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Kratornas has been around since 1995 has released a countless number of demos, Ep’s and split albums before releasing their first full-length album “Over the Fourth Part of the Earth” back in 2007. While the band’s style is nothing new or original, it will surely turn heads because of its brutality and restless drumming.

Using buzz-saw sounding guitars, this album features 50 minutes of aural brutality that is very rarely equaled by other bands. Having clear Black Metal influences in the riffing, the guitar work is obscured by the weird selection of FX/distortion used. I have to say that this release features a very thick sound that will take a while for your ears to get used to if you don’t usually listen to this style of music.

While some people might argue that this album is bad and it sounds like shit, well it’s all part of the band’s creative force. You should not expect a ‘pretty’ sounding album; you are in for a trip straight to hell. However, the only beef we have with the production is that the overlaying of the drums is very brute and sound like a beat box on overdrive.

The vocals vary from all kinds of hellish whispers, shrieks and some deeper sounding growls, making them very diverse and perfectly fitting for this band’s music. There are some parts where you can actually get hints of melody, providing a nice breathing time between the songs.

For a band playing this style of music we have to recognize that most songs are indeed very long (over 5 minutes each) and do get somewhat repetitive, but you are drawn back to brutal sections that will make your neck snap if you headbang too much.

If you like raw and brutal sounding music, you are missing out if you never heard of Kratornas. “The Corroding Age of Wounds” is a very intense second full-length release from this band that should not go un-noticed by people wanting to find extreme releases.

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P?yta trwa 50 minut, bior?c pod uwag? fakt, ?e praktycznie przez ca?y czas jest to rze?nia wydawa? si? mo?e, ?e “The Corriding Age Of Wounds” jest ci??kostrawne. Nie jest, ale pod warunkiem ?e si? podejdzie do tego z dobrym podej?ciem. Zwolennicy przeró?nych urozmaice? w brutalnej muzyce mog? sobie to podarowa?. Za to fani surowego, brutalnego i blu?nierczego metalu powinni by? zachwyceni. Dobra robota, Bruno.

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Lo stile é definibile come un misto tra il black metal più blasfemo e violento di matrice sudamericana ed un grind gracchiante e corrosivo, che va ad imbastardire un riffing venato a tratti anche da certo thrash tagliente ed assassino. Il risultato finale é oscuro e brutale, gradevolmente caotico e crudele, ma, per lunghi tratti, gli spunti interessanti latitano e la personalità pure. I principali riferimenti compositivi possono essere individuati in gruppi come Goatpenis, Enbilulugugal, Botulistum o i canadesi Lust, per la componente vagamente noisy presente nei pezzi, senza trascurare le influenze provenienti dai più classici Revenge, Impiety e Blasphemy.

Di fatto questo é un disco che funziona soltanto a tratti e che sarebbe stato probabilmente più fluido se i pezzi avessero avuto una durata minore, se fossero stati più concentrati e meno dispersivi. In alcuni momenti però (ad esempio l’iniziale “Beasts From The Sea” o la tellurica “Interstellar Doom”, forse la canzone migliore del lotto), i nostri riescono nell’intento di torturare a dovere i padiglioni auricolari dell’ascoltatore ed allora sembra davvero di essere al cospetto di una sorta di versione black dei primi Carcass.

Ma si tratta di un’impressione fugace, che dura lo spazio di un paio di episodi e che non vale a salvare l’album da una sufficienza poco più che risicata. Ovviamente, se cercate furia omicida a go-go in salsa black/grind, questo lavoro non potrà lasciarvi indifferenti, ma se andate alla ricerca dei veri capolavori del genere riscoprite i primi dischi degli Impaled Nazarene e non potrete non notare la differenza tra chi inventa e chi si limita a riproporre, come un buon artigiano, idee altrui.

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Come molte delle realtà di quella zona asiatica, Kratornas propone un black metal fortemente influenzato da elementi death, anzi più precisamente grindcore.

Si tratta quindi di musica velocissima, caratterizzata da una batteria che è più simile ad un martello pneumatico. I riff di chitarra sono anch’essi molto veloci, ma non come la drum machine, che a tratti sembra, non fuori tempo, ma decisamente poco orecchiabile.

Il lato “grind” lo sentiamo, oltre che nei ritmi frenetici della musica, nelle parti vocali, dove è presente il solito misto di gorgogli e voci in screm.

Indubbiamente, si tratta di un lavoro potente e devastante, supportato da una buona produzione.

Tuttavia manca l’intensità, le emozioni; si tratta insomma di un disco freddo e meccanico,che non trasmette niente all’ascoltatore, se non una cieca violenza.

Alla lunga, le canzoni si somigliano e si confondono un po’ troppo fra di loro: diventa così difficile che rimangano in testa di chi le ascolta.
“The Corroding Age of Wounds” è insomma un disco per fanatici del sound violento, di quelli che apprezzano Impiety e simili. Dubito possa interessare ad altri.

Autore: {Mirror}

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There are a lot of very catchy guitar riffs on here most of which are fast but there are a few instances in songs like “Three Unclean Spirits,” and “Darkness And Dusk,“ where it slows down but still manages to keep that destructive vibe. There are also a lot of instances in songs like “Flood Of Fire,“ when the drums and bass will stop for a couple seconds and the guitar will play a real killer riff.

The drums do a lot of blast beats but there are some other techniques used so its not just one nonstop blast beat. The album starts off with the track “Beasts From The Sea,” and it does a great job of grabbing your attention right off that bat and the album does not let up until its over. “Beasts From the Sea,” starts off some high pitched guitars that set a dark atmosphere then a fast riff is played and the destruction begins.

All in al this is one bad ass release. Its filled up to the brim with aggressive music that will put you in the mood to rip someone’s head off. While each song is pretty awesome and has its own unique sound the ones that stick out most are “Beasts From The Sea,” “On Dying Aeons,” “Flood Of Fire,” and the chock full of different of guitar riffs “Interstellar Doom.” I would highly recommend this album to fans of bands like Impiety, Early krisiun early morbid angel, and Nifelheim.

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Krachfetischisten werden aber voll auf ihre Kosten kommen, hier regiert der Charme der alten Schule, nicht nur aufgrund der eingestreuten fiepigen Slayer-Soli-Abrisse, sondern auch wegen der chaotischen, irrwitzigen Grundstimmung des Albums. Technisch einwandfreie Produktion, glattgebügelte Strukturen, harmonisches Klangbild? Zum Glück Fehlanzeige. Der Gesang ist zwar ein wenig verfremdet, boxt sich aber nichtsdestotrotz vehement seinen Weg durch den Soundturm. In “Interstellar Doom” gibt’s dann noch einen kurzen Ausflug in technisch vertracktere Gefilde, ehe wieder der Black/Thrash-Dampfhammer regiert. Für Anhänger von Sadiztik Impaler und Konsorten sehr empfehlenswert!

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Don’t get me wrong, if you’re in for a good bit of mindless debauchery, Kratornas is all game. Sole member “Bruno Zamora” does knows how to go all-out. On The Corroding Age Of Wounds, he set set his drum computer to ‘blast inhumanely fast’ and hooked it up with a sterile and dry sound for extra viciousness. He spews his filth threw shrieks and croaks and throws out one high-speed noise-riff after another. For the icing on the cake, he must’ve thought, “I’ll mix in the occasional blistering shredfest-solo á la a drunk Kerry King in the background, and my nihilistic sonic manifesto is complete!

Well, unfortunately that doesn’t work as well as you’d imagine. Is it corrosive? Certainly. Utterly extreme? Undeniably. Incredibly intense? Not so much. Why not? Because it lacks songwriting that captures and embraces the listener. It’s too sterile, perhaps, but certainly too samey and dull. After metal really went extreme in the eighties, people like Mr. Zamora needs to realize that mere speed and distortion just doesn’t cut it anymore. We need new ideas, innovators and new musical concepts if we want to keep pushing the boundaries of extreme music. Music like this is impressive only to the inexperienced. Save a few catchy parts scattered around, largely forgettable.

Performance: 7
Songwriting: 5
Originality: 5
Production: 6

RATING: 6.0

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Automatisch heb je bepaalde verwachtingen bij een plaat uit een niet regulier metalland. Bij mij gingen deze verwachtingen deels op. De black metal van Kratornas is namelijk zo primitief als mijn oma’s houtkachel en veel muzikale verrassingen zijn er op deze plaat niet te vinden. Slecht is het echter beslist niet. Het extreem ratelende en soms donderende drumwerk (machinegun-blasts?) in combinatie met een 1349-gitaarsound bevalt me erg goed. Of de drumcomputer hier van dienst is weet ik niet, maar het klinkt in ieder geval best overtuigend. Op vocaal gebied geeft Zamora me soms een Absu-gevoel, maar verdere raakvlakken met die band blijven uit. Voor de rest is dit rauw, veelal snel en soms warrig. Kenmerkend is het chaotische gitaargepiel in bijvoorbeeld Three Unclean Spirits en de doorgaans repeterende riffs die dit album een fikse brok agressie meegeven. Helaas duurt dit album met vijftig minuten gewoonweg te lang. Daar is deze muziek niet op gebouwd en de riffs zijn daar niet interessant genoeg voor.

Geen slecht werk van deze heer, boven verwachting zelfs. Fans van furieuze black metal zonder nieuwerwetse fratsen moeten dit echt eens checken. Ik wil Zamora adviseren meer herkenningspunten aan zijn muziek toe te voegen, dan blijft het langer
boeien.

Review by: Martijn van den Beukel
Score: 72/100

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