Terminus Episode 113 - Rot, Imha Tarikat, Burkhartsvinter, Wolfsblut

Another episode so soon? Well, our cold, black hearts felt the distant and chilly fingers of shame over how long the last one took to come out, so we've ramped up production in the Autism Factory just for you! Today's episode is another that focuses on deep cut black metal, but perhaps a little less putrid and decrepit this time around. It's still gnarly, though, as demonstrated by our opening segment on a split between German hordes Burkhartsvinter and Wolfsblut who each present their own take on scrappy, longform black metal.

Next is the debut full-length by Rot, quite possibly Vietnam's first black metal band, languishing in obscurity for nearly two decades. So much time slow-roasting in the oven has developed an impressive flavor of resolutely oldschool black metal basted with touches of death and thrash, reminding the listener distinctly of earliest work in the Norwegian and Swedish scenes pre-second wave. Immediate and heavy but also well-paced and surprisingly broad in its musical techniques, this is a record for dedicated black metal aficionados to really sink their teeth into.

Following is the return of Imha Tarikat to the show, whose third full-length seems to represent the band truly arriving at their definitive sound. Exploring a territory somewhere between Mgla haze and Bølzer explosivity, this scans less as black metal and more as something entirely new- heavy, aggressive guitar music where the riff is replaced almost entirely with longform melodies. Not gonna lie, folks- we really reach into High Art Critique territory on this one. The Death Metal Guy unironically employs the phrase "interrogates the relationship." Brace yourselves- these are murky and uncharted waters.

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0:00:00 - Intro/Burkhartsvinter/Wolfsblut - Return of the Black Hordes (Sturmglanz Black Metal Manufaktur)

0:25:43 - Rot - As Darkness Burns (House of Ygra)

1:08:06 - Interlude - Dark Angel - “Black Prophecies,” fr. Darkness Descends (Combat Records, 1986)

1:16:34 - Imha Tarikat - Hearts Unchained - At War With a Passionless World (Prophecy Productions/Lupus Lounge)

2:15:58 - Outro - Raven Woods - “In Loneliness I Wither” fr. In Silent Agony… (Zoo Sound, 2001)

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