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I have been debated before
writing these words. Yep, this record has anything infamous at all,
let alone the fact (that bothers me a lot) that it lasts only half an
hour, it's fast black metal played with skill, nothing new at all, but
its aggressiveness and violence have the guts to please a listener for
a while. No track exalts it above the others, but in such an extreme
genre this is usual, you know, you've got WWWWRRRRRRAAANNGGGG from the
beginning til the end and this satisfies the buyer because this is what
he wants from records like this.
Now, said all this, I think there must be a deepening of the state of
things. This is an album thrown in the market just to earn easy bucks
from the trend before it expires, and let me say Last Episode is a great
teacher in doing it, and someone must get the balls out to stand up
and yell it. Personally, I have nothing against L.E. or Zorn in particular,
I repeat, this album isn't bad at all, but this fact doesn't erase the
sensation that a third-priority band like Zorn is out with this cd only
to grab money out of the pockets of the completists, people like me
who want to have everything has been, is being and will be printed on
cd raising the flag of black metal.
I'm starting to believe this has no passion behind it, it's only commercial,
it's only trade to look for easy money, masqueraded by a good artwork,
performance and a listenable record. When you take away the feeling
from a black metal record, you zero its meaning down; and you may even
appreciate it for a couple of time, but this doesn't prevent it from
its final destination, the shell of second-hand cd's, the shell of cd's
you don't listen to anymore as soon as you replace them with something
more consistent in your stereo.
It is time to GIVE UP giving your support to cd's like this one and
the labels they represent; it is time labels realize that almost everything
in black metal has already been said and done, and to emerge there needs
class and dedication, not just releases good only for a week before
being forgotten, apart the sensation to have wasted money for something
fallacious. It's not impossible to reach great levels, look around you
and read some reviews, you'll understand a lot of good stuff is circulating:
don't waste time and money to support overrated groups, start a selection,
support emerging bands only if you think they've got something to say,
and moreover, start pretending a listen of the record before purchasing
it, if your main pusher is a record shop.
Gilberto Nicola
