Ah, your heart opens up … ABKEHR from Germany have put the Petruskreuz on their cover. You all know that out of respect for Jesus, Peter allowed himself to be crucified upside down. I feel a deep love in the sight … Just a second … Admittedly, it is presented in a very abstract way, but it seems to me that it is supposed to represent the Son of Man. Ah, I’m stupid … Sorry! I always have problems with square and round things. I’m holding the CD upside down, right? If I turn it around, the flap swings open from left to right! Yes, Lecko mio, do you know what that means ?! There’s a crucifix on its head! We push the cover aside very quickly – not that Mr Söder comes around the corner with a hot roast in his paw, that the good bite gets stuck in his throat at the sight of the motif and he collapses on my desk with a gasp! Then it is said again that the bad foreigners are even more dangerous than Black Metal – THE Take off your shoe I me NOT an!
The intern should now hand me my monocle and a soft drink of his choice! I I have to work now.
PLAY!
“I“: My dear Herr Gesangsverein! The first song is a real death ride in the truck, straight down the hellhole! Atmospheric dense, but not overloaded with keyboard sounds! This song eats the listener skin and hair as if his name were Audrey II – “Feed me, Seymour! Feed me!”
“II“Is really good on its own, but it pales a little next to its predecessor, especially because it moves a little more into more classic Black Metal patterns. Raash screeches the corpse paint of the skull facade in an excellent way for our venerable Stormbringer cleaning lady, but for provided the element of surprise “I“.
“III“creates tension, because after the monotonous knocking at the beginning, the hosts of hell gradually gather in a backyard near you! The musical waves rise hypnotically and smooth themselves out again, which makes you feel taken on an odyssey. Angina pectoris shouts.
On the fourth song (you never guess its name!), “IV“One notices clearly that ABKEHR snatched the empty jug of wine from the confessor and pulled it over his head!” Grandpa, you drank the fine stuff away by yourself! “
DEPARTURE hate conjures up a flesh-eating mist for 83 seconds before the real tirades of hate are released from the drums and throat. Climax!
You should make your earlobes available to DEPARTURE when you are addicted to black metal. Unfortunately there is currently (status: 2.04.21) no up-to-date, freely available material about “In Blut”, neither on Youtube, nor on Bandcamp or anywhere else, that I could link to you as an audio sample. Be patient a little longer and have a look if you are interested HERE after updates.
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