Non Opus Dei - Eternal Circle
Non Opus Dei are like Dark Funeral, but ten times more evil. Their music is raw and aggressive, but they've also gained lots of popularity through nonstop work and a good amount of albums put out. 'Eternal Circle' is their latest offering and is probably their most disturbing work to date. The album opens with a a screaming child in pain, and also closes on it. How sick and depraved can one get? This starts the listener off with a feeling of uneasiness which is exactly what the band is going for, as their black metal hymns are unleashed throughout the album. It's all very fast, very aggressive stuff with no hints of melody. Take a track like "The Prisoner Of The Worlds." It has interesting lyrics, but at the same time the guitars are so fast and the vocals right in one's face it makes it hard to digest and really take everything in.
Then there are other tracks that tend to take small samplings and toss them around, such as with "Dark Nebula" and "Point Zero." They only last a second, but at the same time give listeners a bit of a glimmer into something that might possibly be more than just downright speed black metal... and then those hopes are dashed. Again... evil band! But, thankfully all this is evil is put to use in the right way. Rather than take on the typical black metal approach of singing about evil and wearing corpsepaint to the point of when it becomes silly, Non Opus Dei take a more phiosophical approach so they show that their is some intelligence to their work rather than just all out evil... and perhaps that makes their music sound all the more twisted and depraved, which is to their advantage.
Basically this stuff is much akin to Setherial and of course, Dark Funeral. The production isn't too shabby so one can make out most of the instruments, but for the most part the drums, guitars, and vocals are all one is going to hear. The bass is sadly forever lost. However, for those who enjoy that extreme metal department and don't mind the disturbing bits will find 'Eternal Circle' just as much intriguing as it is terrifying.
Then there are other tracks that tend to take small samplings and toss them around, such as with "Dark Nebula" and "Point Zero." They only last a second, but at the same time give listeners a bit of a glimmer into something that might possibly be more than just downright speed black metal... and then those hopes are dashed. Again... evil band! But, thankfully all this is evil is put to use in the right way. Rather than take on the typical black metal approach of singing about evil and wearing corpsepaint to the point of when it becomes silly, Non Opus Dei take a more phiosophical approach so they show that their is some intelligence to their work rather than just all out evil... and perhaps that makes their music sound all the more twisted and depraved, which is to their advantage.
Basically this stuff is much akin to Setherial and of course, Dark Funeral. The production isn't too shabby so one can make out most of the instruments, but for the most part the drums, guitars, and vocals are all one is going to hear. The bass is sadly forever lost. However, for those who enjoy that extreme metal department and don't mind the disturbing bits will find 'Eternal Circle' just as much intriguing as it is terrifying.
- Woda Dla Umarłych
- The Prisioner Of The Worlds
- Demon Nietzschego
- Dark Nebula
- Przystrojona Słońcem
- Death Hussar Legions
- Point Zero
- Galaxy In Her
- Until The Wheel Stops
Witching Hour Productions
Reviewer: Colin McNamara
Jan 7, 2011
Jan 7, 2011
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