Artist: Blooodline
Album: Hate Procession
Year: 2009
Genre: Black Metal
Black metal has innovated,
terrified and rebelled for close to three decades. With all due respect, credit and love to
Bathory, Venom, Hellhammer and NME, I’m speaking of the 2nd wave of
Norwegian and Swedish bands that, literally, lit the world aflame around
1990. The sound of those grim, cold,
unrelenting pioneers has now been duplicated, emulated and transformed. As the music spread and gained popularity,
which was most likely unintended, bands from all over the globe conjured their
version of what could be considered the world’s most extreme, dark and
dangerous music. With that said, black
metal became a true example of quantity over quality and has sent listeners
down endless rabbit holes searching for bands worthy of their time. Occasionally a band claws its way to the top
of the pile of enemy corpses to bring you something new and unique. One of these bands is Bloodline and their
album is Hate Procession.
Bloodline strays far from the cold, cave-like
sound and rabid velocity of the early masters, yet, retains the abhorrent anti-human
nature of those bands. They move at a
non-typical, sludgy pace that feels like trying to trudge through a murky swamp
while being strangled; you want to move faster, but you cannot, which is the
torturous glory of this record. It’s an
uncomfortable listen. Bloodline is smart and keep things simple. The instrumentation is bulldozing but layered
with smatterings of samples and keyboards to avoid a one-dimensional feel. The vocals sound certifiably insane, are
devoid of any positive emotion and are composed with pure conviction. It has been a long time since I’ve witnessed
such a pulverizing and abusive vocal performance that grows stronger as the
album plays. When the album finishes, an
overwhelming sense of despair and hopelessness exists. Once again, it’s an uncomfortable
listen. I believe that was the overall purpose
of this album. This is life-draining
music.
Listen to "Order Of The Parasite" here.
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