Furia "Martwa Polska Jesień" CD Digipack

6-panel slipcase digipack

What we have here is six tracks of raging chaos and melody from polish horde, Furia. I never had the pleasure to listen the older project of these guys, Massemord, but from what I read I assume it must some kind of straightforward black metal entity. Furia ain't for the fainthearted either: melodic black metal riffs in the vein of Taake's "...Bjoergvin..." are played mercilessly upon a carpet of blasting drums and neckbreaking tempo changes. With that being said, this album shows some truly original solutions in terms of songwriting, which I found really clever; you can tell these guys are professionals who perfected their craft before unleashing this opus. For example, not only guitars manage to sound epic without being cheesy, they also play something pretty diverse for black metal standards; at times they show some kind of folk and rock influence, which gives a "modern" touch to these sounds of old. As you could expect, through "Martwa Polska Jesien" we get much mayhem but also some nice acoustic interludes, which add to the sorrowful, tragic atmosphere of the whole. Thanks to the good production, you'll be able to understand every note that's being played in the songs despite them being black metal; that's why the bass gets to play a larger role than usual. Luckily, it is undoubtedly well-played and manages to be creative in its own way, not simply following what the guitar dictates. And did I mention that the vocals kill? Cause they do. Nihil, also guitarist and mastermind of the band, crafts his grunts and screams with heartbreaking intensity; he just sounds so enraged and proud, spitting those words in his mothertongue. His delivery is also pretty atypical; at times he reminds me of an angry polish Kvarforth, just forget the suicidal tendencies and add some frenzied berserker spice.
I can't really point out any kind of weakness in this album, nor can I name a track that's significantly better than the others; the whole album is killer black metal material, floating between the best of both old and new school. My most profound greetings to Furia, who created an epic jewel with almost no flaws.

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