Terminus Episode 80 - Sargeist, Serpent Noir, Ride For Revenge, Grieve

Lusted for as much as it is feared, Terminus pushes a bony hand up from the frigid soil to return with a storm of blast beats and autism. A chill wind envelopes the soul- how will the masters of extreme metal critique announce their return? With a bunch of nerdy Finnish stuff, of course!

First on the plate is the new split between Serpent Noir and Sargeist. Serpent Noir plays a heavy metal and rock infused take on Greek black metal while Sargeist plays Sargeist as only Sargeist can. Who will be the victor? Can The Black Metal Guy handle noodly guitars inspired by 70s rock? Can Sargeist once again achieve the heights of Let The Devil In? Only a focused and meticulous listen will answer these riddles.

After this we cheat a little bit with a record from the last days of 2020- Ride For Revenge's newest opus of shambling, grotesque, primitive black metal. The new record will sound familiar to fans, but emphasizes the most uptempo and burly parts of their sound, jettisoning some of their experimentation for crushing 45-played-on-33 takes on Hellhammer tracks.

Wrapping things up is the first and apparently last record by Grieve, another side project of the notorious Werwolf of Satanic Warmaster. This time the target sound revolves around the earliest works of the mighty Gorgoroth, laced with the traditional Finnish sound that Werwolf himself helped establish. What ensues is a thrilling record of gnarly, oldschool black metal that is nonetheless laden with melody and intricacy to carry you through the winter nights.

 

0:00:00 - Intro

0:08:19 - Serpent Noir / Sargeist - Transcendental Black Magic (World Terror Committee)

1:01:17 - Interlude - The Sarcophagus - “Legend Sleeps Behind the Mountains” fr. Towards the Eternal Chaos (Osmose Productions, 2009) (Out of print and not on Bandcamp, but easily available used and on streaming services)

1:08:25 - Ride for Revenge - Feed The Infamy (Bestial Burst)

1:53:03 - Grieve - Funeral (Werewolf Records)

2:55:27 - Outro - Impious Havoc - “Holy City in Flames” fr. Manifestations of Plague and War (Warfront Productions, 2007) (Available at various underground distros only it appears)

 

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