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Date: 2019-10-19 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Black Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Moribund Records ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ That term that says "do it yourself" is precisely █ █ what defines the caliber of the name WAXEN, the █ █ project of the American musician TOBY KNAPP, or █ █ also known as the guitarist of the band NECRYTIS. █ █ Forget the technical file of this musician with █ █ full schedule and let's return our ears on its new █ █ release, the album "Terror Decree", released by █ █ Moribund Records on September 28, 2018. █ █ I remember hearing about the name WAXEN in the █ █ middle of 2007 when someone showed me the album █ █ "Fumaroth" and it was some good years until I █ █ thought about hearing something again. Between █ █ years I came across the sonority of this musician █ █ every time better and massacring would define well █ █ in 2006 when he introduced "Weihung auf Satan", █ █ well, two more years then and here we are and I █ █ can say that this face fits elements on a █ █ Death/Black base like no other and "Terror █ █ Decree" keeps this gray plain sounding ambiguously █ █ and sharply. █ █ Entering the initial track on "Denier" with energy █ █ riffs, drums at war, you have Toby's few vocal █ █ lines barely noticeable as well-defined solos jump █ █ in the middle of the track, and I really like how █ █ this musician groups so many elements in a way █ █ which makes the dark side of the Metal sound as █ █ fresh as anything else. Certainly his whole █ █ experience transmits guitar lines as sharp as a █ █ razor so do not be surprised when tracks like "Wir █ █ kampfen" or "Ionized" direct you to a frozen █ █ atmosphere created naturally. Right, it takes █ █ things on a different route, and maybe those █ █ traditionalist Black Metal fans do not feel so █ █ connected in this content but believe me, this is █ █ the best model I've heard so far for the style to █ █ sound without having to be repetitive like many █ █ albums released right now. █ █ "I Pass Away" will still keep much of what the █ █ Black Metal knows well and Toby's vocals seem spit █ █ in the middle of the instrumentation while the █ █ drums and bass weave a sound war. Potentially I █ █ believe that the best vein of this album is the █ █ brute energy played here, this allows the listener █ █ to constantly watch, skipping Death and Thrash █ █ frequencies at various points, and "Tyrant of █ █ Armageddon" and "Conflagration Elite" electrify █ █ this album frantically, and meanwhile you get a █ █ war troop on "Enter 731", here the bloody content █ █ of the genre comes to life by immersing this album █ █ into sheer chaos. Undoubtedly a great asset of █ █ this album is the power it creates to impress fans █ █ of the most different styles, going to Power Metal █ █ lines combined with grunts, giddy soils that break █ █ the tracks phenomenally. I'm very surprised at █ █ the growth of this musician, so being this his █ █ work second-hand or not this album puts him in █ █ focus now. Adding elements, playing all █ █ instruments, short lyrics and full of anger, this █ █ is a musician that we must keep in attention. █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Denier 3:54 ░ ░ 2. Wir Kampfen 3:06 ░ ░ 3. Terror Decree 4:48 ░ ░ 4. Ionized 3:09 ░ ░ 5. Arc of Abomination 5:28 ░ ░ 6. I Pass Away 3:14 ░ ░ 7. Tyrant of Armageddon 2:40 ░ ░ 8. Conflagration Elite 4:34 ░ ░ 9. Enter 731 3:40 ░ ░ 10. To See the Light 3:23 ░ ░ 11. Blade from the West 3:04 ░ ░ 12. 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