This is a review blog that critiques what is current and classic in heavy metal today. Each album is rated 1-10, one being the lowest drek imaginable, and 10 being an absolute motherfucker. I sincerely hope this helps you in your obsessive quest.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Arghoslent-Hornets of the Pogrom (2008)
Here's an album for all my polically correct friends. Wanna listen to racist death metal? I mean Klu Klux Klan inbred redneck racist kind of stuff? That's rather unfair. I can't dispute the quality of the music. This is well crafted epic death metal, in a low-rent Amon-Amarth kind of way. The riffs are heavy, melodic, and memorable. The musicianship is tight and professional, if strangely passionless. The lyrics are unapologetically racist; well written and intellectually pretentious, but woefully misguided. Yet, the beauty of death metal is that you really don't have to understand the lyrics to enjoy the music. Death metal is a personalization of evil attitudes, so if you'll find plenty fuck-headed evil in that regard. Too bad most of the emotion went into the lyrical content. More enthusiasm would have made this worth more than a few listens.
Rating: 6.5 out of 10
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