{"id":97033,"date":"2022-10-14T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T23:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=97033"},"modified":"2022-12-06T14:05:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T14:05:39","slug":"album-review-blood-python-acheron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-blood-python-acheron\/","title":{"rendered":"BLOOD PYTHON – Acheron (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

BLOOD PYTHON
Acheron<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Like some long lost 80s metal gem, the debut full-length from Norway\u2019s Blood Python debut creaks like the hinge of a rusted portcullis and then, once oiled by dragon fire and warrior blood, marches headlong into the forest to do battle with all manner of demons and phantoms.<\/p>\n

From its stark yet effective cover to the clank of its axe work, this debut release is perfect throwback metal to a time when you\u2019d order a record like this through an advert in a magazine like Metal Forces<\/em> and it would turn up a year later. And if you picked this sort of platter up in the import racks in Shades Records store in London you\u2019d spent well because this doom-laden heap of junk blandly strides in effective fashion, nodding towards a late 70s vibe while cavorting through the fjords occupied by now defunct Scandinavian acts.<\/p>\n

The vocals are bombastic yet raw, the music is stripped down and barren, while the drums and bass just plod in a glorious no frills fashion that I can see Darkthrone<\/a>\u2019s Fenriz in the distance throwing up the devil horns and glaring in ravenous fashion at the full moon.<\/p>\n

Tracks such as \u2018Holy War\u2019 have that antiquarian doom-metal feel; creepy, sinister and as stark as that tree outside your house that has seemingly forever braved countless grips of winter. It could be argued that the stuffy mix drags the sound down into the murky mire but I\u2019m of the opinion that Blood Python is going for that exact sound, and as the primitive \u2018Witch Queen\u2019 embarks on its simple yet effective trudge one can only nod along in appreciation of its Gothic, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal worship.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m happy in knowing nothing about this band and basically I don\u2019t want to; for me this album is steeped in mystery and wrapped in chain mail. The title track lumbers in tight fashion, almost restricted by its constricting axe work, and the same could be said for \u2018Sweating Blood\u2019 and \u2018Warlords\u2019, both damp, sodden and rust-covered plodders which may benefit from an airier production but who wants such rays of light in these basement confines?<\/p>\n

As a teenager I wanted metal to frighten me and wrap me in its leathery coils and Blood Python does exactly that. This is obscure-sounding retro metal that stinks of gloom. A vinyl and cassette release cannot come soon enough.<\/p>\n

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

BLOOD PYTHONAcheron Self-released (2022)Rating: 8.5\/10 Like some long lost 80s metal gem, the debut full-length from Norway\u2019s Blood Python debut creaks like the hinge of a rusted portcullis and then, once oiled by dragon fire and warrior blood, marches headlong into the forest to do battle with all manner of demons and phantoms. From its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-blood-python"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97033","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=97033"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97044,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97033\/revisions\/97044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}