Lovingly pinched from MTUK: There’s something uniquely rapturous about an act that hits a creative ‘second wind’ after such a lengthy spell in the game. It’s a rare feat in this industry – so many bands unleash their seminal opus, a career-defining statement of intent that all-too-quickly turns to a millstone around their necks, forever hanging over each and every endeavour thereafter. For a band to finally emerge from the shadow of their ‘classic’ and continue to stride further forward into the waters of excellence is something to be celebrated – and here in 2011, Blut Aus Nord are to indeed be celebrated.
Whilst never hitting a slump in form, I’ve always felt that their releases post-2003’s epoch-defining The Work That Transforms God has never quite lived up to the tar-black industrialized dissonance of that masterpiece. Even 2009’s Memoria Vetusta 2: Dialogue With the Stars, whilst undeniably glittering with ethereal radiance, still felt rather unfulfilling.
No longer. Vindsval et al have embarked on an ambitious tri-part project with the 777 Sects series and these unbridled fires of ambition seem to have pumped bellows to the embers of their creative inspiration. If 777 – Sects released earlier this year fused dehumanized, discordant mechanics with traces of the celestial majesty explored with their 2009 opus then The Desanctification consolidates this approach completely. Lurching, groove-heavy industrial beats pound like pistons, the liquid guitars spiralling and swooping around this frozen percussive backbone, the whole record echoing ominously as if it has been locked shut in an ice-cold steel vault.
Continue reading: MTUK CD REVIEW – BLUT AUS NORD.
Tags: 777 - Sect(s), 777 - The Desanctification, Album of the day, black metal, Blut Aus Nord, Frank Allain, MTUK, Vindsval
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