Negative-Existence - DEMONCY "Faustian Dawn / Within the Sylvan Realms of Frost" CD

DEMONCY "Faustian Dawn / Within the Sylvan Realms of Frost" CD
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DEMONCY "Faustian Dawn / Within the Sylvan Realms of Frost" CD

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Artist: DEMONCY

Title: Faustian Dawn / Within the Sylvan Realms of Frost

Format: CD

Country: USA

Genre: Black Metal

Record Label: Baphomet Records

Demoncy's deluxe re-issue, double fold out 2 CD digipak with black-as-night re-design! Following up Demoncy's "Joined In Darkness" CD is no easy task. Therefore, multiple requests to release Demoncy's vaulted material were fulfilled. Released before Black Metal has become what it is today, these discs are a good representation of the ultra crude and barbaric feelings that are needed in today's albums. These albums represent the ancient spirit and feelings of Black Metal. They are from that era in time when Black Metal was not quite as widespread as it is today. This 2CD will be released very inconspicuously, to try to keep the true feeling of despair.

Tracklisting:

Disc 1 1. Whispers of Undesired Destinies 02:52 2. Winter Bliss 03:50
3. Satanic Psalms 07:16
4. Denial of the Holy Paradise 03:18
5. Hidden Path to the Forest Beyond 02:11
6. Full Moon Twilight 03:42
7. Departure of the Dismal 03:12
8. Ascension of a Star Long Since Fallen 04:40
9. The Darkbringer 03:23
10. The Eternal Winter Shall Never Fade 04:21
11. Knighthood of the Moonlit Realm 05:22
12. Commencement of the Dark Crusades 06:42
13. In Winter's Ancient Slumber 07:12
14. The Final Battle For Our Once Glorious Midgard 07:08
15. Abysmal Shores of the Dark Lands Beyond the Sun 07:44

Disc 2
1. Knighthood of the Moonlit Realm 05:54
2. Abysmal Shores of the Dark Lands Beyond the Sun 08:21
3. In Winter's Ancient Slumber 07:12
4. the Final Battle For Our Once Glorious Midgard 06:34
5. Within the Sylvan Realms of Frost 09:15
6. Commencement of the Dark Crusades 07:10
7. Ascension of a Star Long Since Fallen 04:37
8. The Darkbringer 03:19
9. Hypocrisy of the Accursed Heavens 02:30
10. The Eternal Winter Shall Never Fade 04:50
11. Ascension of a Star Long Since Fallen 04:47
12. The Darkbringer 03:38
13. Rebirth by Moonlight 05:36
Total playing time 02:26:36

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Review:

Faustian Dawn:

Written by So_It_Is_Done [Metal Archives]
Demoncy is one of the pioneers of American black metal, and although their new album is very epic and has "heavy" influence, they are still the fundament of the scene. "Faustian Dawn" is their first full – length and it’s unrepetable art. There’s no other Demoncy album even close to this record. All evil starts with a backward recorded intro(after turning it right, song sounds still very similar and words are hard to recognize). Winter Bliss – "This is the time of celebration!" This is unbelievable how atmosphere can be created without keyboards. For careful listeners – if u noticed the "techno" beat at 2:02 – 2:06 you are aware what will be going on further – exactly black metal which can lead everyone to madness and fears, wonder why it’s not banned! The quality of sound of this and other songs is just ideal. Guitar tuning or synthesizer or whatever they used to made this madness just chills your neck. Later on after reading the lyrics and seeing member’s pictures and a cover art you have one feeling: those guys should be kept in hospital for lunatics. Not only their nicks like Desolate Wings of Pagan Dawn or Wicked Warlock of Demonic Blasphemy but also their image( one of them has half bald half hairy head) proves that they are mad. Second song – "Satanic Psalms" defines the lyrics – " I desecrate the one Named Christ" - pure desecration and holyness turned upside down – that’s what’s going on here, no place for people who are into dark funeral and similar shit! Tempos are very differential, great riffs happen rarely but they kill – 5:33 . Third song is something like ambient shit which can be ok after some drugs but it can be skipped also(like as other non metal shit here). "Denial of the Holy Paradise" – "River of blood from Angel Eyes" - changeable tempos, great lyrics and that subconscious voices; great echoes 1:07 – 1:10, at the end of the song, plenty of effects like this on the whole album. "Hidden Path to the Forest Beyond" – " Feeling Adoration of Beautiful Silence"- shortest song but very powerful, can be taken as a summary of whole album, it has everything, all the genius inside – vocals, riffs, all the evil atmosphere. "Fullmoon Twilight" – unbelievable riffs and all the genius which I mentioned above – 2:11 – chilling sigh of evilness which shows that subconscious sounds and whispers are much more effective and far reaching than stupid shouting. Last song is a cover of some shitty death metal band, skip it. All in all this relase is one of the best five ever. That’s the way how black metal should sound like, hails!

Within the Sylvan Realms of Frost:

Written by The_Ghost_of_Room237 [Metal Archives]
What we have here, is probably the definitive USBM band around, Demoncy. While they haven't released much over the years, their contributions stand. This album is actually a compilation of three different sources. The first six tracks from a band called "Darkened Skies" (circa 1996), from what I gather, this was a side band of Demoncy but information is difficult to attain on this. Oddly enough, the Darkened Skies tracks are definitely my favorites. They are all huge, most spaning past the seven minute mark. There is quite a bit of hissing white noise in the barbarically raw production, but all the melodies can be heard and enjoyed. They kind of sound like a cross between Darkthrone and Beherit, with emphasis on pure hellish atmosphere. The songwriting on the first six tracks seems to consist of two modes: Transilvanian Hunger like blast fests, and brooding/doomy slow paced sections. It is the latter that enriches the songs so, and shows great patience with pacing. If I were just reviewing the first seven tracks, I would rate this a 99%.

Next up we get tracks 7-10, taken from the "Hypocrisy of the Accursed Heavens" demo recorded in 1994. These tracks are more of a mixture of the primitve Faustian Dawn demo and the previous six songs, finding firm middle ground while not being quite as exciting as the former or the latter. These songs are fairly short. They are quite excellent, but are missing the epic tinge of the other mentioned material.

Closing off this compilation are three songs taken from "Ascension of a Star Long Since Fallen" demo, and are a step up from the previous. The epic quality is definitely there but still a dissapointment after hearing the Darkened Skies tracks. It also should be noted that the production here is much cleaner. But I would, by no means, call any of this material accessable to non-Black Metal fans.

Demoncy have managed to capture quite the dream-like world of sonic noise. The distanced tremolo picked speed fests, coupled with slow sections full of sludgey, doomy riffs with the occassional keyboard added for texture. You really get the sense that this material wasn't written by normal minded people. Essential.

Links:

demoncy.net

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 26 October, 2011.

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