Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone - Akercocke

The Goat Of Mendes - Akercocke

Building on the foundations of its predecessor Rape of the B*stard Nazarene , Akercocke s 2001 album The Goat Of Mendes is an excercise in ominous and shape-shifting black metal with death metal elements, merging lethargic and majestic sounding guitar riffs, dramatic and lamenting clean singing and dissonant, gothic-sounding passages with chugging, groove-ridden death metal sections, dementedly fast and melodic solos and a mix of incredibly intense rasping screams and extremely low and guttural growls, accompanied here and there by poignant strains of cello, werewolf-like howls, evil and portentous sounding synths and passages of male and female moans of ecstasy. As ...

Choronzon - Akercocke

an acolyte of his, naked and on all fours and a leash, through the Morroccan desert, stopping to summon Choronzon within a circle of salt before roundly trouncing him. Akercocke s third full length sees the band move more into death metal territory, eschewing the rough, course, treble-heavy production of previous album The Goat of Mendes in favour of a much bigger, bassier and more crunchy production here that goes well with the album s mix of furious, high-speed riffing and blasting and its manacing, drawn out doomy passages. Satanically themed as always, the songs tend to twist and turn, gradually evolving throughout their duration, building slowly in portentous ...

Antichrist - Akercocke

I ve been a fan of Akercocke for many years now, probably since the release of Goat of Mendes, the following 2 albums were brilliant and Akercocke definitely forged their own unique sound, style and presence in the black/death metal scene. This album, to me, is a natural progression for Akercocke, with their trademark blast beating, Viscious growls and screams, a good dose of electronica and a crap load of Satanism thrown in for good measure. I have seen these guys live countless times at the Underworld in Camden, awesome venue, and everytime, they deliver. These guys have really put themselves up with the best alongside their bretheren from the rest of Europe, ...