.com (English). Retrieved December 15, 2011.
  2. ^ Volkmar Weber: Review - Antichrist , rockhard.de. Retrieved December 15, 2011.

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