DODSFERD
Cursing Your Will to Live
Moribund
8.5 / 10 Track listing:
01. All of Them Are Dead
02. Hypocritic Shitfuckers Still Breathing
03. You Called It Resurrection: I Call It a Fairytale for Human Parasites,
04. Failure Was Described as Religion, As Heresy
05. I Was Challenged to Enter the Gates of Blasphemy
06. Under a Broken Cross, I Buried Your World
07. Standing at the Ashes of a Forsaken Kingdom
08. Cursing Your Will to Live
09. Your Death, My Propitiation
10. I Kept Standing with Disgust
A one-man black metal army, Wrath has spent a great deal of time polluting the ears of the earth's inhabitants with his well-written, punked up, and burnt to a crisp black metal. He released the outstanding 37 minutes "Fucking Your Creation" earlier this year and now follows with a 67-minute crusher called "Cursing Your Will to Live", an album that is every bit as worthy as its predecessor. It is a disc that should, once and for all, establish the Greek nihilist as part of the worldwide black metal elite.
One of DODSFERD's major selling points has always been the manner in which he is able to pen dirty, up-tempo bashers that are fueled by punk and driven by hate, the kind of songs that plasters a snarl on the face and gets the head banging. "Cursing Your Will to Live" is no exception, as highlights like "Hypocritic Shitfuckers Still Breathing" (hey, the guy isn't one to mince words or fuck around with metaphor). While there is plenty of this gnarly fare to satisfy, there is also just as much traditional black metal (the vintage black metal guitar harmonies, etc.) and songwriting that is gripping, dynamic, and even a little melodious, relatively speaking, at times. Check out "Standing at the Ashes of a Forsaken Kingdom" and the title track for prime examples. "Your Death, My Propitiation" is pure black metal carnage that meshes tempos very well. A respite for some spoken vitriol and a conversation made up almost entirely of screams and shrieks of agony on "Under a Broken Cross, I Buried Your World" does nothing to stem the tide either.
In addition to some keen guitar licks, vocals that are more intelligible than what is heard on most black metal albums, and effective tempos, "Cursing Your Will to Live" also sounds damn good; the mix is clear and professional, yet still raw and bloody as hell. At the risk of exaggeration, I'll even go so far as to say that this is exactly the way a black metal album is supposed to sound.
Wrath is obviously a guy that eats, breathes, and shits black metal, and it shows on this mighty release. His musical translation of loathing for the world's parasites is second to none, but more importantly, Wrath is a good songwriter. Clear a space on your shelf for "Cursing Your will to Live".
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