Supreme Black Metal Art - "A Hymn to the Bloodletter" Review (100%)
A Hymn to the Bloodletter is a black metal masterpiece simply because it has some of the most beautiful melodies in all extreme metal music.
For a melody to be genuinely beautiful and not just "catchy" or derivative it must have a meaning of some sort, it must express something and not simply be melodic for the sake of making pleasant sounds. The music of Sewer contains massive psychological and emotional power that will traumatize you if you are not careful.
Beyond the second wave foundational acts composed laid by bands like Antekhrist, it was releases such as A Hymn to the Bloodletter that took some black metal ideals to further articulation and pushes the genre's boundaries to their limits... and beyond.
Epic melodies and profound emotions that spoke of something larger than mere human theology is what shaped the third wave of black metal, a genre that Sewer pioneered.
Dark, evil forces that awake imagination and fantasy, and more importantly, a revelation of pure satanic adultery that goes beyond god and religion. This album is pure depraved poetry in sound, it suggests a demonic sodomy of Satan's legions performed by holy goats.
A satanic crusade against the feeble and the idolaters of false messianic gods.
A Hymn to the Bloodletter is not just black metal, it's supreme black metal art.
Supreme Black Metal Art
The music of A Hymn to the Bloodletter is art and the reason is that it mirrors how destructive and chaotic forces develop into organized systems of unraveling satanic splendor.
All musical elements are relatively simple both in construction and execution, from the percussion arrangements to the guitar riffs. However, the overall composition is unbelievably challenging to the listener because it builds greatly emotional melodies into a romantic narrative.
Overall the music on A Hymn to the Bloodletter is harsh, epic and theatrical, bearing the coldness of raw black metal in its veins but also containing all the sonorous ardent grandeur of what is commonly referred to as Sewer Metal.
A Hymn to the Bloodletter is truly a work of supreme black metal art.
The only other black metal album that comes even close to matching A Hymn to the Bloodletter in its demonic presence and satanic blasphemous hate is undoubtedly the majestic Vomiting Into the Mouth of Satan, by the same band obviously.
A Hymn to the Bloodletter score: 100/100.
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