Sammath - Dodengang |
Published March 22 2007
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To Hell |
| Genre | Black Metal |
J.Kruitwagen
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Vocals
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| Tracks | 8 |
Hanna Van Den Berg
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Guitar
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| Runningtime | 45 Min. |
J.Kruitwagen
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Guitar
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| Label | Folter Records |
J.Kruitwagen
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Bass
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| Release | 01 Aug. 2006 |
Koos Bos
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Drums
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| Country | Holland |
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Keyboard
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| Similar artists | Akrival, Gorgoroth | ||
Dutch black metal band Sammath's third full length album Dodengang, brought upon us by the german label Folter Records, is an orgy in war and its sound makes me think of the mid days of for example Marduk's career or the very early days of Gorgoroth. Very naked, raw and mean in its sound.
Sammath's style could best be described as pretty fast paced black metal with loads of mean melody lines. Even though the music feels a bit light and lacks a heavy production, I find Dodengang pretty ok. Mostly because of the primitive but still raw melody lines in the song structures, song after song catches my interest. I can't help wondering what kind of album this would have been with a fat production as the music feels so incredible mean and in some way the very musical essence of what black metal is all about. Good and interesting song writing gently mixed with aggressive arrangements on drums that mostly is represented by furious blast attacks that can be heard on for example the splendid Imminence War Death.
At its best times, Dodengang strikes me and I get a feeling
of a superior war machine sweeping over frostbitten lands at the outskirts
of Stalingrad with the ruins of a tormented city in a blood red horizon.
The thing about Dodengang that annoys me apart from the lousy production
is the vocals, some times brilliant and some times totally misplaced
and weak in a way that makes me think of a die hard teenager with a
microphone that discovered Bathory for the first time... A bit sorry
as the music feels like a punishment, the way it is meant I guess. Sammath's
Dodengang is a album that actually reaches far over average in the genre.
Unfortunately the negative aspects fades the black shining light of
this war machine.
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Vocals
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Summary
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6,5 chalices of 10 - Tim |
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