Hellfire (album)
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Publication |
2005 |
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| Label (s) | Candlelight Records , Irond | |||
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CD |
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Title (number) |
8th |
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running time |
52:04 |
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1349 |
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Studio (s) |
Studio Studio, Nyhagen |
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Hellfire is the third studio album by the Norwegian band 1349 . It was released in 2005 by Candlelight Records and in Russia by Irond.
Emergence
Nocturnal Breed's Destroyer contributed three lyrics to Hellfire . The album was recorded, mixed and produced in the studio studio in Nyhagen , where the band Darkthrone had recorded material; the sound engineer in charge was Kjartan Hesthagen. It was mastered at Strype Audio by Tom Kvålsvoll, it was produced by 1349 and executive producer was Ronni Le Tekrø. It was announced for October 21, 2005.
Track list
- I Am Abomination - 4:09 (Text: Destroyer; Music: Tjalve)
- Nathicana - 4:38 (Text: Seidemann; Music: Archaon)
- Sculptor of Flesh - 3:17 (Text: Seidemann; Music: Archaon, Frost , Seidemann)
- Celestial Deconstruction - 7:44 (text and music: Archaon)
- To Rottendom - 5:51 (Text: Destroyer; Music: Archaon, Frost)
- From the Deeps - 6:25 (Text: Seidemann; Music: Archaon)
- Slaves to Slaughter - 6:11 (Text: Destroyer; Music: Tjalve)
- Hellfire - 13:49 (Text: Frost; Music: Frost, Seidemann, Tjalve)
Music style and lyrics
Although the sound on Hellfire is “proven shabby” and the pieces are “extremely as usual”, “the anger of the past […] has given way to a perfidious artistic calculation” and the material is more diverse, according to Metal-Hammer editor Robert Müller, whereas Alex Allmusic's Henderson believes the album is "no less predictable or one-dimensional" than its predecessor, Beyond the Apocalypse . The pieces "underline the high standards that the band maintains: Technically demanding frenzies ('From The Deeps', 'Slaves To Slaughter') meet pieces like the title track 'Hellfire', which also leave room for other emotions besides aggression" . In the title track, “distorted, almost doomy riffs dominate , which hypnotically cast a spell over the listener thanks to their constant repetition - captivating, melancholy and yet merciless”. In Celestial Deconstruction the band combines “the traditional Black Metal aesthetic with avant-garde claims in the style of Satyricons ”, while the groove- heavy Sculptor of Flesh is reminiscent of Darkthrone and the 13:49 minute title track by Müller as epic and as a “radical form of LoFi - Ambient ”. The riffs on To Rottendom approach Death Metal , while Sculptor of Flesh has been described as slayer- influenced and thrash- heavy.
Frost, who sums up his worldview with the term Satanism , described the lyrics he contributed as "direct consequences of personal experiences and excited mental states". He believes that some of what Seidemann wrote are heavily inspired by HP Lovecraft and Lovecraft magic , although some of his texts are projections of his inner world. Ravn and Archaon describe personal visions in their lyrics, according to Frost, and Nocturnal Breed's Destroyer "just overflows with beautiful destruction."
Reviews
In Metal Hammer , the title track was described as "an effective contrast to numerous truly frost-clinking songs on HELLFIRE, and also a sign that 1349 can easily expand their musical spectrum without losing any of their malevolence". It “hypnotically casts the listener [...] under its spell”. The album was ranked 28th in Soundcheck and was described by Robert Müller as the band's masterpiece; the seven-minute Celestial Deconstruction , the “vehemently grooving” Sculptor of Flesh and the title track are “[h] outstanding and exemplary for the great variety of the album despite all the stylistic rigor”, and the latter demonstrates “splendidly […], what a radical one The form of LoFi-Ambient Black Metal can be when experts are at work ”. Andreas Stappert from Rock Hard described Frost's drumming as “no longer of this world”, which “should make the use of an oxygen tent directly behind the drum kit indispensable at concerts”. In addition to the fast pieces, the band creates “a deep black atmosphere between a hot breath of plague and a harsh clink of frost” in slower passages, for which From the Deeps or the title track are “prime examples”. This time, “the sound is right too: rough, primitive AND powerful. Impressive black metal must-see! " According to Chronicles of Chaos ' Jackie Smit , Hellfire is not quite on the same level as Gehenna's album WW , but" a suitably brutal and poignant black metal record nonetheless . " Cosmo Lee of Stylus Magazine wrote that the album more than lives up to the self-description as audial hellfire ('audible hellfire').
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Markus Eck: 1349 - Interview @ Metalmessage ( Memento from April 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 16, 2013.
- ↑ a b 1349 is AURAL HELLFIRE ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 16, 2013.
- ↑ a b c d 1349 . Hellish signals . In: Metal Hammer , November 2005, p. 12.
- ↑ a b c Robert Müller: 1349 . Hellfire . In: Metal Hammer , December 2005, p. 95.
- ↑ Alex Henderson: Hellfire - 1349 , accessed March 16, 2013.
- ↑ a b Jackie Smit: 1349 - Hellfire , October 17, 2005, accessed March 16, 2013.
- ↑ a b Cosmo Lee: 1349 - Hellfire , October 17, 2005, accessed March 16, 2013.
- ^ Andreas Stappert: 1349 . Hellfire . In: Rock Hard , No. 223, accessed March 16, 2013.
