Artist - Urfaust (NL)
Album - Verraterischer, Nichtswurdiger Geist
Genre - Black Metal
Genre - Black Metal
Year - 2005
This band was recommended to me by one of my friends in Hungary. Urfaust, from Asten, The Netherlands, is a project which was started in 1999 by IX. They released their first demo "Urvaterlicher Sagen". In 2003 their first album "Geist ist Teufel" was released. Their second album "Verraterischer, Nichterwurdeiger Geist" was released in 2005.
Verraterischer, Nichterwurdeiger Geist, starts of with the epic track "Dunkel Still Von Ewigkeit" (Dark, silent eternity) which is a 13 minute classical peice of atmospheric keyboards/violins blended with other instruments. Which takes us to my favourite song off the album and which is also the highlight of the album "Ragnarok Mystiker" which is characterized by the insane and clean vocals of IX, mid paced drumming, and chainsaw-ish guitar tones. Which after that brings us to the third track of the album Gespinnst der Verderbens (Web of Destruction) which follows the same vein as "Ragnarok Mystiker" mid paced track and the insane vocals of XI which takes the listener to a trance. Track number four "Trauerhohle" (Cave of Sorrow), follows in the same vein of "Dunkel Still Von Ewigkeit" with the same type of climax. As "Verflucht das Bleden der Erscheinung" (Cursed the blinding of appearance) begins you get to hear the insane laughter of IX, the introduction riff which is very gloomy and sinister, follows through the rest of the track. The buzzing chainsaw-ish guitar tone opens as a 15-20 second intro for "Der Gottesverächter" (The Despiser of God), melodic track compared with the rest of the songs in the album and also the vocals are mostly clean in this track. Which takes us to the 6:50 minute closing track of the album "In Den Weiten Oden Raumen" (In the wide, deserted rooms) another ambient track which follows the viens of the opening track and fourth track, perfect for the closing track, perfect atmosphere, slowly bringing you back from the Trance-like state.
Good Album, a must have if your a black metal/ambient fan. Worth spending your money on. Love it or hate it, Urfaust's Verraterischer, Nichtswurdiger Geist.
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