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Liberation

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This CD is just awe inspiringly dark, fast and evil black metal. The vocals are perfect, the guitars are lightning fast and Frost is probably the best drummer in black metal, from Satyricon to this band. They could have sped this up but i could have faith that theyre really that good. The production is not like darkthrone like everyone is saying, its exactly like Ulver's Nattens Madrigal, making those buzz sawing riffs and high snares all throughout the CD, and the arrangements and riffs are like Marduk, so i think those are the two similarities to other bands from 1349. It is a perfectly brutal, war-like black metal CD, if you like panzer division and Nattens Madrigal, get this as fast as you can.

This 10 track cd will quite simply blow you away. From the outset the album is pure black carnage with brutal speed. Riders Of The Apocalypse is a fantastic tune, heavy, harsh and yet brought together well by the lyrics. My favourite track off the album is Legion, simple misanphropic style lyrics with charging music to back it up with a very 'march like' feel to it. Some of the tracks on this album are a little dissapointing but overall the songs that are good are worth the album cost alone.

Just got my copy of this a few days ago. I've spinned this disc at least 5 times since then, and nothing seems to impress me. I love black metal(usually the primitive sort), and love Frost's drumming, but this album justs goes down sour! There a few fleeting moments(track 3), but other than, it leaves me cold(and not in a good way). If you are a fan of hyperblast death black metal(Marduk, Setherial, Dark Funeral), then you might like this. One good thing, the vocals, sound exactly like Satyr. I'm still hoping it latches on to me later, I hate wasting money on CD's!!!!!

Among all the reviewers, has no one considered that this CD's inhuman speed and strange timbral appearance may stem from cheating? 1349 sound exactly like when I used to play my late 80s Sodom cassettes with "high speed dubbing" for the fun of it. Beyond the shadow of a doubting Thomas these guys allowed themselves a little hoax in that what we're hearing runs slightly faster than what was initially performed.

That doesn't make "Liberation" bad in any way... parody or not, this over-the-top version of Darkthrone is definetely a full-fledged black metal album having me ravished with grimness!

Do you tink that BLACK METAL is stupid?

Because you can't understand the lyrics and the music is really way too fast in order to understand anything about it?

This is one of the worst black metal albums I've ever bought. I hate saying it here, becasue these guys are very talented. Frost rips it up, but I don't know if I've ever heard a disc with so little passion. The guitar sound BAAADDD, and not in a cool black metal way. This album sounds like a caricature of all the worst traits of black metal. I think that's the best way to put it.