Certain labels offer you a certain kind of sound, & it’s rad to have labels you know you can always count on to put out splendid shit. For my raw American black metal injections, I dig the way that RHINOCERVS always comes through with quality product. One of their most recent releases is a split tape between Odz Manouk/Tukaaria; both of these bands show & prove to the highest degree! I can’t front, Tukaaria destroy boundaries with the way they create their type of black metal. Yeah, it’s primitive as cave drawings, but it’s also cycodelic & experimental without being corny at all! What stands out to me is their guitar work, it’s fucking phenomenal. It reminds me of an executioner’s axe whipping through the wind. Tukaaria are masters at creating deviant melody with different layers of angst & demonic harmony. It’s their punk rock underbelly, wrapped around the stench of death, that really makes me say, fucking hell this band is super. Tukaaria are also necromancers in the way they reach out & touch me with corpse hands that are filled with disgusting emotion, and the touch is warm with hate despite being dead. One thing that Tukaaria does not lack is originality – their songwriting skills will get you hooked & you will want another dose! Odz Manouk is on some next shit too, from the very first moment of their song “The Scavenger,” you will be forced to hear what I mean. The strange noises that are a part of this song are a total head fuck. They offer a demented dash of melody in this composition, plus there is this eerie feeling of cold-blooded rage that will draw you in. The real glue to the song is the cyco sounding choral voices that come in & out of “The Scavenger”. “The Sloth” starts with a rad sleazy riff that will have Satan’s helpers banging their horns in unison. Right before your ears the songs transform into ancient evol with almost a doom aura, plus the vocals on this track a murder unto themselves. Actually the ultimate slaughter happens when the song speeds up into the degenerate whirlwind of untainted anger. Odz Manouk/Tukaaria wreck fucking shop with this release, everything about it makes me want to know my primal self more.
Fallen Empire
July 30, 2011 at 8:06 pm
Release of the year for me. Both bands featured on this compilation: http://svn-okklt.blogspot.com/2011/07/svn-okklt-altar-of-dissonance.html