Doom of the Occult

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Doom of the Occult
Studio album by Necros Christos

Publication
(s)

2011

Label (s) Sepulchral Voice and Ván Records

Genre (s)

Death Doom

Title (number)

23

running time

73 min 4 s

occupation
  • Guitar: The Evil Reverend N.
  • Bass : Black Shepherd of Doom
chronology
Triune Impurity Rites
(2007) 		Doom of the Occult -

Doom of the Occult is the second studio album by the German death-doom band Necros Christos . It was released on March 11, 2011 by Sepulchral Voice and Ván Records .

Emergence

Mors Dalos Ra announced an album with the full title The 9 Branched Candelabrum of Mystical Lights, Leading into Doom of the Occult , which will again show a deep conceptual structure and contain even more acoustic music than the previous album Triune Impurity Rites .

music

Between the nine actual songs, as on the debut album, there are numerous interludes, which are titled with Gate and an Arabic or Temple and a Roman numeral, often contain acoustic guitars or other non-metal instruments and are based on Northern European folk or music based on the Mediterranean or the Middle East. The acoustic interludes are titled with Gate , those with organ use as a temple . Temple I leans on Nekros Kristos (Temple IX.99) from the previous album with the words Kýrie eléison (Greek: Lord, have mercy ) .

The metal tracks are based on simple riffs and create a hypnotic doom atmosphere. Necros Christos 'music dispenses with high speeds, blastbeats and demonstrations of the musicians' technical ability, and instead focuses on "slow, simple, armor-like heaviness combined with eerie growls and a strange, indefinable occult quality". Only the speed of drumming is occasionally increased. The sound is heavily bass-heavy.

background

The album title refers to the nine-armed Hanukkia chandelier. The nine metal songs on the album represent the nine flames. Baal and Hathor are ancient deities. The next two flames ( Necromantique Nun and Invoked from Carrion Slumber ) refer to the necromancer from Endor . ( 1 Sam 28  EU ) The fifth flame is about the Hindu gods Kali , Shakti and Shiva . Flames six and seven ( Succumbed to Sarkum Phagum and Visceras of the Embalmed Deceased ) deal with the transience of the human body . The last two flames ( The Pharaonic Dead and Descending into the Kingly Tomba ) are about the final resting places of the Egyptian pharaohs .

Track list

  1. Temple I - 1:20
  2. Baal of Ekron - 4:54
  3. Temple II - 0:39
  4. Hathor of Dendera - 4:52
  5. Gate 1 - 1:17
  6. Temple III - 0:49
  7. Necromantique Well - 3:54
  8. Temple IV - 0:22
  9. Invoked from Carrion Slumber - 5:10
  10. Gate 2 - 4:15
  11. Temple IX.99 - 0:22
  12. Doom of Kali Maa - Pyramid of Shakti Love - Flame of Master Shiva - 9:27
  2. Gate 3 - 1:17
  3. Temple V - 0:30
  4. Succumbed to Sarkum Phagum - 4:57
  5. Temple VI - 0:23
  6. Visceras of the Embalmed Deceased - 6:18
  7. Gate 4 - 5:19 am
  8. Temple VII - 0:34
  9. The Pharaonic Dead - 7:32
  10. Temple VIII - 0:22
  11. Descending into the Kinly Tomba - 7:12
  12. Gate 5 - 1:23

Reviews

Götz Kühnemund , then editor-in-chief of the German magazine Rock Hard , described Doom of the Occult as a "death metal monster" and a "true masterpiece of dark musical art". He gave the album nine out of ten points. The.Beaver from metal.de counted the album among the likely best of 2011; the band staged "all their material so gloomy that some black metal bands might be jealous of the mood created". He praised the occasional faster drum passages and the "sawing" guitars, which "almost single-handedly give the songs the last kick". Rüdiger Stehle from Powermetal.de compared the music because of the bass-heavy sound with that of the early Greek black metal scene and old atmospheric death metal, especially from Peaceville Records . Anyone who can imagine “a grim, uncompromising chimera” from Darkthrone's Soulside Journey , Acheron's Satanic Victory and Necromantia's Crossing the Fiery Path will get “an approximate picture of the notch in which NECROS CHRISTOS hits”.

Miika Virtanen described Doom of the Occult as a masterpiece and natural successor to Triune Impurity Rites . Dan Obstkrieg, on the other hand, described the music as pretentious and boring.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nate Poblete: Interview with Mors Dalos Ra of the German Death Metal band NECROS CHRISTOS ( Memento from November 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ a b Miika Virtanen: MTUK CD REVIEW - NECROS CHRISTOS  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ).@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.metalteamuk.net
  3. ↑ Dr. O .: Necros Christos: Doom Of The Occult (review / criticism) .
  4. ↑ a b Dan fruits War: Review of Necros Christos - Doom of the Occult ( Memento of 27 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ).
  5. ↑ Dr. Mality: Necros Christos - Doom of the Occult. Archived from the original on November 4, 2011 ; accessed in 2011 .
  6. ↑ The.Beaver: Necros Christos - Interview with Mors Dalos Ra on "Doom Of The Occult"
  7. ↑ Götz Kühnemund : Review Necros Christos - Doom of the Occult .
  8. ↑ The.Beaver: Necros Christos - Doom Of The Occult - Review .
  9. ^ Rüdiger Stehle: Necros Christos / Doom Of The Occult - Review .