Release
date: May 15th
2020. Label: Southern
Lord Records.
Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
La
Ilden Lyse – Tracklisting
1.Thelemic
Threat 03:44
2.Grimoire
Luciferian Dream 05:40
3.Loathe
Forever 04:38
4.Freezing
Vortex Death Dreamer 04:02
5.Cold
and Cruel 04:35
6.Kiss
of Death 06:14
7.Mother
Superior 05:18
8.Lunatics
- Mondsüchtig 05:07
9.The
Dying Grass Moon 07:02
Review
La
Ilden Lyse is the new album from Black Metal/Hardcore/Sludge Metal
Mob – Okkultokrati – and their first new material in four years.
The band continue their punishing and brutal blend of pitch black
music that combines Crust Punk, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Black Metal
with a blistering Hardcore edge. The band are now 5 albums into their
12 year career and the band are just as hungry as ever.
La
Ilden Lyse is an uncompromising listen with it’s fair share of
Blackened Sludge Metal Grooves and vocals to match. Okkultokrati
have got their blend of music down to a fine art but this is perhaps
the bands most nightmarish and surreal offering to date with the
Black Metal vibes leading the way from despairing journey to the next
with 9 songs listed on the album.
The
vocals are quite volatile from start and the band play a fast-paced
of music which is perhaps down to the Crust/Hardcore Punk influences
that Okkultokrati use for this album. This is quite a challenging
album and one that is more technically impressive compared to their
2016 offering Raspberry Dawn. The music is more abrasive here with
the lead vocals having a classic Thrash/Punk/Death based feel to
them.
Standout
songs on this album include: Grimoire
Luciferian Dream, Loathe Forever, Cold And Cruel, Kiss Of Death and
The Dying Grass Moon. - with these songs containing the heaviest and
bleakest grooves on the entire album.
La
Ilden Lyse shows Okkultokrati on truly inspired form especially when
they bring their Hard Rock/Heavy Metal style of music to the album
and offer a more heavy stylized version of Crust Punk/Blackened
Sludge Metal that has quite a few head-banging moments along the way.
This
is without a doubt Okkultokrati best album to date.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks to Lauren at
Rarely Unable PR for the promo. La
Ilden Lyse is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl via Southern Lord Records.
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