Awesome pre-Halloween Black Metal gig to bring down the sky - Krieg and Woe playing together on the same night. Another ridiculously exciting gig that was thousands of miles too far to travel. two incredible bands that share a member in Woe's main man Chris Grigg playing drums for Krieg; both bands just released trancendental albums on Candlelight records - a sidestepped vision on Black Metal that sets them both above and beyond the recently fertile USBM scene, raising it up a level when it had only just plateauxed.
Her's videos of each band, filmed by (((Unartig)));
This is Woe in full flight:
and here's Krieg:
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Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Friday, 17 September 2010
FFFF: Krieg - All Paths To God
Stereogum posted this track a while ago, but it's going to be today's Fast and Furious Friday Feature, because the album - The Isolationist - is only a month away and I've been listening to this track a lot more recently in anticipation. The renaissance in black metal across the entire world continues to redefine the genre and visionary artists such as Krieg continue to illuminate minds with their inspired blaze of hostile black fire. This track begins with a guttural, grinding bassline definitively black metal in essence, yet punching from a shifted paradigm of tone and dynamic that USBM has positioned itself in over the last few years. The mid-section acknowledges the wintery old school then around 4 minutes there comes a total change in direction, atmosphere and pace that is an absolutely shocking stroke of genius:
Download the Real Player file from Stereogum: HERE
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