The Third Storm of Cythraul
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| Label (s) | Osmosis Productions | |||
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45:04 |
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The Third Storm of Cythraul is the third album by the American metal band Absu and the first of their trilogy on Celtic mythology .
History of origin
The band took on the arrangements and production itself, while Osmose Productions took on the role of executive producer . The recording and the position of the sound engineer were taken over by the band together with Alex Gerst, assistant was Gary Long. The mastering took Peter Clark.
Track list
All songs were written and arranged by Absu unless otherwise stated.
- Prelusion to Cythraul featuring ... and Shineth Unto the Cold Cometh ... - 6:48
- Highland Tyrant Attack - 4:48
- A Magician's Lapis-Lazuli - 3:08
- Swords and Leather - 3:08
- The Winter Zephyr (… Within Kingdoms of Mist) - 2:59
- Morbid Scream - 2:10 (Trent White)
- Customs of Cupomancy (Quoth the Sky, Nevermore - Act I) - 3:59
- Intelligence Towards the Crown - 1:56
- … Of Celtic Fire, We Are Born / Terminus (… in the Eyes of Ioldánach) - 8:32
Bonus titles of the digipak version:
- Akhera Goiti - Akhera Beiti (One Black Opalith for Tomorrow) - 7:26
Music style and lyrics
Compared to the album The Sun of Tiphareth, which was released two years earlier, The Third Storm of Cythraul has a more Thrash Metal- oriented sound and, apart from exceptions like Customs of Cupomancy (Quoth the Sky, Nevermore - Act I) , relies a little less on keyboard- Ambiente, with which it represents a transition between the epic and “warlike”, black-metal- heavy predecessor and the Thrash Metal on Tara . The style alternates between epic pieces like Prelusion to Cythraul featuring… and Shineth Unto the Cold Cometh… and … of Celtic Fire, We Are Born / Terminus (… in the Eyes of Ioldánach) on the one hand and shorter titles comparable to Kreator like Highland Tyrant Attack and Swords and Leather .
Proscriptors singing is described as gremlin-like by Steve Hoeltzel of Chronicles of Chaos and John Chedsey of Satan Stole My Teddybear music reviews describes it as a strangled scratching sound. The Metal Crypt's Sargon the Terrible described it as between a decent, scratchy black metal screaming and a more frequent, high pitched whine that sounds like Glen Benton in falsetto .
The lyrics deal with Celtic mythology , but the album also contains references to Sumerian mythology and Hindi deities.
reception
The production, in which the guitars are mixed much quieter than the drums and vocals, was criticized in negative as well as otherwise positive reviews.
Steve Hoeltzel from Chronicles of Chaos called The Third Storm of Cythraul a great album. He praised the catchy, fast-paced riffs that transcend categories like death metal and thrash metal, and Proscriptor's talented drumming; He likes his “gremlin-like singing”, but is probably “something for connoisseurs”. Chaossphere by The Metal Crypt praised the Morbid Scream cover Morbid Scream as a change from the Kreator, Sodom and Bathory covers recorded by other bands ; he preferred if more modern black and thrash metal bands would re-enact obscure material, as is the case with Absu. The album is often overlooked, but there is no reason not to count The Third Storm of Cythraul among the band's masterpieces.
Sargon the Terrible, however, who also wrote for The Metal Crypt , first knew her later album Tara and expected an album in a similar style, only a little more primitive; however, he underestimated how bad The Third Storm of Cythraul was. He liked parts of it, but those were ruined by the album's mistakes. The actually solid riffs can hardly be heard due to the production. Plus, Proscriptor basically uses the same standard beats in every song ; he was shocked at how much Proscriptor had improved since then. However, he praised the leaflet and described the complex lyrics as interesting. John Chedsey from Satan Stole My Teddybear music reviews complained that the result of the more old Thrash Metal-oriented and less keyboard-heavy sound was a very monotonous album. Proscriptor's scratchy, strangled sounding singing had a detrimental effect after a while. He described the music as "lifeless Thrash". There is no obligation to have this album in your own collection unless your own soul belongs to a member of the band.
Frank Stöver described Absu in Voices from the Darkside as one of the strongest American bands, despite the obvious closeness to the early works of Destruction , Sodom and Slayer , he described the previous album, The Sun of Tiphareth , as much better.
The German magazine Rock Hard took The Third Storm of Cythraul in the lists of "250 thrash metal albums, should know the man" and the "250 black metal albums, you should know" on.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Chaossphere: Absu - The Third Storm Of Cythraul. The Metal Crypt, June 11, 2005, accessed September 5, 2012 .
- ↑ a b c Steve Hoeltze: Absu - The Third Storm of Cythraul. Chronicles of Chaos, March 16, 1997, accessed September 5, 2012 .
- ↑ a b Absu. Satan Stole My Teddybear, accessed September 5, 2012 .
- ↑ a b c Sargon the Terrible: Absu - The Third Storm Of Cythraul. The Metal Crypt, December 8, 2003, accessed September 5, 2012 .
- ↑ a b Frank Stöver: ABSU . The Third Storm Of Cythraul . In: Voices from the Darkside , No. 10, 1997, p. 15.
- ↑ Götz Kühnemund : 250 Thrash albums that you should know . In: Rock Hard . No. 265 , June 2009, p. 75 .
- ↑ 250 Black Metal Albums That You Should Know . In: Rock Hard . No. 269 , October 2009, p. 75 .