Goat Horns [Import]

Nokturnal Mortum | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• ASIN: B0000240UM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #425,325 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Overture of Thought, October 9, 2003

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Andrew S (Chesterfield, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goat Horns (Audio CD)

Immediately taken in the embrace of Black Moon Overture - a stunning and dramatic symphonic opener - you will soon realize the greatness that is soon to come ... Nokturnal Mortum's Goat Horns album.

After the five minute intro of symphonic glory, you are taken by the mighty roar of Black Metal ripping through your speakers ... a roar only Nokturnal Mortum can create. Kuyaviya kicks the album off with symphonic layers and majestic guitars. Knjaz's vocals are wonderful as usual and the overall atmosphere of the music screams Nokturnal Mortum. Ancient Pagan landscapes and moonlit nights are all thoughts that Nokturnal Mortum can and will portray within the atmosphere and embrace of their music.

Veles' Scroll is often considered the "epic" of the album clocking in at about 12 minutes. Kicking right off, the song travels into a symphonic Black Metal paradise eventually ending with a gentle yet haunting piano melody to close the opus.

Once all is said and done, you are left to relax to the final track of the album: Eternal Circle. Like the intro, this is a majestic and symphonic keyboard piece that is some of the best you will hear in Black Metal. Being romantic, mysterious and somber you are only left speechless after listening to one of Black Metal's many great moments.

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent album for their means..., July 1, 2011

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Meeb (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goat Horns (MP3 Download)

This is one of Nokturnal Mortum's few albums that don't contain Nazi ideology. Its also the last album that uses cheap keyboards to replace folk instruments. The next albums, NeChrist, then Weltanschauung and finally the recent Voices of Steel all contain a significant amount of traditional instruments and the keyboard work is limited to overarching atmospheric elements in the songs.

The guitars are tuned very low (C) and seem to overtake the other instruments. Nothing too spectacular going on guitar-wise. They seem to use a drum machine or an electronic drum set for this production. It lends to it the wrong kind of "underground" feel- instead of the feeling of walking into a basement with a band performing surrounded by locals and beer, you get somewhat of a sophomore in high-school's music class project. But melodically, it is really good. The two keyboardists do a very nice job weaving in and out of each other. If anything made Nokturnal Mortum what it is, its their ability to weave together very catchy ethnic sounding melodies (you definitely get this feeling listening to Lunar Poetry, their previous album).

Now the vocalist. Knjaz (Yevgeny Gaponovich) is actually pretty talented. He has a sort of banshee-scream type vocals, which suit the style better than, I think, the "I've been smoking for 40 years" vocals that other bands strive for. This I think gives the music a more urgent, and violent feel, which if channeled right can make great metal music. I think the vocalist should practice broadening his vocal ability to include deeper vocals and shouting. Too bad, I used to listen to this album a lot when I was a teenager, but now it seems like an album made by a band with excellent potential but who didn't have the means to make anything better.

If you are not bothered by Casio keyboards that may at times sound like the Age of Empires I soundtrack, you'll like this album. It is absolutely better than the whole "raw black metal" sound that makes you feel like you were better off lighting your $17 on fire rather than buying a CD.