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Greek trio Naer Mataron was founded in 1994 and this is their 6th studio album. This time Greek letters are shown on the cover, they mean Long Life Death.
With an atmospheric intro they start into the album, the spoken words are done by an unnamed woman... Actually it's the title track. Then they dive into the album full of fast tunes, due to the vocals of Kaiadas the songs get a death metal-edge. Partly the guitar is going death metal, too. But then there are true black metal passages, I think purists will have a hard time getting into this.... Personally I think they are stronger when they ease off a bit - like at some parts of I Am Lucifer, Messenger Of Your Death. For a moment the guitar at Parade Into Centuries reminds me of some post black metal stuff... But mainly they stick to the black-ish sound and only the growls add a different flavor. A decent album, all songs on the same level... I miss something which really sticks out, but perhaps that's just me - again.
Black metal purists won't enjoy Naer Mataron's album, but everybody who likes death metal as well as black metal should give it a try. Vinyl lovers should be quick, coz the vinyl edition is limited to 333 copies!
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