Title: Wrath of Centuries
Artist: Volkmar
Genre: Industrial / Rock
Release Date: 19th June 2009
Label: Danse Macabre
Album Review
The project VOLKMAR was born in 2005 in Australia when 3 seasoned musicians came together to put their ideas into a musical costume and already their first demo recording garnered them a slot at the US Gothic Fest. One year later they played shows in Chile, New Zealand or the Netherlands and in 2008, their first full-length ‘Blessed Sins’ saw the light of day and just one year later the follow-up ‘Wrath of Centuries’ is at the ready.
Dark strings set up an eerie mood for the opening track ‘Centuries’ leading into a heavy liaison of edgy riffs and industrial. ‘A Song for a Tyrant’ ventures into harder metal territory with thrashing drum gallops between anthemic synth arrangements and reflective vocals. ‘Cease to Be’ is sounding less industrial but more organic thanks to some playful drum passages which to my ears couldn’t have been generated with a drum kit. ‘The electronic beat in ‘Red 75’ pounds relentlessly to crack your resistance while discreet shadowy synths haunt you. ‘Eclipse of the Faithless’ gears down a bit first to launch to a ride through sinister shoals, eventually. With the strange seeming sounds of a piano starts the concluding symphony which is ‘The Battalion’ and it really seems like a symphony celebrated with the means of rock, the help of eerie organ, and walls of pitch-black and impervious ambience conjured from the deepest corridors of the underworld.
‘Wrath of Centuries’ is workmanlike, that is, the compositions itself are good but what spoils the fun with the release is the not necessarily outstanding sound quality of the production. That is something the band has to work on. Nevertheless this is something you should check out.
Tracklist
01. Centuries - 5:31
02. A song for a Tyrant - 4:39
03. Cease to be - 5:03
04. Forgotten Ones - 5:04
05. Red 75 - 4:35
06. Eclipse of the Faithless - 5:22
07. Temples in Eternity - 6:04
08. Folklore Enemy Mantra - 5:19
09. Inobscurity - 4:24
10. Ethos Catacombs - 5:54
11. Prosa der Grausamkeit - 4:58
12. The Battalion - 5:37
Line-up
Valak Dore' - Guitar, Vocals, programming.
Ishtar - Synth and programming.
Griffyn - Bass & backing vocals
Irusan - (Live) Guitar
Website
http://www.myspace.com/volkmarsins
Cover Picture
Rating
Music: 7
Sound: 5
Extras: -
Total: 6 / 10
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