My Soul for His Glory

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My Soul for His Glory
Behexen studio album

Publication
(s)

February 25, 2008

admission

2007

Label (s) Moribund Records, Hammer of Hate

Format (s)

CD, digipak

Genre (s)

Black metal

Title (number)

8th

running time

38:47

occupation
  • Singing: Hoath Torog
  • Guitar: Reaper
  • Guitar: Gargantum
  • Drums, bass: horns

Studio (s)

Fantom Dungeons, Black Temple

chronology
Horna / Behexen My Soul for His Glory From the Devil's Chalice

My Soul for His Glory is the third studio album by the band Behexen . It was released in 2008 by Moribund Records and Hammer of Hate.

Emergence

On June 6, 2007, Behexen announced a new album that should be released in the fall or winter of 2007 on Hammer of Hate. The music was recorded in the Fantom Dungeons and the singing in 2007 in the vaults of the Black Temple.

On January 2, 2008, the band announced that they had recorded and completed the material for the album and uploaded the track Born in the Serpent of the Abyss . The album was released on February 25, 2008 on CD and digipak. In 2009 the upcoming vinyl release was announced.

Track list

All lyrics by Hoath Torog, music by Behexen and Horns.

  1. Let the Horror and Chaos Come - 6:40
  2. Born in the Serpent of the Abyss - 4:37
  3. Demonic Fleshtemple - 4:46
  4. 6.6.6. - 3:17
  5. Cathedral of the Ultimate Void - 5:02
  6. My Soul for His Glory - 5:52
  7. And All Believers Shall Be Damned - 3:15
  8. My Stigmas Bleeding Black - 5:18

Music style and lyrics

According to the PK of Pavillon 666 , the album is reminiscent of Watain "not particularly in form to compose". Bastian from Metal.de writes that the band messed up "old-fashioned Thrash and uses the second-hand shop for black metal riffs (especially with 'Born In The Serpent Of The Abyss' which has a clear influence from MAYHEM á la' Freezing Moon '). In a rough overview, the album is quite a junk box with alternating frenzy and well-groomed mid-tempo. " Also according to Paul “Sargon the Terrible” Batteiger from The Metal Crypt , the band has never been innovative, has not been a pioneer, but plays good, solid black metal of the old school and is one of the roughest Finnish black metal bands. In addition to the “expected wild riffs”, Behexen offers slower, more melodic pieces. Especially 666 and Cathedral of the Ultimate Void are more dynamic with their changes between slower, faster and more melodic passages. PMH von Stormbringer writes about the first song: Let the Horror and Chaos Come : “It was like that in the good old days. Where Darkthrone rumbled like a pig through botany and masked darklings condemned the commercial devil ( Nuclear Blast ). "The band doesn't give a damn about trends, good production or outstanding musical skills". The guitar tracks from Emperor's debut In the Nightside Eclipse would also have found their way onto the album .

Jeremy Swist from The Metal Observer also draws parallels to Watain, the production is similar to that of Casus Luciferi and Deathspell Omegas Si monvmentvm reqvires, circvmspice . In most of the songs fast passages alternate with those in medium tempo, of which Swist cites Born in the Serpent of the Abyss as an example . The bass plays a role almost equal to the guitars, often with its own harmonies . According to Andreas Stappert from the German magazine Rock Hard , My Soul for His Glory Album "can best be compared with the Swedes Bewitched due to the uncompromising pace and the integration of classic metal knitting patterns ". He described the music as "[s] pounding and rumbling" and "unlike many competitors, mighty dark from the first to the last second". According to Björn Backes from Powermetal.de , the band “is by no means guided by common schemes […]; Progression would be the wrong term in this regard, but the band focuses more than ever on variety, noticeable in numbers like the doomy 'Cathedral Of The Ultimate Void' or in the worn 'Born In The Serpent Of The Abyss', which are perfect despite their rather restrained aggression Fit into the homogeneous grid of 'My Soul For His Glory' ”. Emily "buickmckane" H. from Metal Underground hears slight echoes of classic heavy metal in lead and rhythm guitar , to which the rock- oriented drumming ( alternating large and small drum ), in contrast to the double bass typical of Black Metal , goes well. The singing does not share these qualities, Torog sounds like being in a cave and is sometimes difficult to hear. 6.6.6. stand out as a “quasi- blues song”. In OccultBlackMetalZine the drumming is a span of slowly over medium tempo to fast with occasional "a good amount of blast beats attested". Also in these three tempos , riffs sounding “very dark, raw and primitive” are played on the rhythm guitar, occasional leads are “very dark and melodic”. The vocals range from screams to the occasional growl to Gregorian chants .

Hammer of Hate describes the band as known for their devotion to Satan and his praise. The rituals on the then current album My Soul for His Glory not only reflected violent blasphemy, but also mystical spiritual harmonies and the sacrifice of the soul for Satan's glory. According to the information supplement on the promotional versions of the album, Behexen “dares” lyrically “from primitive devil worship to occult obscurity”, whereupon PMH wrote: “A look at the cover & the album title, back to the info sheet. Question mark on your forehead? Yes me too…"

reception

PK wrote that Behexen has existed since 1994, but has always remained in the shadow of other Finnish bands such as Horna and Impaled Nazarene . This album won't change that either. It is "not bad, but also not really interesting", and is only appreciated by the dearest black metal satanists living in Ermitage . Others would quickly lose interest due to a lack of originality and personality. Sargon the Terrible got the album after liking its predecessor By the Blessing of Satan , despite negative reviews. When he first listened to it, he found My Soul for His Glory to be pretty generic, but after listening to it repeatedly he wrote that if it had a fault it was not to be great, just good.

According to PMH, the band is “authentic, honest and mangy enough to pull the old school faction away to an ecstatic 'Hell Yeah'. Black metal is war ? Then Behexen are now in the front row. ”Behexen was“ not to blame for taking over Emperor guitar tracks. Only these almost floating sounds - which lie like a shadow over the often relentless frenzy - keep the new work above average and far beyond. "It does" good, all this filth that is called black metal today, washed out of your ears to get". He gave a “buy recommendation for the black metal from world. I said BLACK METAL, not Cradle of Borgir !!!! ” OccultBlackMetalZine also recommended the purchase to fans of the genre. For Backes, Behexen is “possibly Finland's best black metal band right now, without being in any way aware of it. Her release rhythm is too sporadic, her appearance in this recently up-and-coming scene is too rare. ”For buickmckane, the title of the album sounded like something that Leonidas I (she wrote“ Leonitus ”throughout) said about Xerxes I. Based on the film 300 based on the Battle of Thermopylae , she wrote that Behexen had created an album that made you want to kick someone into a pit. She has not noticed any low points, every Behexen album is a masterpiece. Swist counts My Soul for His Glory next to Emperors Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk to the few albums on which every single song is one of his favorites. The album is “a fresh mix of the best that Black Metal has to offer. Dirty riffing and blasts only serve as a necessary filler to sweeten the majority of the album even more. ”Like Aborym's Generator and Deathspell Omegas' Fasite , maledicti, in ignem aeternum , the album could be his album of the year. Stappert wrote in Rock Hard that the claim on the leaflet that Behexen was “Finland's best black metal horde” had been “coughed at this point. However, it is undisputed ”that My Soul for His Glory “ has become a consistently good genre contribution ”. The album should "especially appeal to people who still associate the term Black Metal primarily with names like Bathory and Venom , but at the same time can also do something with early Mayhem". In 2009 the magazine added the publication to its list of "250 Black Metal Albums To Know". OT by the Canadian band Akitsa counts My Soul for His Glory of his favorite albums.

Bastian from Metal.de, on the other hand, described Behexen as “a more than dispensable band”, after listening to the album it was “quite a disillusionment”. “A lack of originality and the spread of second-rate clichés” are not even packaged “in a work that is as coherent as possible”. He described the album as a "junk box" in which "in addition to a few good ideas, there is unfortunately a lot of crap". Dark Emperor from Infernal Masquerade Webzine said the wait since the last Behexen release was a futile one. My Soul for His Glory is "a pretty solid release for a band of Behexen's caliber" and sounds more mature than the previous two releases, but it lacks a very important feature: the "trembling vocals" that can still be heard on them.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d News. Behexen, archived from the original on February 14, 2014 ; accessed on April 28, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ a b PK: BEHEXEN - My Soul For His Glory. In: Pavillon 666. February 26, 2008, accessed on February 25, 2020 (French).
  3. ↑ a b Bastian: Behexen - My Soul For His Glory. In: Metal.de . February 7, 2008, accessed March 5, 2020 .
  4. ^ A b Paul "Sargon the Terrible" Batteiger: Behexen - My Soul For His Glory. In: The Metal Crypt. August 7, 2008, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b c PMH: Behexen - My Soul for his Glory. In: Stormbringer. February 4, 2008, accessed March 6, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b Jeremy Swist: BEHEXEN - My Soul For His Glory. In: The Metal Observer. July 26, 2008, accessed March 5, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b Andreas Stappert: BEHEXEN . My Soul For His Glory. In: Rock Hard . No. 251 ( rockhard.de [accessed February 25, 2020]).
  8. ↑ a b Björn Backes: BEHEXEN - My Soul For His Glory. In: Powermetal.de . February 9, 2008, accessed March 6, 2020 .
  9. ↑ a b Emily "buickmckane" H .: Behexen - "My Soul for His Glory." In: Metal Underground. July 25, 2009, accessed March 5, 2020 .
  10. ↑ a b Behexen / My Soul For His Glory / Moribund Records / Hammer Of Hate Records / 2008 CD Review. In: OccultBlackMetalZine. December 21, 2012, accessed March 6, 2020 .
  11. ↑ 250 Black Metal Albums That You Should Know . In: Rock Hard . No. 269 , October 2009, p. 75 .
  12. ↑ Interview with Akitsa. In: Pantheon E-Zine. October 27, 2010, accessed February 25, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Dark Emperor: Behexen - My Soul For His Glory (2008). In: Infernal Masquerade Webzine. April 1, 2009, accessed March 6, 2020 .