Kontamination [Limited Edition]

Haemoth | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 29, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition
• Label: Southern Lord
• ASIN: B000BKDO5W
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #454,146 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Foiled

2. When the Blood Turns Black

3. Kontamination (Nothing But Hated)

4. Poisoned Mind

5. Famished

6. Stigma Diabolikum

7. Dependance

8. Hoersion

9. Defects & Perversion

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great raw Black Metal from France, September 20, 2006

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Vorthog (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kontamination (Audio CD)

Haemoth are a Black Metal duo hailing from France. Although they've put out a couple of other albums, this is the first of their work readily available on this side of the Atlantic.

If asked to describe their sound, I would say their raw, kitchen-blender-turned-on-high guitar sound reminds me of early Gorgoroth, 1349, and fellow Frenchmen Antaeus, and the highly distorted Black Metal vocals bring to mind San Francisco's Crebain.

I was actually surprised to find this available here on Amazon because I'd say that these guys are pretty underground-style Black Metal, and far from the Dimmu-influenced mainstream.

Haemoth are fond of beginning songs with quiet and eerie little instrumental interludes -- then hitting you over the head with a sudden vicious surprise Black Metal crescendo attack.

The final 3 tracks are taken from their 2004 split with Nemeton, and I find them even more satisfyingly raw than the rest.

So if you like bands still putting out what I would call true Black Metal like Sargeist, Pest, Tsjuder, Urgehal and 1349, I would say this is definitely worth checking out.

-- But hurry, this disc is a limited edition of only 2000 copies!