Track Listing
1. Deep tracts of hell 2. Released demnation 3. Swarm of vultures 4. Blood unity 5. Slasher 6. Purification of hell 7. The spiral sear 8. The heautiful, Darest path 9. Broth of oblivion 10. To wear the mark Year: 1999 Label: Hammerheart - Official Site |
Aura Noir - 'Deep tracts of hell' - By C. Diamantis
A few years before the wave of black-thrash bands that appeared in the middle & late 90�s Aura Noir came into existence. Originally an avant-garde band, something like Ved Buens Ende, they radically changed their style into extreme black-thrash metal. The thing that distinguishes this band from the dozens of others who appeared when the movement became popular is that the two people that play in this band are very talented. Apollyon and Aggressor play all the instruments in this album and share the role of vocals. From the beginning of the first song it�s easy to understand what you�re going to listen on this album. Heavy guitars, fast riffing, fast drumming and blackish vocals. They manage to combine old-school thrash with the sound of the 90�s and come up with a quite interesting mixture. The lyrics are typical for this kind of music and I don�t think that the band paid any real attention to them, they�re just there because they had to sing about something. It�s a nostalgic but not old-fashioned record and it�s better than a lot of things that they were called thrash without really being it. So, this is not an album which will make a break through in music, it�s just a decent thrash album, made for the fun of it. And that�s what makes this band special, they just do it for fun. So if you like thrash or bands like Swordmaster, Gehennah or Destroyer 666 this is an album you�re definitely going to enjoy. Metal Obsessive Grade: 73% |