REVIEW: IN AETERNUM - PAST AND PRESENT SINS

 

IN AETERNUM - PAST AND PRESENT SINS (Orion Music Entertainment/Necropolis Recs., 2001):

Technical data:

Artwork and Layout: José Montemayor

All tracks were recorded between 1995 and 2001.

All recording from 2001 are from the Abyss Studios. Recorded by Tommy Tägtgren.

Track List: 1- Cursed Legions, 2- Demon Possession, 3- Witches Spell, 4- The Arrival of the Horde, 5-The Pale Black Death, 6- Black Moon Attraction, 10- Abigail, 11- Wolves Blood (live), 12- Revelation of Hell (live), 13- Ultimate Warfare (live), 14- When the Vultures left (live)

This is an album of this black/death metal beasts consisting on tracks recorded through all their career that were considered rarities, some new tracks, two covers and some live tracks taken from the "Plague Across Europe Tour" on 12th february, 2001. Also this recording feature a participation of Schmier (Destruction) on guest vocals on the track "Cursed Legions". This band goes in the path of the blackest of metals ( on tracks like "The Pale Black Death" you can hear a definite Venom influence, in fact I like this track more than some of the speediest ones becaus here they show more interesting ideas). It is interesting to see the evolution since the 1995-1996 tracks whose sound is not so good, compared to the newest ones like the two first tracks (from 2001 and 1999) and the covers of King Diamond´s "Abigail" (march 2000) and Venom´s "Countess Bathory" (March 2001) (this versions are really crushing) whose sound is definitely much better. Also the sound of the live recording is really muddy( it sounds like air recording).This is a CD for collectionists of black metal and for those who don´t know In Aeternus and want to have a good sample on their music . Favorite tracks: "Cursed legions", "Countess Bathory" and "Wolves Blood (live)". Contact: In Southamerica: furias@ssdnet.com.ar or calling (+54-11)4583-9955 or fax: (+54-11) 4581-4066. Rest of the world: www.necropolisrec.com