Goat Horns

Nokturnal Mortum | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 31, 1998)
• Original Release Date: March 31, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: End Records
• ASIN: B00000G4S1
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #428,900 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Black Moon Overture

2. Kuyaviya

3. Goat Horns

4. Unholy Orathania

5. Veles' Scrolls

6. Kolyada

7. Eternal Circle

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Am Absolutely Speechless..., March 13, 2005

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p_drl - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goat Horns (Audio CD)

Nokturnal Mortum... Overhyped Nazi junk, or absolutely genius symphonic/folk black metal? I'll take the latter choice, personally.

Integrating their bloodline's pride into their music, NM make use of TWO (yes, two) keyboards throughout the album with enchanting string passages, folkish melodies, and tumbling pianos and pizzacato strings. Much, if not all, of the album is dominated by keyboards. BM purists may scoff at this and dismiss NM as a CoF rip-off with a Nazi gimmick. But this masterpiece surpassed all of my expectations. I have never heard such emotion put into audio, alongside Burzum, Ildjarn, and select others. Varrgoth's slighty distorted and anguished rasps let the listener envision ancient Pagan rituals on a dark summer night ages ago. The guitars don't play a huge role here, but use a tasteful distortion, and often back the keyboards with strong and almost catchy melodies. The musicianship is simply superb, especially with the highly skilled keyboardists, steady guitars, and the techno-like pulsating of the drum machine's bass drum. (Actually, they use an electronic drum set, but it's close enough.)

The atmosphere here is absolutely indescribable. The guitars and keys fade in and out and weave beautiful melodies that will suck you straight into the music. A tranquil and magical atmosphere permeates the entire record, especially on the title and the closing intrumental, "Eternal Circle". Acoustic guitars are often hidden behind all the patterns, creating somewhat of an ambience coupled with the extravagant keyboard work.

All the songs are amazing, but the high points come with the epic title track, and by far the 11-minute novel-like song "Veles' Scrolls", which has a mind-biggling song structure, and shows that the band probably spent months, if not years composing. Truly beautiful, its moods change, but remains tranquil in true NM style. All songs use layered keyboards to acherive the ultimate connection emotionally with the listener, and creates a suttle mood.

I would highly reccommend this to fans of bands like Summoning, Agalloch, Ulver, Burzum, or even older Dimmu Borgir material. This is without a doubt one of my favorite CD's ever. This is symphonic black metal at its peak. Amazing.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent/polneishiy pizdecz, March 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Goat Horns (Audio CD)

Beautiful, original black metal with two keyboards. Songs are carefuly composed and different parts smoothly transition into each other (unlike Cradle of Filth) Kinda like dismal euphony/satyricon in the feeling they leave behind after the album is finished playing.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LORDS OF ENDLESS BLACK METAL, February 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Goat Horns (Audio CD)

Anybody who is into majestic black metal such as emperor,dimmu borgir,satyricon,summoning, and necromantia will truly love this album. The songs are pretty long and with alot of dark melody get this album you wont be dissapointed.

HAIL SATAN