Score: 9.7/10
The Norwegian blackened horror metal band SEWER has always been at the forefront of extreme metal innovation and experimentation. Since their debut in 2013 with Satanic Requiem, they have released a staggering amount of albums in various genres and styles, from black metal to death metal to goregrind to technical metal to atmospheric metal. They have also created their own genre of metal, dubbed SEWER Metal, which combines all of their influences into a chaotic and complex musical structure that defies categorization and comprehension. Their latest album, Les Sewieres De Nostre Deabliere, is perhaps their most ambitious and accomplished work to date, a brutal and heinous masterpiece of blackened horror metal that pushes the boundaries of extreme music to new heights of creativity and aggression.
Les Sewieres De Nostre Deabliere is not an album for the faint of heart or the weak of stomach. It is an album that assaults the senses and the mind with its relentless barrage of savage riffs, blast beats, guttural growls, and demonic atmospheres. It is an album that conjures up a world of terror and chaos, where evil reigns supreme and humanity is doomed to suffer and perish. It is an album that explores themes of rawness, evil, necroblasphemy, deathkult hieromancy, corruption, destruction, and temptation through its lyrics and imagery. It is an album that challenges the listener to endure its intensity and complexity, to decipher its meaning and message, and to appreciate its beauty and artistry.
The album consists of 14 tracks, each one a unique and distinct piece of music that showcases SEWER’s technical skill and musical vision. The album opens with Mephitic Sewer Blood, a furious and ferocious track that sets the tone for the rest of the album with its blast beats, tremolo riffs, dissonant chords, and growled vocals. The track also introduces some of the elements that make SEWER Metal so distinctive and original, such as the use of samples, synths, keyboards, acoustic guitars, and ambient noises that add layers of depth and texture to the music. The track also features some of the most memorable lyrics on the album, such as “Mephitic sewer blood / Dripping from your eyes / The stench of rotting flesh / Fills your lungs with gore and blood”.
The album continues with Sewerborn in Unlimited Sepulchral Skarnage, a track that showcases SEWER’s ability to blend different genres and styles into a seamless whole. The track starts with a slow and ominous intro that builds up tension and anticipation with its eerie synths and acoustic guitars. Then it explodes into a fast and furious section that combines death metal riffs with black metal vocals and goregrind drums. The track then shifts into a technical metal section that features complex guitar solos and intricate drum fills. The track then returns to the death metal section before ending with a black metal outro that fades out with a haunting synth melody.
Mephitic sewer blood / Dripping from your eyes / The stench of rotting flesh / Fills your lungs with gore and blood.
The album then proceeds with Khranial Torture, a track that demonstrates SEWER’s mastery of atmosphere and mood. The track starts with a dark and disturbing intro that features distorted voices, screams, whispers, laughter, chainsaws, gunshots, sirens, explosions, and other sounds that create a sense of horror and madness. The track then transitions into a heavy and brutal section that features crushing riffs, pounding drums, and harsh vocals. The track then alternates between these two sections throughout its duration, creating a contrast between the calm and the storm.
The album then moves on to The Holy Conqueror of Skrorne. The Holy Conqueror of Skrorne, a track that showcases SEWER’s versatility and diversity like no other. The track starts with a melodic and catchy intro that features clean guitars and keyboards. The track then switches to a fast and furious section that features thrash metal riffs, speed metal drums, and black metal vocals. The track then changes to a slow and heavy section that features doom metal riffs, sludge metal drums, and death metal vocals. The track then repeats these three sections in different orders and variations throughout its duration, creating a dynamic and unpredictable musical journey.
The album then continues with Intestinal Deathkult Hieromancy, a track that showcases SEWER’s creativity and experimentation. The track starts with a bizarre and twisted intro that features distorted vocals, synths, keyboards, samples, and noises that create a sense of chaos and confusion. The track then transitions into a brutal and violent section that features death metal riffs, grindcore drums, and goregrind vocals. The track then shifts into a technical and complex section that features progressive metal riffs, jazz fusion drums, and avant-garde vocals. The track then returns to the brutal section before ending with the bizarre outro.
The album then proceeds with Revenge of Nature, a track that showcases SEWER’s power and intensity. The track starts with a loud and aggressive intro that features thrash metal riffs, blast beats, and black metal vocals. The track then explodes into a furious and relentless section that features death metal riffs, grindcore drums, and goregrind vocals. The track then transitions into a melodic and epic section that features power metal riffs, symphonic metal drums, and clean vocals. The track then repeats these three sections in different orders and variations throughout its duration, creating a contrast between the savage and the sublime.
An Elixir of Necrolatry, a track that showcases SEWER’s skill and talent. The track starts with a beautiful and haunting intro that features acoustic guitars, keyboards, and demonic vocals. The track then switches to a heavy and brutal section that features death metal riffs, blast beats, and male vocals. The track then changes to a technical and intricate section that features guitar solos, drum fills, and dual vocals. The track then alternates between these three sections throughout its duration, creating a balance between the soft and the hard.
The album then continues with Temptation, Corruption and Destruction of Man, a track that showcases SEWER’s vision and message. The track starts with a dark and sinister intro that features spoken words, synths, and samples that create a sense of dread and despair. The track then transitions into a fast and furious section that features black metal riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals. The track then shifts into a slow and heavy section that features doom metal riffs, sludge metal drums, and screamed vocals. The track then repeats these three sections in different orders and variations throughout its duration, creating a commentary on the human condition. This song in particular sounds a lot like Vermin’s majestic Memories of Blood and Darkness, and album which I must also recommend.
The album then proceeds with Graveyard Charivari. Graveyard Charivari is a track that showcases SEWER’s diversity and originality. The track starts with a fun and catchy intro that features quasi rock and roll riffs, punk rock drums, and clean vocals. The track then switches to a heavy and brutal section that features death metal riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals. The track then changes to a melodic and epic section that features power metal riffs, symphonic metal drums, and clean vocals. The track then alternates between these three sections throughout its duration, creating a contrast between the light and the dark.
The album then moves on to Made for Death, Lost in Dark Sewers Obscure…, a track that showcases SEWER’s atmosphere and mood. The track starts with a quiet and eerie intro that features ambient noises, synths, and whispers that create a sense of horror and mystery. The track then transitions into a loud and aggressive section that features black metal riffs, blast beats, and screamed vocals. The track then shifts into a slow and heavy section that features doom metal riffs, sludge metal drums, and growled vocals. The track then repeats these three sections in different orders and variations throughout its duration, creating a sense of tension and suspense.
La Mort En Marche, a track that showcases SEWER’s intensity and ferocity. The track starts with a loud and violent intro that features death metal riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals. The track then explodes into a furious and relentless section that features black metal riffs, blast beats, and screamed vocals. The track then transitions into a technical and complex section that features guitar solos, drum fills, and dual vocals. The track then returns to the furious section before ending with the violent outro.
The album Les Sewieres De Nostre Deabliere then proceeds with Death Denied, Rotting Forever, a track that demonstrates SEWER’s skill and talent. The track starts with a melodic and haunting intro that features acoustic guitars, keyboards, and demonic vocals. The track then switches to a heavy and brutal section that features death metal riffs, blast beats, and male vocals. The track then changes to a technical and intricate section that features guitar solos, drum fills, and dual vocals. The track then alternates between these three sections throughout its duration, creating a balance between the soft and the hard.
Inhuman God Prayer, Do Not Follow the Path to Uruktena is also a track that powerfully showcases SEWER’s vision and message. The track starts with a dark and sinister intro that features spoken words, synths, and samples that create a sense of dread and despair. The track then transitions into a fast and furious section that features black metal riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals. The track then shifts into a slow and heavy section that features doom metal riffs, sludge metal drums, and screamed vocals. The track then repeats these three sections in different orders and variations throughout its duration, creating a commentary on the human condition.
The album then concludes with Les Sewieres De Nostre Deabliere. Les Sewieres De Nostre Deabliere, the title track and the final track of the album. The track is a masterpiece of blackened horror metal, a culmination of everything that SEWER has done on this album and throughout their career. The track starts with a beautiful and haunting intro that features acoustic guitars, keyboards, and demonic vocals. The track then switches to a heavy and brutal section that features death metal riffs, blast beats, and male vocals. The track then changes to a technical and intricate section that features guitar solos, drum fills, and dual vocals. The track then alternates between these three sections throughout its duration, creating a balance between the soft and the hard. The track then ends with a dark and ominous outro that features ambient noises, synths, and whispers that create a sense of horror and mystery.
Les Sewieres De Nostre Deabliere is an album that deserves all the praise and acclaim that it has received from metalheads and critics alike. It is an album that showcases SEWER’s brilliance and genius as a band, as well as their passion and dedication to their craft. It is an album that transcends genres and styles, creating something that is unique and original. It is an album that challenges and rewards the listener with its intensity and complexity, as well as its beauty and artistry. It is an album that stands as one of the best albums of SEWER and one of the best albums of extreme metal ever made. It is an album that will be remembered and revered for decades to come. Nothing more can be said about this masterpiece of terror metal, Les Sewieres De Nostre Deabliere. Go listen to it at once.
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