{"id":22179,"date":"2014-10-22T00:01:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T00:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=22179"},"modified":"2014-10-22T16:57:43","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T16:57:43","slug":"album-review-kult-ofenzivy-nauky-ruznic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-kult-ofenzivy-nauky-ruznic\/","title":{"rendered":"KULT OFENZIVY – Nauky r\u016fznic (2014) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

KULT OFENZIVY
Nauky r\u016fznic<\/strong><\/span>
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\nIron Bonehead (2014)<\/span>
Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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With a moniker that translates as \u201ccult of the offensive\u201d, Czech Republic black metallers Kult Ofenzivy returns with its third outing… and about time too! It was 2009 when this mysterious bunch released their sophomore opus, Radik\u00e1ln\u00ed Ateismus – Tv\u016frc\u016fm Nad\u010dlov\u011bka<\/em>, which came just two years after 2007\u2019s debut Symfonie Oceli<\/em>. In a sense, because of the gap, Nauky r\u016fznic<\/em> exists as a separate entity; boasting five parts entitled \u2018Pt I: Do deju vstupovat a stavby, v naru\u0161enost sten…\u2019, \u2018Pt II: Osudove naplnen \u00fadaji chorob nemohoucnosti…\u2019, \u2018Pt III: Na jin\u00e9 pr\u00edsahat a k temto nem\u00edt poj\u00edtek a lan…\u2019, \u2018Pt IV: Kde ulo\u017eeny z\u00e1kaz, ne\u00fastupnost a touha s nimi nesd\u00edlet?\u2019 and \u2018Pt V: Co\u017epak ta nejvet\u0161\u00ed d\u00edla vznikaj\u00ed z nedbalosti?\u2019, all of which boast that tinny, under-produced guitar tone which one would expect from such raw, primitive black metal.<\/p>\n

However, what sets Kult Ofenzivy aside from the countless other clans is the vocals which are a peculiar, gnarled narration which sort of act in complete contrast to the racing, lo-fi rhythm section.<\/p>\n

Best described as \u201cacidic black metal\u201d, Kult Ofenzivy rattles through this 20-or-so-minute project as if their lives depended on it; the percussion is delivered with almost bland haste, clearly in keeping with that emotionless yet mocking underground black metal ethos I\u2019ve come to know and love over the years. Yes, there is that major issue of where the tracks seem to melt into one another, but that\u2019s the whole purpose if you ask me of stuff like this; it\u2019s just no-holds barred, bass-bereft gruelling, smirking black metal played for real and driven by that ashen backdrop of racing drums which every now and then veer into a welcome tumble before returning to type, and then of course they complement that sneering guitar racket. And it goes on and on, following the same path as a grey landscape to promote the foetid vocal gurgles.<\/p>\n

This is minimalistic extreme metal at its finest. Of course, to some it may appear as something so stark and bereft of life that it makes for an unbearable listen, but in an age where so many alleged \u201creal\u201d black metal bands are cavorting with glossy production we need the pure, esoteric charms of Kult Ofenzivy to bring us down to earth. And while it may be rather difficult upon first listen to differentiate between tracks, the no frills qualities shine through like a lighthouse battling with a swirling fog.<\/p>\n

Nauky r\u016fznic<\/em> is about as cold and caustic as black metal gets, and you\u2019ll be left clutching your throat in agony long after this one has left its burning frost upon your oesophagus.<\/p>\n

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

KULT OFENZIVYNauky r\u016fznic Iron Bonehead (2014)Rating: 7.5\/10 With a moniker that translates as \u201ccult of the offensive\u201d, Czech Republic black metallers Kult Ofenzivy returns with its third outing… and about time too! It was 2009 when this mysterious bunch released their sophomore opus, Radik\u00e1ln\u00ed Ateismus – Tv\u016frc\u016fm Nad\u010dlov\u011bka, which came just two years after 2007\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1475],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-kult-ofenzivy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22179","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=22179"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22183,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22179\/revisions\/22183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}