_ _______ _ ...:... _ _______ _ ___ / .:::::::::::. \ ___ | / .. (:::::::::::::) .. \ | | . .:::::.`:::::::::::'.:::::. . | | .::.. `:::.::':::`::.:::' ..::. | _ _______ | .::' ::::':::::`:::: `::. | _______ _ \\ | | :: `' ::':`:: `' :: | | // \ | | `:. .::' . `::. .:' | | / . | | .::::::..::::' ... `::::..::::::. | | . | | `:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::' | | .... | | `:' `::::: :: :: :::::' `:' | | .... | ' | : `. ': :: :: :: :: :` .' : | ` | |.....: . .......: :: :: :: :: : ...... . : ....| . ...................: : :: :: :: :: : : ................. . _____________:_____________ _____________:_____________ _ ___\` __ /_\` _______/_\` __ _/_\` /___ _ // __ / (/ ___/ (/ _ (/ /_______/\ _ _ /_________ ___________ ______/\ _ ______________/\__/_ _ \\\\\_________\__/\_________\__/\_____/\_____/\____________/f3!/// - -\-\-----------\__/----------\__/-------\_____/---------------/-/- - - -------------------: : :. ..:: :: . :------------------ - : : :......: :: :` ': :: : .....: : : ___ _ | | : ` ' : | | _ ___ _\---------- : | -------- : B E R C : -------- | : ----------/_ /_\ . : . ..:.. ..:.. . : . /_\ /// . . : : . . \\\ /: :\ /:: Artist :: Judas Iscariot ::\ :: Album :: An Ancient Starry Sky :: :: Year :: 2018 :: :: __ _ _ __ :: -:--\\-----------------------------------------------------------------//--:- :: \ / :: :: . Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CDDA . :: :: Label :: Elegy Records R.date :: 02.01.2019 :: _::__ Cat.nr. :: ER62 Size :: 94,4 MB __::_ ::// \\:: ::/---------------------------------------------------------------------\:: :: :: /: Encoder :: LAME 3.98.4 -V0 :\ ..: Bitrate :: avg. 251kbps : . . Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo . . . Website :: __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ tracklist /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: 01. Armageddon 07:55 :: :: 02. Black Eternal Winds 12:06 :: :: 03. Outro 04:18 :: :: 04. Babylon in Ruin 06:47 :: :: 05. Unholy Victory 03:43 :: :: 06. In Den Qualen Der H÷lle 03:01 :: :: 07. The Cold Earth 06:19 :: :: 08. Extinction 07:00 :: :: ------- :: .. >> 51:09 min .. __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ release notes /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: :: :: Let me just start off by saying this, Judas Iscariot has :: :: never gotten the love that he (one man band) deserves. Lone :: :: member Akhenaten formed the band in 1992 making Judas :: :: Iscariot one of the earliest and pioneering bands in the :: :: USBM scene along with bands like Leviathan and Xasthur and :: :: some others. That being said, he has never gotten the :: :: acclaim of a band like Leviathan and has always flown under :: :: the radar. Of course, the band hasnÆt put out any new music :: :: in over a decade, until now. :: :: :: :: Technically this isnÆt really a new album. An Ancient :: :: Starry Sky was originally recorded in 1998 but was shelved :: :: for reasons that IÆm honestly not quite sure of. Whatever :: :: the case may be, itÆs here now and let me warn you now this :: :: album is not for the faint of heart. Judas Iscariot is a :: :: raw black metal band. Their production will hurt your ears. :: :: Those are facts. But if youÆre a seasoned black metal fan :: :: this album is everything you could hope for. The buzzsaw :: :: riffs are hypnotic, melodic and trance inducing. They weave :: :: in an out in between the fuzzy yet perfect production. The :: :: drumming is relentless 98% of the time with ice cold blasts :: :: from the depths of hell as if Satan himself was behind the :: :: kit. :: :: :: :: Akhenaten has released several albums under the Judas :: :: Iscariot moniker but this album is starting to stand above :: :: the others. I donÆt know if itÆs the appeal of it being :: :: unearthed after 20 years or if itÆs just the fact that this :: :: is the most relentlessly evil that heÆs ever sounded. Maybe :: :: itÆs a combination of both. Either way, An Ancient Starry :: :: Sky is a top tier black metal album of 2018 because it :: :: epitomizes everything that this genre should be about. If :: :: that doesnÆt make you want to grab a beer and jam out then :: :: I donÆt know what will. :: :: :: :: . _ _ . :: \: :. \\ ___________ . ___________ // .: :/ __\____ :: ____ ___\ _ / BERC : 2019 \ _ /___ ____ :: ____/__ \\\f3! :: \\\ __ _/_________i_________\ /___/ /// :: cRO/// \ :: :\-\___________\_ ___ / _ _/___________/-/: :: / :: | . . _ _ _/ __/ . \_ _ _ . . | :: : :::::::: | | \\\\\/ _______\____|\ \///// | | :::::::: : :: | | -\-\/____/-------------\____\/-/- | | :: :: | | \ :|: / | | :: : : | . ` ::: ' . | : : . . | : ::: : | . . | :::....:::....::: | : ::::::::::::::::: : . :::''``:::''``::: . : ::: : . ::: . .:. :