Grimtone-Memento_Mori-2017-GRAVEWISH

Tracklist (M3U)
# Filename Artist Songname Bitrate BPM
1 01-grimtone-intro.mp3 Grimtone Intro 252 Unknown
2 02-grimtone-souls_reborn_in_hate.mp3 Grimtone Souls Reborn in Hate 277 Unknown
3 03-grimtone-the_blood_of_the_dead.mp3 Grimtone The Blood of the Dead 273 Unknown
4 04-grimtone-memento_mori.mp3 Grimtone Memento Mori 265 Unknown
5 05-grimtone-fields_of_pale_limbs.mp3 Grimtone Fields of Pale Limbs 267 Unknown
6 06-grimtone-armageddon_(rise_from_hell).mp3 Grimtone Armageddon (Rise from Hell) 270 Unknown
7 07-grimtone-witchs_lair.mp3 Grimtone Witch's Lair 278 Unknown
8 08-grimtone-empress_of_the_black.mp3 Grimtone Empress of the Black 276 Unknown
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Date: 2019-03-09 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Black Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Extreme Metal Music ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ Just in time for the first snows of the season, █ █ two man Swedish black metal project, Grimtone, █ █ released its first full-length album, 'Memento █ █ Mori', with all the raging winds and flying ice █ █ expected to prove itself as a raw and fitting █ █ addition to the plethora of newcomers honoring the █ █ roots of the style. █ █ Blasting out of the gate with some shameless █ █ Immortal worship in ôSouls Reborn in Hateö, it is █ █ clear enough that Grimtone promises to make up for █ █ its lacking inventiveness with aggression. Sure, █ █ Michael Lang has an aptitude for his instruments █ █ and plenty of stamina to hold down his blast █ █ beats, however it seems that the music as a whole █ █ would benefit from more input and outside ideas to █ █ push the instrumentation past its satisfactory █ █ simplicity into a more interesting dimension. █ █ While Linus Carlstedt provides vocals, it seems █ █ very likely that Lang is the main contributor to █ █ the band with control over every instrument, █ █ leading to a bottleneck of creativity. There are █ █ some good tremolo hooks throughout this album like █ █ in ôThe Blood of the Deadö and ôArmageddon (Rise █ █ from Hell)ö. Sadly, they end up reeled in by a █ █ constant background black metal blast. Between █ █ sparse cymbal breaks and blast beating, there is █ █ not much more going on in the lower register █ █ throughout the majority of 'Memento Mori', just an █ █ endless grim tumble of flat and atonal aggression █ █ that blends itself into a vanilla paste thick █ █ enough to paint a face and fill an average mold █ █ with the bare minimum. █ █ I keep wondering, where is the shriek, where is █ █ the fear, where is the evil that I so desire █ █ between shrill and nearly inescapable riffs that █ █ sound as fearsome as they are destruction in the █ █ ears? Yet this band has nothing but a pathetic █ █ personae to push rather than a true sense of █ █ horror to isolate and explore. If you blast this █ █ album, you hear the same as you do when listening █ █ to it on a lower volume. There is nothing but a █ █ base system of banality driving this music that, █ █ while keeping a drum stamina, doesn't grab a █ █ church by the steeple and feed it to Satan's fire. █ █ If this band wanted to portray the oldschool, it █ █ simply kindergartens it and that is what makes █ █ this album so utterly inane and commercial an █ █ attempt. █ █ Most disappointing is that the title track ends up █ █ sounding more like an 8-bit Bowser battle than a █ █ bombastic black metal offering and the guitars, █ █ held deeply in the background, sound exactly like █ █ the guitars in each verse of ôFields of Pale █ █ Limbsö. This production is perplexing. Either the █ █ band doesn't understand how the limitations of █ █ lo-fi recording equipment contributed to the █ █ releases of early black metal and its sound, █ █ namely the necessity for personality and █ █ definition through its minimalism, or the band █ █ just doesn't care because this album was clearly █ █ recorded on nice equipment and then mixed to sound █ █ awful, doing the music a disservice and simply █ █ coming off as contrived. Throughout six main █ █ songs, there is an average of one riff at best per █ █ song, not counting incessant repeating ideas that █ █ end up hammered into dullness by a damnable █ █ one-trick drum kit. █ █ The biggest change in drumming comes in ôWitch's █ █ Lairö where the percussion is allowed to build █ █ from a slow and sharp cymbal and snare combination █ █ to steadily rise in intensity. Where the majority █ █ of this album was hammering to the kvlt, Michael █ █ Lang does stretch out a bit on this track to help █ █ distract from the vocals and let a cymbal tap the █ █ tip of the tremolo. Bass and echo come in waves, █ █ falling with the guitars in a very literal and █ █ linear sound that yearns to take a next step into █ █ some sort of counterpoint. Grimtone is almost █ █ there in ôWitch's Lairö but, to its own detriment, █ █ is unwilling to embark on that journey as they █ █ band plays it as safe as possible. Black metal is █ █ not a safe sort of music and I think Grimtone █ █ forgot that fact while trying to appeal to that █ █ same audience. █ █ ôEmpress of Black Lightö lines a riff right back █ █ up with the canon created by the title track, █ █ rounding out the majority of this album with its █ █ quick sawing that has become an all-too-familiar █ █ and unearned encore throughout these thirty-one █ █ minutes. In spite of a nice second riff that █ █ swings past the lead in a far more pleasing █ █ fashion, Grimtone fails to impress with too little █ █ too late. Like the actual style of memento mori, █ █ images taken of the dead during the days when █ █ photography was prohibitively expensive and most █ █ families' only pictures of their loved ones would █ █ be of corpses propped up after death for the █ █ occasion of a funeral, Grimtone may as well have █ █ left the old school to its own era and tried to do █ █ something slightly new. Sadly, 'Memento Mori' is █ █ another average and unnecessary underground █ █ attempt at homage without personality. Stiffness █ █ and mysterious minimalism do not always equate to █ █ grimness. Such a flat and unimpressive album █ █ merely shows this pair's own atonality and trite █ █ creativity in a realm so accustomed to innovation. █ █ Grimtone is likely to dwell among the likes of █ █ Framferd and Runespell. In a hall lined with █ █ identical statues and where the haunting echoes of █ █ 'who?. . . who?' glide past rafters upon which no █ █ owls care to perch. █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Intro 0:38 ░ ░ 2. Souls Reborn in Hate 3:42 ░ ░ 3. The Blood of the Dead 6:00 ░ ░ 4. Memento Mori 3:34 ░ ░ 5. Fields of Pale Limbs 3:27 ░ ░ 6. Armageddon (Rise from Hell) 4:34 ░ ░ 7. Witch's Lair 4:00 ░ ░ 8. 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