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1349 - Hellfire
2005 Candlelight Records
Track
Listing:
1. I Am Abomination
2. Nathicana
3. Sculptor of Flesh
4. Celestial Deconstruction
5. To Rottendom
6. From the Deeps
7. Slaves to Slaughter
8. Hellfire
Line-Up:
Vocals:
Ravn
Guitars: Tjalve, Archaon
Bass: Seidermann
Drums: Frost
Website: www.legion1349.com
Shev's Rating:
C
Overall Album Rating: C
Also be sure to read:
1349
- Beyond The Apocalypse by Shev
Satyricon
- Nemesis Divina (Frost) by Shev
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Shev's Review:
Man, 1349 really need to slow down when it comes to pumping out
full-length albums. Awesome that they have the initiative to crank out all this
music in a short period of time, but in all honesty I would rather wait five
years to hear something just as good as "Liberation" than have
them blast out one album a year and come up with something like this.
Regardless of their obviously strong work ethic, "Hellfire" is better than
"Beyond The Apocalypse"...but not by a whole lot.
Much like "Beyond The Apocalypse", I liked "Hellfire" on the first few
spins through. It's some pretty furious black metal with a few other
nods to thrash with atmosphere used here and there, but the problem is the fact it just
doesn't age very well. Frost on drums is absolutely pulverizing as usual,
but just like every other band that will use an awesome drummer to cover up some otherwise generic music, it gets old
quick. Great drumming is nice, but it can't hold a band up for the long
haul. On the plus side, "Hellfire" does take a few strides for
improvement over "Beyond The Apocalypse", for instance the more thoughtful
workmanship put into the guitars and the fact that "I Am
Abomination" is the best thing they've done in the past couple years, but it's nothing
that's really going to make a huge difference. One might get a few more
days of enjoyment out of it, unless you really like their previous album in which case this is pretty much an
improvement over "more of the same".
And I think that's my downfall with 1349. I want them to do another
full-length as awesome as "Liberation". Someday I might realize that
it's never going to happen and possibly enjoy this album of generic black metal
fluff. Until that time, I can only recommend this pasty, flavorless shell to
people who like a whole lot of mindless speed with their Satan.
Shev's Rating: C
Discography (last updated 12.15.05):
Chaos Preferred demo - 1999
1349 EP - 2001
Liberation - 2003
Beyond The Apocalypse - 2004
Hellfire - 2005
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