{"id":3660,"date":"2011-09-11T18:30:01","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T22:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=3660"},"modified":"2011-09-11T18:30:01","modified_gmt":"2011-09-11T22:30:01","slug":"t-o-m-b-total-occultic-mechanical-blasphemy-ii-cd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=3660","title":{"rendered":"T.O.M.B. – Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy II CD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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T.O.M.B. – Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy II CD<\/p>\n

Fall Of Nature Records<\/a><\/p>\n

Firmly rooted in a black metal motif, TOMB presents \u201cTotal Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy II\u201d, a compilation collecting TOMB\u2019s \u201cSacrilegium\u201d and \u201cBlack Crypt Worship\u201d along with the unreleased album \u201cDungeon Sessions\u201d. While the imagery here may come off as somewhat corny and overdone, \u201cTotal Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy II\u201d is a solid experimental and black noise album. With vicious, distorted vocals in a typical depressive black style, TOMB explores black metal ideals while heavily branching out into more industrial and experimental themes. While I can\u2019t say that he\u2019s entirely bending genres, as these sounds flow into one another very naturally, the sound is excellent and dismal.<\/p>\n

The driving percussion on \u201cTotal Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy II\u201d is the mainstay of most of the tracks. Utilizing a sound that could be described as martial industrial, tracks like Omnipotent Slaughter<\/em> and Black Crypt Worship<\/em> blend seamlessly with the atmospheric, blackened tone. The album has harsh noise tracks interspersed throughout and act as great interludes. What strikes me is that even though \u201cTotal Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy II\u201d is technically a compilation, the mood here shifts as the album progresses. While the first half is more blackened, the last half (especially on Sonic Majik Experiment<\/em>) takes on a wispy, dark ambient feel but doesn\u2019t sacrifice the malevolent ambiance.<\/p>\n

The mix of lo-fi black and harsh noise, martial industrial, and even blackened krautrock (similar to Aluk Todolo) create a sound that is balanced and not at all overshadowed by the overall black metal theme. While some might be hard pressed to take this seriously due to the nature of the admittedly corny \u201ctrve kvlt black fucking metal\u201d mentality, \u201cTotal Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy II\u201d is a solid, blackened and hate-filled experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Composition:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sounds:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Production Quality:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Concept:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Packaging:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Overall Rating:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

T.O.M.B. – Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy II CD
\nFall Of Nature Records
\nFirmly rooted in a black metal motif, TOMB presents \u201cTotal Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy II\u201d, a compilation collecting TOMB\u2019s \u201cSacrilegium\u201d and \u201cBlack Crypt Worship\u201d along with the unreleased album \u201cDungeon Sessions\u201d. While the imagery here may come off as somewhat corny and overdone, \u201cTotal Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy II\u201d is a solid experimental and black noise album. With vicious, distorted vocals in a typical depressive black style, TOMB explores black metal ideals while heavily branching out into more industrial and experimental themes. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","category-webzine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3662,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3660\/revisions\/3662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}