{"id":13272,"date":"2013-06-09T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2013-06-09T00:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=13272"},"modified":"2013-07-24T05:00:08","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T05:00:08","slug":"album-review-erimha-reign-through-immortality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-erimha-reign-through-immortality\/","title":{"rendered":"ERIMHA – Reign Through Immortality (2013) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ERIMHA
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\nVictory (2013)<\/span>
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Daubed in corpse-paint, Canadian black metal combo Erimha come marching through the wilderness once again. It\u2019s been three frosty years since their frightful 2010 debut opus Irkalla<\/em>, and now with renewed vigour they have returned with Reign Through Immortality<\/em>, another devilish dose of blazing melodic black metal.<\/p>\n

Sadly, the look of the band is still slightly ridiculous, but then again, painting oneself to look like the leather-clad offspring of Alice Cooper and a Uruk-hai has always been a tad silly within the black metal realm. But anyway, the sound of Erimha, as expected, is rather harsh on the ears, although black metal was never created to caress the soul.<\/p>\n

Immediately I\u2019m drawn to the rather gruff vocals which make a nice change from the usual grim rasps and negative screeches. Instead, frontman Gore delivers a throaty bellow over those eerie symphonics and raging guitars. For the most part Reign Through Immortality<\/em> is a fast album, but it\u2019s one that lacks originality when you consider the amount of black metal bands who were churching this sort of stuff out a decade or so previous. However, if you can look pass the silly poses and the rather grating structures, then Erimha should no doubt appeal to hardcore black metal fans who crave drama, symphony and clean production.<\/p>\n

Album opener \u2018Enlightenment\u2019 is a mere, brief introductory effect, but as soon as we\u2019re full throttle with \u2018Ascetic\u2019 then the atmosphere begins to entrap you \u2013 the drums are hard, the guitars fast and meaty and, again, the vocals deep and guttural for a black metal band. I\u2019m still unconvinced by the injection of synth effects which for me, unless dark and moody, can make a lot of these types of bands sound similar. However, Erimha offer us a rawer lesson in black metal despite the clicky drums and scathing guitars.<\/p>\n

Sadly though, a track such as \u2018Condemned To Desolation\u2019 does little to separate itself from \u2018Ascetic\u2019, spinning the listener around in a blur of grating guitars. The opening orchestral drama of \u2018Bewildering Nightmare\u2019 suggests a much needed dose of variety, but once again we\u2019re back to the pace, only this time it\u2019s far more ferocious, hearkening back to those mid-90s style vibes.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, the band do drop the pace on the infectious and sneering \u2018Metaphysic Countenance\u2019 which, except for the rather turgid drum sound, is one of the album\u2019s finest moments. It\u2019s the kind of track you would not expect from a majority of narrow-minded black metal acts, because it really chugs at depth, but my personal opinion is that it would have benefitted a lot more if it had been bereft of the effects. In fact, the rather irritating orchestral effects can at times be a hindrance, as proven with the rattling \u2018The Ritual Of Internicion\u2019 and \u2018Verdict Of The Soul\u2019. Both of these are decent enough tracks, but you just know what\u2019s coming next.<\/p>\n

Overall, Reign Through Immortality<\/em> is a rather average black metal album and nothing more. When one stands back to view the scene as a whole, bands such as Erimha, despite the crushing weight of a track such as \u2018Saunter To Extinction\u2019, are also-rans who no doubt will garner a decent fan base with the right promotion, but there\u2019s nothing here amid the clicky drums and countless injections of keyboards that enables the band to stand out from the crowd.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ERIMHAReign Through Immortality Victory (2013)Rating: 6\/10 Daubed in corpse-paint, Canadian black metal combo Erimha come marching through the wilderness once again. It\u2019s been three frosty years since their frightful 2010 debut opus Irkalla, and now with renewed vigour they have returned with Reign Through Immortality, another devilish dose of blazing melodic black metal. Sadly, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,655],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-erimha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13272"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13277,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13272\/revisions\/13277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}