If you want black metal than you should check the black
metal band coming from Finland named Endzeit. This black force is very young
but don’t take that as a weakness. Born in late 2012 from the deepest ruins of
human failures this group portraits the decay of life, happiness and absence of
future in their ‘Years of Hunger’ EP. All this feelings are exhumed through
their post-apocalyptic metal influenced by the downfall of the city of Detroit
where modern capitalism has failed.
Endzeit is a project by Niksus Polaris (guitar) that
recruited Schwarz (vocals), Samuli (drums) and Pyry (bass). This project is
simple to understand – raw black metal with no more to it. Many may argue that
the sound brings nothing new to the genre but that’s the idea. If one chooses
to play pure black metal there’s not much to do except keeping the roots and at
doing so Endzeit shows the spirit. What would be expected from these black
metallers? Flourishes? Diversions? Progressions? Something new? Well, too bad!
That’s not what this band is about. The true essence of black metal is the
style displayed by Endzeit and there’s no better way to deal with the themes
presented by the group.
‘Inception’ is the Intro of the EP and the song really takes
you in a voyage through ruins and chaos. It’s the perfect start for the concept
of the work. This music prepares the listener for what lies ahead with an
ambiance created essentially by the military-like drumming.
‘Hunger’ is a 5 minutes piece and what this song does is
dictate the overall of the EP. A solid and strong song containing the purest
essence of black metal one can find. If the world were to end today this would
be a good track to follow the destruction of humanity.
The 3rd song entitled ‘Godless’ is even better. At this
moment ‘Years of Hunger’ shows an energy that evolves in a crescendo. I especially
like a passage that begins at 3:05 with a breakdown followed by an agressive
entry of drums. Honey for the ears as we portuguese say (“mel para os
ouvidos”).
The next song called ‘Life?’ starts with a more melodic
atmosphere created by the guitars and by the chants in the background of the
music. To me this song is a bit much in terms of time. With 6:43 minutes I was
expecting more from the band. The fact is that the music turns a bit boring at
some point. Still it’s a good one.
Last but not least comes the song ‘The Dawn no more rises’.
The song is actually pretty brutal displaying almost 4 minutes of furious black
metal. In this cover Endzeit was able to capture the substance of “Dark
Funeral” without losing their personality. 5 stars cover!
To conclude Endzeit is an old school band demonstrating that
the Finnish metal scene is also hard and heavy and that raw black metal is
awesome as it is. For its simplicity and purity ‘Years of Hunger’ is suited to
any lover of the genre and it’s an excelente fucking EP. Check it out and rock
on \m/.
One melee with the words, ideas and its paradoxes... albuns that are news, the reviews at "HeavyHardMetalmania.net", always with its watermark, Pedro Ribeiro, with love for beer... sorry, music from an early age, he studied piano and singing from 7 to 14 years, then, devoted himself to the study of the guitar for 5 years. "The wisdom is found in the extremes, all extreme Metal here!"
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