Hypothermia - Rakbladsvalsen (2007, Total Holocaust Records)
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Tracklist
1. Del I 34:25
2. Del II 09:50 3. Del III 06:09 4. Del IV 11:00
Total Running Time: 01:01:24
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This, i now firmly believe, after quite a substantial number of repeated listens, is and i can't stress this enough, one of the best (and dare i say even greatest Black Metal) albums i have ever heard, and also an essential for any fan of Black Metal music, and of the sub-genre that is sometimes labelled Depressive/Suicidal Black Metal which this record possibly belongs to. Now i will admit i've only just discovered this band, (through a release by Kyla, the singers Kim Carlsson's previous band) and it's actually an album that was released five years ago, (but since it's for me a new discovery i'll consider that it's new Black Metal, which was the original idea behind starting this blog page), but anyways i'm totally fucking amazed by its sound, melodic, depressive but yet simply beautiful, and its atmosphere, which is cold, full of darkness, claustrophobic and yet very very bleak. I can't help thinking also that this band really know what they are doing and so have achieved something unique musically (but without losing the Black Metal feeling that every such release should have). The opening thirty plus minute track is truly masterful, it might be considered long and maybe a tad repetitive but it holds on to me (as does every track) without never ever been boring, it is simply an astonishing piece of music. The album only consists of four tracks but is in all an hour of awesome, glorious and possibly unique underground Black Metal that will most certainly remain seared in the back of my brain for a long long time.
Just had a thought, the post on Hypothermia's album Rakbladsvalsen has made me wonder if it be a good idea to make a series "Black Metal Masterpieces", granted it be a personal choice,and restricted only to those BM albums i've actually listened to and not just a list of the supposedly best BM albums ever made (which usually vary only a little in the critic's or author's choice) and which are easily found online. My only concern would be that i don't believe that i would be descriptive enough in my reviews to give my choices the justice they deserve, and perhaps even my judgement on what might be a "Masterpiece" might be flawed, but hey its only an idea.
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