- Release Info -
Artist: Neaera
Album: Omnicide: Creation Unleashed
Label: Metalblade
Playtime: 44:02 min
Genre: Metal
URL: http://www.metalblade.com
Rip date: 2009-05-24
Street date: 2009-05-26
Size: 78.28 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 236 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
- Release Notes -
M³nster, Westphalia, Germany, summer of 2003: Tobias Buck, guitarist of the
death/grind band Malzan, forms a side project in order to pursue his interest
in hardcore and Swedish death metal. The original line-up, consisting of
Buck, Sebastian Heldt, Benny Hilleke, and Benjamin Donath, is quickly
assembled, and, just before the debut show, The Ninth Gate was chosen as the
bandÆs name. Soon after this show, the band is joined by guitarist Stefan
Keller, whose death meta influences and heavy riff ideas further enrich the
creative output of the young group.
April 2nd, 2004: Less than a year after the bandÆs inception and only a few
months into the bandÆs existence in its present line-up, The Ninth Gate were
offered a recording contract by Metal Blade Records, literally making the
five youngstersÆ dreams come true. Understanding that a new name is needed to
replace the old moniker, which had been born more out of necessity than
anything else, the quintet starts brainstorming, and soon emerges with a name
that represents the bandÆs philosophy as a whole. The name is that of a
character from Greek mythology, a woman who was sold into sexual slavery,
being proscribed, oppressed and exploited all her life. This woman was named
Neaera.
Fast forward to 2009: the band has played thousands of shows in hundreds of
countries with a slew of their peers, including a full European tour with As
I Lay Dying and the supporting slot on the Heaven Shall Burn cd release tour.
TheyÆve played all of the prominent European festivals: Wacken, Summer
Breeze, With Full Force, etc. Armamentarium debuted at 65 on the charts in
Germany and Neaera has since extended their deal with Metal Blade Records and
are preparing to release their fourth album, Omnicide - Creation Unleashed.
In January 2009 the band entered Rape of Harmonies Studio to record Omnicide
- Creation Unleashed, with producer Alexander Dietz at the helm. Mixing and
mastering was handled by world-famous metal mastering wiz, Zeuss, who gives
this aural behemoth his usual seal of excellence.
The spawn of the Neaera, ROH, Zeuss collaboration is a 10-track beast of a
record that captures the essence of what the band is about: brutal mosh
parts, aggressive blasts and fierce melodies make for an album that has ''pit
havoc'' written all over it. Lyrically, Neaera stick to their guns, combining
socially and politically relevant topics with self-reflective and more
personal-based approaches.
The artwork for the album was once again done by one of the bandÆs good
friends, Terje Johnsen, who managed to perfectly capture the gloomy vibe with
the cover art for the last album, Armamentarium. Once again, Terje created an
amazing image and booklet that perfectly blend in with the brutality of the
album title and the harshness of the lyrics.
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. I Loathe ( 4:34)
02. Prey to Anguish ( 4:36)
03. The Wretched of The Earth ( 3:49)
04. Grave New World ( 4:01)
05. Age of Hunger ( 4:57)
06. Caesura ( 4:20)
07. Omnicide ( 4:21)
08. In Near Ruins ( 4:46)
09. The Nothing Doctrine ( 4:38)
10. I Am The Rape ( 4:00)
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