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/::     Artist  :: Imperial Darkness                                      ::\
  ::     Album   :: Occult Spiritual Crypt                                 ::
  ::     Year    :: 2014                                                   ::
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  ::   . Genre   :: Black Metal                 Source  :: CDDA        .   ::
  ::     Label   :: Satnic Records              R.date  :: 12.12.2014      ::
 _::__   Cat.nr. :: SR-CD-013                   Size    :: 68,4 MB       __::_
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   .     Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo                                   .
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  ::      01. Occult Spiritual Crypt                             00:46     ::
  ::      02. Book of Septicemia                                 05:08     ::
  ::      03. Nosoforos                                          03:46     ::
  ::      04. Saturn's Mediation                                 05:31     ::
  ::      05. Nahash (Son of Desobedience)                       03:56     ::
  ::      06. Serpent Power                                      03:08     ::
  ::      07. Cacodemon's Obtainment                             04:36     ::
  ::      08. Pageant Blasphemy                                  04:03     ::
  ::      09. Shadowpath                                         04:13     ::
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  ::      Formed back in 2000 Greek black metaller's Imperial              ::
  ::      Darkness finally release their debut full length album and       ::
  ::      your going to struggle to hear an album this year that's         ::
  ::      blacker! "Occult Spiritual Crypt" has that classic earthy,       ::
  ::      dirty feel that the classic album's by Darkthrone, Burzum        ::
  ::      and even early Bathory had that brought black metal kicking      ::
  ::      and screaming out of the dark cave it was dwelling in.           ::
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  ::      'Book Of Septicemia' actually sums the album up nicely.          ::
  ::      Everything from the changes of pace from lightning speed         ::
  ::      shredding to slow and dirty pauses to the tortured vocals        ::
  ::      and even some spoken word passages. If you don't like this       ::
  ::      first track switch off but if you do carry on and the album      ::
  ::      opens up showcasing all these qualities in a more detailed       ::
  ::      form.                                                            ::
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  ::      I’m not going to drag this review on because this album          ::
  ::      really does what it says on the tin. You only have to look       ::
  ::      at the artwork and you’ll have a pretty good idea of what        ::
  ::      this album is about. All you need to know is, is it good?        ::
  ::      Well, yes it is. It’s just over half hour of pure black          ::
  ::      metal done the old way. It’s not going to turn the metal         ::
  ::      world upside down or rewrite any books but it does what it       ::
  ::      aims to do and will scratch that particular itch if you          ::
  ::      want a soundtrack to dig your corpsepaint out to!                ::
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