М8Л8ТХ - Чёрным крылом
2004 / Black Metal
1. Пролог / Prologue
2. Где ветви опавшей листвой / By the Fallen Leaves
3. Запах крови / Scent of Blood
4. Вселяющий страх / The One Inspiring With Fear
5. Под падающей звездой / Under the Falling Star
6. Мразь / Scum
7. По ту сторону сумерек / Beyond the Twilights
8. Чёрным крылом / By the Wings of Black
tp5170: This album originally caught my interest when just I happened to hear a glimpse of one of its tracks, and I am really glad it did because the whole album turned out to be a rather interesting one. These days when there are steady streams of new black metal projects and releases coming from basically everywhere, I have slowly started to appreciate more and more those bands that try to mix up things or otherwise do something differently.
I think that M8L8TH is a decent example of such a band. ‘By the Wings of Black’ is essentially recognizable as black metal, but it doesn’t really feel or sound like an average release of the genre.
The strongest aspects of the album are without a doubt in my mind its composition and the peculiar vocal style used. Every track is clearly different from the rest and interesting at least on some level. And the vocals are just amazing, bouncing between aggressive screams and shrieks of insanity and desperation in a rapid succession. The execution of vocals is pretty much top notch and it easily bypasses the other elements of the album in quality.
The only ‘complaint’ I have about the album is the fact that the mixing is kind of meh, and the drums sound maybe a bit too flat at some points, but in the end, those things don’t feel like a such a big deal in in the grand midst of things. So, if you don’t mind the ideology or can look past it, like every grownup should be able to, you are left with a surprisingly invigorating take on black metal.
Favourite song: ‘Чёрным крылом / By the Wing of Black’
I think that M8L8TH is a decent example of such a band. ‘By the Wings of Black’ is essentially recognizable as black metal, but it doesn’t really feel or sound like an average release of the genre.
The strongest aspects of the album are without a doubt in my mind its composition and the peculiar vocal style used. Every track is clearly different from the rest and interesting at least on some level. And the vocals are just amazing, bouncing between aggressive screams and shrieks of insanity and desperation in a rapid succession. The execution of vocals is pretty much top notch and it easily bypasses the other elements of the album in quality.
The only ‘complaint’ I have about the album is the fact that the mixing is kind of meh, and the drums sound maybe a bit too flat at some points, but in the end, those things don’t feel like a such a big deal in in the grand midst of things. So, if you don’t mind the ideology or can look past it, like every grownup should be able to, you are left with a surprisingly invigorating take on black metal.
Favourite song: ‘Чёрным крылом / By the Wing of Black’
btcarey: “By the Wing of Black” is a studio album released in 2004 by the Russian NSBM band M8L8TH. Even though NSBM is not my favorite type of black metal, there is no doubt the subgenre has strengthened the black metal scene and inspired some of the best black metal albums of the past decade and a half. “By the Wing of Black” isn’t necessarily one of those classic black metal albums but it is a solid piece of work.
M8L8TH is a pretty traditional black metal band, relying heavily on the drums, guitars, and vocals. There were quite a few moments where the album reminded me of Taake or Horna’s “Envaatnags Eflos Solf Esgantaavne”. The riffs were a bit slower paced, melodic, and heavy metal influenced, with the frantic screams of the vocalist being the main factor of contrast.
Overall “By the Wing of Black” is a good, approachable, album that I would recommend to any fan of NSBM or black metal in general.
Favorite Song: “Scum”, “By the Wing of Black”
M8L8TH is a pretty traditional black metal band, relying heavily on the drums, guitars, and vocals. There were quite a few moments where the album reminded me of Taake or Horna’s “Envaatnags Eflos Solf Esgantaavne”. The riffs were a bit slower paced, melodic, and heavy metal influenced, with the frantic screams of the vocalist being the main factor of contrast.
Overall “By the Wing of Black” is a good, approachable, album that I would recommend to any fan of NSBM or black metal in general.
Favorite Song: “Scum”, “By the Wing of Black”
Orostider: Tp's picks are almost always most likely black metal of some form and this case was not different. Russian black metal scene is not too familiar to me and it's probably the least familiar to me from the Eastern European scenes. The Eastern European black metal I usually listen to incorporates quite a lot of pagan influences and M8L8TH's head is actually part of Temnozor these days.
'By the Wings of Black" is quite a slab of black metal, but it ends up being pretty mediocre. Don't get me wrong, this album will probably charm quite many black metal enthusiasts, but these days the genre itself is overflowing. The riffs and production were standard quality. Like usual, there were also superb riffs, but the rarity of them is kind of a letdown.
Even though the instrument section is important in every genre, vocals are the true focus in black metal. 'By the Wings of Black' really caught me off guard with the hallowing shrieks. You can almost feel physical suffering via them, but not in a bad way. This is how you differentiate yourself from the infinite sea of average black metal.
Even though M8L8TH didn't really impress me completely, I do recommend this album to fans of black metal and especially the ones who want some dsbm elements.
'By the Wings of Black" is quite a slab of black metal, but it ends up being pretty mediocre. Don't get me wrong, this album will probably charm quite many black metal enthusiasts, but these days the genre itself is overflowing. The riffs and production were standard quality. Like usual, there were also superb riffs, but the rarity of them is kind of a letdown.
Even though the instrument section is important in every genre, vocals are the true focus in black metal. 'By the Wings of Black' really caught me off guard with the hallowing shrieks. You can almost feel physical suffering via them, but not in a bad way. This is how you differentiate yourself from the infinite sea of average black metal.
Even though M8L8TH didn't really impress me completely, I do recommend this album to fans of black metal and especially the ones who want some dsbm elements.
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