{"id":23002,"date":"2013-11-08T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=23002"},"modified":"2015-01-10T12:11:21","modified_gmt":"2015-01-10T12:11:21","slug":"album-review-obliteration-black-death-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-obliteration-black-death-horizon\/","title":{"rendered":"OBLITERATION – Black Death Horizon (2013) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

OBLITERATION
Black Death Horizon<\/strong><\/span>
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\nIndie Recordings (2013)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m surprised there\u2019s another band called Obliteration on the planet, but hey, if it works for these Norwegian metalheads then who am I to argue? Anyway, this Obliteration who rises out of Kolbotn (the home of the mighty Darkthrone<\/a>) is a bleak quartet who lives up to expectation.<\/p>\n

These guys have been on the scene since 2001, and Black Death Horizon<\/em> is their third full-length release; the music equivalent of waking up in a snow-covered forest only to find your brain has been eaten by wolves! This really is a crashing, bashing and clanking record, and as expected with anyone hailing from Darkthrone\u2019s habitat, it\u2019s quite an abrasive, often wintry affair featuring hoarse vocal sneers, clattering drums, and grey, doom-laden guitars.<\/p>\n

Obliteration live up to their moniker in the sense that their rather morbid gurgles have more in common with old Darkthrone and, say, bleak Autopsy than with anything that could be described as classic death metal, although fans of most bands within the genre should find this gritty, cavernous platter to their taste.<\/p>\n

The title track, with its sinister echoes and evil influence, is just one of a hatful of miserable noises puked out in this vast forest of misery. \u2018The Distant Sun (They Are The Key)\u2019 opts for an even doomier fa\u00e7ade with mournful whining guitars and dreary drums, while the snarled lyrics merely act as depressive moans of anguish amidst a backbeat of angst and gathering grey cloud.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no doubt that Obliteration are unhappy guys and are clearly intent on covering your stereo system in a layer of white ash, so in fact there\u2019s no real change from 2009\u2019s Nekropsalms<\/em> frightmare. But if you often like to find yourself in the bleak midwinter between old Autopsy, early Darkthrone and Winter\u2019s Into Darkness<\/em> (1990) then why not hibernate throughout those warmer months and spend those snow-covered months worshipping the foetid stench of the pacey \u2018Goat Skull Crown\u2019 or simply surrender your soul to the beating that is the eight-minute \u2018Transient Passage\u2019.<\/p>\n

Black Death Horizon<\/em> slots nicely alongside Lantern\u2019s recent chilly effort (Below<\/em><\/a>) and it\u2019s unlikely that hot water bottle is going to save you from this rather remote cabin in the woods, because throughout this 42-minute affair there\u2019s always a sense of unease, like the onset of a coming blizzard, and while listening to this record is akin to severe frost-bite, you\u2019ll keep coming back for more if only to appreciate the hidden terrors of the instrumental \u2018Churning Magma\u2019.<\/p>\n

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

OBLITERATIONBlack Death Horizon Indie Recordings (2013)Rating: 8\/10 I\u2019m surprised there\u2019s another band called Obliteration on the planet, but hey, if it works for these Norwegian metalheads then who am I to argue? Anyway, this Obliteration who rises out of Kolbotn (the home of the mighty Darkthrone) is a bleak quartet who lives up to expectation. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1576],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-obliteration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23002","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=23002"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23005,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23002\/revisions\/23005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}