▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: Charlotte the Harlot ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Agamogir █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2016 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2018-03-30 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Zero Dimensional Records ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: EP ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ GereÆs Charlotte the Harlot. Anytime your band █ █ name comes a song title from one of my █ █ historically favorite albums (Iron MaidenÆs █ █ self-titled debut), you have my attention. In the █ █ case of JapanÆs Charlotte the Harlot, there is a █ █ lot of substance behind the reference. █ █ Zero Dimensional was gracious enough to throw in █ █ our direction Charlotte the HarlotÆs recently █ █ released EP, Agamogir our way; 5 tracks of █ █ incredibly fast and skillfully mastered blackened █ █ death metal. █ █ Musically, Charlotte the Harlot seems to be █ █ somewhat of a mixture of black/death metal from █ █ past and present also with hints of traditional █ █ heavy metal. These guys are clearly that diverse. █ █ Two things really stuck out about the production; █ █ 1. the vocal layering û CtH presents a mixture of █ █ high pitch screams and low growls which merged █ █ together make for a really cool effect. The █ █ vocals are spit out like a venomous python. 2. █ █ The dual guitar work. There are moments where █ █ slower guitar parts are laid on top of faster █ █ guitar parts (i.e. single-picked notes played at █ █ about half the speed of the underlying parts.) █ █ There is a good mix of fast/slow parts and █ █ single-note picking. █ █ Ok, one more thingà there are at times where the █ █ music is reminiscent of the thrash metal of the █ █ 90s, specifically the material Noise records was █ █ putting out (i.e. Coroner) or even Kreator. █ █ ThatÆs perfectly fine in my book. █ █ This is an incredibly talented band from a country █ █ and label that deserves more attention. The █ █ talent exhibited by bands from the far east is at █ █ least equal to anywhere else in the world. Make █ █ no mistake about JapanÆs geographic size. █ █ Musically, there is huge talent in the fields of █ █ metal coming out of it. █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Small Forest (Introduction) 0:46 ░ ░ 2. Experiment Report 5:12 ░ ░ 3. Lick the Picture 3:31 ░ ░ 4. The False 4:36 ░ ░ 5. Thousand Truth (Outro) 0:32 ░ ░ 14:37 ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ █ ░ ▓ ░ ■ █▄ ░ ██ ▀█▄░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ░▄██░ ░ ▀████▓█▄▄█████████▓░ ███ ███▓░ █████████▄▄██████▀ ▓ ▓▀▓ ▒███████▀▀ ▀████████▒ ░████████▀ ▀▀███████░▓▀▓ ■ ░ ▄█░█▀▀▄████▄▓ ▀█▀ █▓░ ▒▓█ ▀█▀ ▄████▄ ▀███▄░ ▄█▀░ ░███▀▀▀███▄ ▀█▒ ██▓ ██ ▓█▀ ▄███▀▀▀███░ ▀█░ █▀ ▓██▓ ▄███ ▀█▓ ████ ▒█▀ ▓███▄ ▓██▓ ▀█▓ █▀ ▓██░ ▒██████▓ ▀█ █▓ █▀ ▓██████▒ ░██▓ ▀█ ▒ ▄██ ░███ ▓███▓ ▀░██░▀ ▓███░ ███ ██▄ ▒ ░█▀ ███ ▄▀ ███▄ ▓████▒ ▄███▀▄ ███ ▀█░ ▓█▀ ▄██▄█▀ ░ ██████████████ ▀█▄ ██▄ ▀█▓ █▀ ████▀█▄▓░▄█ ▀██████▀ █▄▓░▄█▀█▄██ ▀█▓ ░ ▄ ██▀ ▀████▀ ▀█▓▀██ ▀████▀ ▀███ ▄ ▒ █░█▓ ██░ █░ █ ░██ ▀██▒█ ███░ ▒█░ ▄ ▓ ▒ ░█▒ ▓███ ░ ▓██ ░ ██▓ ██░ ░██ █▒ ░ ░█ ▀█ █▀ ▓ ░ ░