SELBSTMORD - No Forgiveness! (DEATHRUNE - CD 2012)
Ehh… I suppose that I should
start this review, saying that I am not necessarily a big follower of the so
called NS black metal scene. Not that I am really bothered by the controversy,
the extreme ideology of such bands – because I am not, I can tolerate it, even
if I do not agree with them so much and find many aspects of it as simply
idiotic. I guess the biggest problem I always had with such bands was rather the
fact that with big mouth didn’t come any great music and seriously, there were
only very, very few worthy bands within this extreme scene. So racial hatred,
fascism and politics aside… but it is also one of the reasons why I never
bothered to check Selbstmord more deeply. There’s too much awesome and truly
killer stuff around to care about such bands. But recently I had no choice, but
give Selbstmord a more careful attention, as Spanish Deathrune sent me a copy
of “No Forgiveness!” CD for review, so either I wanted or not, I simply had to
put it into the CD player, listen several times and now I must review it. Life
sucks hehe! OK, I exaggerate now, as I am not one of those pussies, who scream
in fright that “there’re Nazis on the board!”. I don’t care! Fuck politics,
fuck racial purity, let’s listen to “No Forgiveness!”!
Ha, and here’s something what
I would not expect! It turns out that Selbstmord’s “No Forgiveness!” is not bad
at all and it is actually quite good album! You know, most of the stuff from
similar bands was: 1. Badly recorded, 2. Pitifully composed and performed, 3.
Had terrible vocals and everything else – simply most of them were entirely
shit. Selbstmord’s album is like against all these accusations, because it is
1. Really well produced, 2. There are very good compositions, with some
splendid parts, very well played and 3. I am actually listening to it for the
third day in row and there’s really nothing pathetic about this album. Of
course I will not comment the lyrical content of it and texts like “By wygrać
wojnę ras”… I rather concentrate fully on the music, which is very good!
“No Forgiveness!” is harsh,
cold black metal, played in relatively fast tempos (but not entirely!), but
it’s often also quite melodic… and that melody when combined with rawness and
bestiality of black metal brings interesting and great result. There are some
killer riffs, memorable parts, great atmosphere throughout the whole album – so
yes, I am very positively surprised and listen to “No Forgiveness!” with a
honest pleasure. Tracks like “Archanioł pożogi”, “Bractwo bezprawia” or those
fast pieces like “Endlösung”, “No Forgiveness” and “Armies of the Sun” are
great! These fast songs, but also the vocals and the whole atmosphere of music,
remind me some early Thunderbolt albums, so it is a very good recommendation!
At least for me it is. On top of all, there’s a lot of diverse playing on the
album, so I can only congratulate the band for putting out such a good
material. And as mentioned before, I had no expectations whatsoever, I thought
it will be another low quality shit, so I was mistaken! And very positively
surprised. So, well done Selbstmord, I am surely putting another very good name
on the map of killer Polish black metal.
Standout tracks: “Armies of
the Sun”, “Bractwo bezprawia”, “Endlösung”, “Archanioł pożogi”
Final rate: 70/100
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