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| Artist : Valkyrja |
| Album : Contamination |
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| Source : CDDA |
| Type : Normal |
| Label : Metal Blades Records |
| Year : 2010 |
| Genre : Black Metal |
| Ripper : UTP |
| Rip date : 02-03-2010 |
| Street date : 00-00-2010 |
| Grabber : EAC 0.95 |
| Encoder : Lame v3.97 -V 2 --vbr-new |
| Quality : VBRkbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo |
| Size : 88,6 MB |
| Tracks : 10 |
| Cat. # : 3984-14790-2 |
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| Tracklist: |
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| 01 Advent 01:38 |
| 02 Oceans To Dust 05:21 |
| 03 Catharsis (Contaminate the Earth) 07:59 |
| 04 Solstice In Withdrawal 05:21 |
| 05 Laments of the Destroyed 05:49 |
| 06 Ambience of the Dead 06:02 |
| 07 The Womb of Disease 05:58 |
| 08 Welcoming Worms 03:43 |
| 09 A Cursed Seed In the World 07:53 |
| 10 The Adversarial Incentive Within All 07:06 |
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| RUNTIME: 56:50 min |
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+-------------------------------[Release Notes]------------------------------+
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| Contamination is the sophomore effort from Sweden's Valkyrja, a band |
| featuring J. Wallgren and S.W. of countrymen Ondskapt, but with a |
| somewhat more accessible sound. When the band breaks out their |
| faster material, I am reminded of both Dark Funeral and Marduk, |
| perhaps a little of the more recent Immortal, but they are also |
| drawn to somber passages in which the guitars breathe out and the |
| bass rolls along. In fact, Valkyrja are a pretty moody and |
| atmospheric band, but they accomplish this primarily through the |
| standard instrumentation, with only a few few ambient segues spread |
| about the album. Though Contamination is not exactly a riff fest, it |
| is the overall strength of the tone and interaction between the |
| harsh, biting vocals and the shining glint of the savage chords that |
| serves as its strength. |
| |
| A brief and resonant "Advent..." intro breeds a soft if turbulent |
| ambiance which is then shattered by "Oceans to Dust", like an |
| icebreaker forging its way through a glacier. The opening riff here |
| seems pretty standard Swedish black fare, and the vocals of A.L. |
| have a menace that is part Abbath and part Cronos, but deep and |
| resounding across the crisp hiss of the guitar tone. Though the |
| album has some pretty fast material like "Welcoming Worms" or "A |
| Cursed Seed in the World", this is a band who excel far more when |
| they capture their drawn out moments ala "Ambience of the Dead", or |
| "The Womb of Disease", which gradually accelerates into the band's |
| venomous propulsion. But perhaps the track that stood out to me most |
| here was "Laments of the Destroyed", its mid paced thunder |
| reminiscent of a Bathory or Darkthrone, sans the truly raw |
| atmosphere of older albums. I'm not too into the bridge rhythm with |
| its rather average Swedish sound and lack of truly engrossing notes, |
| but that's pretty much the case with most tracks here...they'll |
| build a few moments of grace, but feel as if they've walk along a |
| too trodden path with few distinct characteristics. |
| |
| Still, the album sounds huge, and a deal with Metal Blade Records is |
| likely to stir up some buzz for Valkyrja, especially with a slightly |
| more mainstream crop of fans that have a rabid taste for bigger |
| budget, reasonably composed black metal and don't delve too far into |
| the obscure sounds of the members' other band Ondskapt and beyond. |
| Contamination is a decent effort, it will sound towering as it |
| blares forth from your speakers, but it's simply not something I |
| will remember tomorrow or next week. |
| |
| URL: http://www.myspace.com/valkyrjaswe |
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| UTP |
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| Artist : Valkyrja |
| Album : Contamination |
| |
+-------------------------------[Release Info]-------------------------------+
| |
| Source : CDDA |
| Type : Normal |
| Label : Metal Blades Records |
| Year : 2010 |
| Genre : Black Metal |
| Ripper : UTP |
| Rip date : 02-03-2010 |
| Street date : 00-00-2010 |
| Grabber : EAC 0.95 |
| Encoder : Lame v3.97 -V 2 --vbr-new |
| Quality : VBRkbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo |
| Size : 88,6 MB |
| Tracks : 10 |
| Cat. # : 3984-14790-2 |
| |
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| |
| Tracklist: |
| |
| 01 Advent 01:38 |
| 02 Oceans To Dust 05:21 |
| 03 Catharsis (Contaminate the Earth) 07:59 |
| 04 Solstice In Withdrawal 05:21 |
| 05 Laments of the Destroyed 05:49 |
| 06 Ambience of the Dead 06:02 |
| 07 The Womb of Disease 05:58 |
| 08 Welcoming Worms 03:43 |
| 09 A Cursed Seed In the World 07:53 |
| 10 The Adversarial Incentive Within All 07:06 |
| |
| RUNTIME: 56:50 min |
| |
+-------------------------------[Release Notes]------------------------------+
| |
| Contamination is the sophomore effort from Sweden's Valkyrja, a band |
| featuring J. Wallgren and S.W. of countrymen Ondskapt, but with a |
| somewhat more accessible sound. When the band breaks out their |
| faster material, I am reminded of both Dark Funeral and Marduk, |
| perhaps a little of the more recent Immortal, but they are also |
| drawn to somber passages in which the guitars breathe out and the |
| bass rolls along. In fact, Valkyrja are a pretty moody and |
| atmospheric band, but they accomplish this primarily through the |
| standard instrumentation, with only a few few ambient segues spread |
| about the album. Though Contamination is not exactly a riff fest, it |
| is the overall strength of the tone and interaction between the |
| harsh, biting vocals and the shining glint of the savage chords that |
| serves as its strength. |
| |
| A brief and resonant "Advent..." intro breeds a soft if turbulent |
| ambiance which is then shattered by "Oceans to Dust", like an |
| icebreaker forging its way through a glacier. The opening riff here |
| seems pretty standard Swedish black fare, and the vocals of A.L. |
| have a menace that is part Abbath and part Cronos, but deep and |
| resounding across the crisp hiss of the guitar tone. Though the |
| album has some pretty fast material like "Welcoming Worms" or "A |
| Cursed Seed in the World", this is a band who excel far more when |
| they capture their drawn out moments ala "Ambience of the Dead", or |
| "The Womb of Disease", which gradually accelerates into the band's |
| venomous propulsion. But perhaps the track that stood out to me most |
| here was "Laments of the Destroyed", its mid paced thunder |
| reminiscent of a Bathory or Darkthrone, sans the truly raw |
| atmosphere of older albums. I'm not too into the bridge rhythm with |
| its rather average Swedish sound and lack of truly engrossing notes, |
| but that's pretty much the case with most tracks here...they'll |
| build a few moments of grace, but feel as if they've walk along a |
| too trodden path with few distinct characteristics. |
| |
| Still, the album sounds huge, and a deal with Metal Blade Records is |
| likely to stir up some buzz for Valkyrja, especially with a slightly |
| more mainstream crop of fans that have a rabid taste for bigger |
| budget, reasonably composed black metal and don't delve too far into |
| the obscure sounds of the members' other band Ondskapt and beyond. |
| Contamination is a decent effort, it will sound towering as it |
| blares forth from your speakers, but it's simply not something I |
| will remember tomorrow or next week. |
| |
| URL: http://www.myspace.com/valkyrjaswe |
| |
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