Ultimate Death Worship [Import]

Limbonic Art (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 29, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
• ASIN: B00006J9LQ
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #828,420 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mechanical production and in many ways a repetition, January 24, 2003

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"[e-mail]" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultimate Death Worship (Audio CD)

Three years have gone with the wind since Limbonic Art issued their last full-length album, "Ad Noctum - Dinasty of Death", many listeners were disappointed with that particular album in what concerns the unearth of Black Metal's vital elements, the raw sounding guitars and most of all the ravelling insanity of the entire piece which left aside the (until that moment) prominent use of the keyboard passages; others, on the contrary, instantly acclaimed the aforementioned album as the best in this duo much hailed career...
In some aspects I feel inclined to report that "The Ultimate Death Worship" might be grasped, in certain moments, as a repetition of proves already firmly given by the band on previous albums. I'm sure many purists might not agree with me on this particular observation, but what's done is done, and art has no boundaries I believe. Even the cover layout/artwork tends to repeat itself or at least fall into a slightest over-explored territory; it sure was innovative during "Moon in the Scorpio" or "In Abhorrence Dementia"-era, but nowadays I feel it doesn't actually provoke any visual or esthetical sensation at all. Though, competency and the adequate musical craftsmanship is something Limbonic Art don't miss, their dependence upon the characteristic swirling keyboards is something any cautious Black Metal listener can easily recognise (I would even go deeper stating that this is the element which brought Limbonic Art to the forefront and pushed them to another level, their extra dimension, the place where they stand now). Morfeus surely knows how to explore the atmospheric side of the music which is, as I've mentioned, still the main focus of the song-structures along with the astonishing guitar riffs which blend together to form an ultra harmonic accompaniment, or if you prefer the contra-face to Daemon's ferocious and much emphasised vocal shrieks.
For me the mechanical production is straightway the main down-point here. Too stereotypical, flat, and the overall sound is not very clear (read: the instruments well-defined on the mix), and this factor considerably ruins the most audible part of the record, it seems you're just hit by a massive wave of distortion, fuzz and undefined wind, keyboards, voices, etc. In a way, the essence of the music is lost for not being sufficiently polished and the grim beauty is also lost among the trembling guitar patterns and low-drum echoes; however, if you've enjoyed "Ad Noctum - Dinasty of Death" specially for this reason, it won't be a reason to complain about.
Ultimately, "The Ultimate Death Worship" will not exactly redefine the modus operandi for Black Metal, as perhaps the first two Limbonic Art records did, still they once again done a smash up job replete with some talented guitar work and perhaps sufficiently convincing for the great majority of Black Metal listeners.
Abyss Magazine @ Nuno M. [CR]

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Music.... Not So Great Production, September 20, 2002

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Azrael (Lake Forest, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultimate Death Worship (Audio CD)

I've been anticipating this album for a while conidering that Limbonic Art, despite their rather underground status, has produced some phenomenal work in their time. After listening to it, I've been both pleased and irritated at the same time. Apparently Daemon & Morpheus decided to opt for a more raw approach to their music with this album, which is fine. There does not seem to be quite as much synth and orchestration as in previous albums (In Abhorrence Dementia, for example), simply more straight up metal. I found this to actually be an upside because the album is more listenable in terms of being able to jam to it in its more stripped down glory. However, the BIG downside to this album (at least in my opinion) is the fact that the production quality is relatively horrible and disappointing. It's not quite as bad as say... Ministry's "Dark Side of the Spoon" album which sounded like it was recorded in a tin can or sewer pipe, but it's relatively close. It also does not sound like it was equalized as well as it could have been. There are many parts where there's a kind of ambient sounding openor to a song with lots of bass, then the bass just seems to drop out as soon as the song truly begins and the kick drums don't seem to have much of an impact. The real problem may have been that there was simply too much sound going on to get a crystal clear sound out of the recording, but given the technological advances today (and previous works with EXCELLENT production, such as Zyklon, along the same kind of sound), the fact that there is TOO much sound should not be a real excuse. Only if they maybe recorded it in MONO would this seem to be an acceptable problem. At any rate, another upside to the album is that is has a lot of interesting samples and spooky, dark moods. The beginning of the song "Towards the Oblivion of Dreams" sounds like something out of the movie Donny Darko. Also, a few of the songs do just rock so hard you have to enjoy the CD. On a downside, a number of tracks aren't really songs but more like ambient noise with talk-overs. This is okay, I suppose, but it just makes you think that such tracks could have been replaced by music more along the lines of the rest of the album.

I give this release 3 stars because the songwriting is great and the mood is great, but the production leaves a bit to be desired and a few tracks could have been more promising/productive. If you're just getting into this band, I would suggest checking out "In Abhorrence Dementia" before you get this album.

4.0 out of 5 stars Killer limbo album, March 31, 2004

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progpatron01 "progpatron01" (mn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultimate Death Worship (Audio CD)

Probobly the most brutal work from these norwigen masters of symphonic black metal, fast paced, raw, very very evil. Damons vocals are better than ever. Not many guitar solos tho :[ some of the best songs limbo has ever written \m/