{"id":7305,"date":"2012-03-23T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T00:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=7305"},"modified":"2013-06-01T14:13:13","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T14:13:13","slug":"album-review-aura-noir-out-to-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-aura-noir-out-to-die\/","title":{"rendered":"AURA NOIR – Out To Die (2012) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

AURA NOIR
Out To Die<\/strong><\/span>
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\nIndie Recordings (2012)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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If like me you\u2019re a huge fan of old 80s thrash bands like Destruction<\/a>, Kreator, Sodom, early Voivod, Possessed and of course Venom, then it\u2019s vital you get your grubby paws on anything released by Aura Noir. Alongside Darkthrone<\/a>, and a few other acts, Norway\u2019s Aura Noir is keeping the true metal flame burning.<\/p>\n

Thrash metal is coming back in a big way, but sadly too many bands are attempting to recreate the 80s Bay Area crunch; which seems pointless, because I\u2019d just rather listen to the originals. But with Aura Noir we\u2019re getting that old spiky punkoid Euro thrash feel combined with a cold steel black metal attitude.<\/p>\n

Out To Die<\/em>, like a lot of early thrash albums, only clocks in at just over 30 minutes, but what it offers in attitude, riffs and downright evil sure as hell makes up for that. The delightfully named Blasphemer, Aggressor and Apollyon have their bullet belts and studded wristbands at the ready, and once you\u2019ve been dragged into this grim dungeon of cavernous riffs and harsh vocals, there\u2019s no coming back.<\/p>\n

Some of us have worn out our vinyl copies of old Bathory and Celtic Frost, but fear no more, Aura Noir provide similar landscapes of death and destruction, a clattering, clanking ball and chain of an album that will leave you spitting out rust until kingdom come.<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s the Venom-style pounding of \u2018The Grin From The Gallows\u2019 \u2013 in which Apollyon gurgles, \u201cI am the blazing heart of the canyon\u201d<\/em>, over a dirty, fuzzy and festering doom riff \u2013 or the rattling thrash of \u2018Witheld\u2019 \u2013 a furious black \u2019n\u2019 roll nightmare of a cut \u2013 one thing is or certain, Aura Noir are as heavy metal as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest etc. have ever been, if not more, as they wear their influences on their sleeve; literally, in the form of those sewn on patches.<\/p>\n

Of course, a track like \u2018Trenches\u2019, with its hyper guitars and demonic drums, isn\u2019t going to appeal to your average heavy metal maniac, but for those of you who want to find out more about metal\u2019s darker history, then it\u2019s bands like Aura Noir who will point the way, albeit with gnarled finger!<\/p>\n

\u2018Priest\u2019s Hellish Fiend\u2019 gives a nod to Metallica, circa Kill \u2019Em All<\/em><\/a> (1983), but vocally it\u2019s a possessed Lemmy. The bruising \u2018Abaddon\u2019 is an out-and-out thrash classic, while the ugly title track rips the flesh from the face with its unholy drum sound.<\/p>\n

There are those who may argue that what Aura Noir, and particularly Darkthrone, are doing now is nothing new, and that\u2019s a fair point, but all those headbangers who grew up on an unhealthy dose of black thrash, then Aura Noir comes as a welcome force to be reckoned with. After Out To Die<\/em> you\u2019ll be reaching for the holy water. Eight tracks of vile bile for the brave.<\/p>\n

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

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