Hailing from the Polish underground comes Saltus, a black metal band that really caught our attention with their upcoming release, ‘W Imię Bogów’…
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01. W imię bogów
02. Na śmierć ku przeznaczeniu życia
03. Gdy bogowie światem rządzili
04. Chyląc czoło ku przeszłości
05. Twoja krew
06. Perunie prowadź
07. Imperium słońca
08. Blask chwały orlej
09. Wielki las
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[length]39:19[/length]
[record_label]Via Nocturna[/record_label]
[release_date]September 6th 2015[/release_date]
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While not much is known about Saltus, perhaps in fact to the band singing in their native Polish language, they are about to release a gem of an album. Quite frankly the most entertaining black metal I have heard in a fair while. Having a few years of experience under their belt, they still have not quite managed to break into the scene with the big players, but undeservedly so, as the album ‘W Imię Bogów‘ (In the Name of the Gods) that has been 6 years in the making is about to make it’s mark.
The instant impact from the press of play is the relation to Immortal you can instantly make a link to. It’s not to say that it is an exact replica of Immortal’s sound, but the executed style makes that relation. The title track of ‘W Imię Bogów‘ creates a speech aura of ‘just sit back, listen, and let us show you what we can do’ providing some punishing riffs wrapped with atmospheric augmented chords.
Moving onto ‘Na śmierć ku przeznaczeniu życia‘ is where things get impressive under the deep distinguished vocals of Scream telling stories of Slavic lore in his native language. The track features some excellent guitar work with harmonised bridges and keyboards providing the haunting backdrop for the album, a style that takes its peak in ‘Twoja Krew‘.
In it’s entirety the album is an flowing black metal album that could easily grab the attention of folk and melodic metal fans give the way it’s executed. Noting that the album does actually have line-up changes and diminished production in the second half of the album given the amount of time it took to produce, it does stay relatively consistent and dare said actually provides peaks of interest. An album to get should you not know who Saltus are, and a must for any black metal fan.
[verdict]Yes[/verdict]
[why]Reminiscent of Immortal, the band have crafted an album that stands tall in underground black metal. Well produced haunting clusters of riffs and augmented chords shape this fantastic effort.[/why]
