Triumph Of Mercy-Sadly the most looked down upon release by Mortification. This was released after main man behind the band Steve Rowe was overcoming a sarcoma that almost made his life seem inevitably grim. But God said it wasn't time for him to go, and he made a full recovery. This is his thanks and praise to God that he kept him alive to spread the gospel and word through music. The music on the CD is overall not bad, but not the best of Mortification's material either. There are 2 really good songs on the album; "Influence" and "Raw Is The Stonewood Temple". The rest really get lost in the mind and sound alot like the ones off of the hammer of God and relentless albums. Reccommended for fans of: Mortification. Overall Rating: 6.6/10
Rare Trax-This is a compilation i made of extremely rare and raw material released by Zao in their early stages. The disk ranges from whole live sets to unreleased songs to demo versions of songs later to be released on "The Funeral Of God" and other albums. This is really only for true Zao fans due to the rawness and sheer rareness of the material of this compilation i created. Reccomended for fans of: early Zao. Overall Rating: 4/10
Lebedynyy Shiyakh (The Swan Road)-The project continued from bands like Hate Forest, Blood Of Kingu, and Astrofaes. The release is like a really atmospheric, even more folk influenced, alter ego to Hate Forest. The material on this album is alot more tame than Hate Forest and even some of the other Drudkh releases. Recommended to fans of: Atmospheric Black, Black Ambient, Hate Forest, Into The Woods, Astrofaes, Agalloch, Opeth. Overall Rating: 6.3/10
Welterwerk-A very fun proggy tech black metal release. The album has alot of industrial and death over/undertones. The guitar in each song bounces around on very technical riffs that can be compared to an uptight version of techdeath greats Demilich. The band seems like they would have a completely awesome stage performance. They dress up in WWII soldier uniforms and seem to have made this more of a theme for their band as the time grows on. Recommended for fans of: Aspiration & Demilich. Overall Rating: 7.8/10
Legendary-Alot of the time i wonder why the hell i even bought this release. I really from upon compilation releases unless it is a compilation of all of a bands demos on one/two CDs. The only reason i can think is because 3 previously unreleased songs (which i happen to have on my rare trax compilation anyway) were added onto the end of the release. What was exciting is that most of the songs on this greatest hits compilations though is the fact that i like almost every single song on the release and they are ironically my favorite ones from each album (even before i bought this). Recommended for fans of: People who are just being introduced to Zao and metalcore, As I Lay Dying, Becoming The Archetype, Solid State Record's bands. Overall Rating: 9/10
Triumph Of Mercy-Sadly the most looked down upon release by Mortification. This was released after main man behind the band Steve Rowe was overcoming a sarcoma that almost made his life seem inevitably grim. But God said it wasn't time for him to go, and he made a full recovery. This is his thanks and praise to God that he kept him alive to spread the gospel and word through music. The music on the CD is overall not bad, but not the best of Mortification's material either. There are 2 really good songs on the album; "Influence" and "Raw Is The Stonewood Temple". The rest really get lost in the mind and sound alot like the ones off of the hammer of God and relentless albums. Reccommended for fans of: Mortification. Overall Rating: 6.6/10
Rare Trax-This is a compilation i made of extremely rare and raw material released by Zao in their early stages. The disk ranges from whole live sets to unreleased songs to demo versions of songs later to be released on "The Funeral Of God" and other albums. This is really only for true Zao fans due to the rawness and sheer rareness of the material of this compilation i created. Reccomended for fans of: early Zao. Overall Rating: 4/10
Lebedynyy Shiyakh (The Swan Road)-The project continued from bands like Hate Forest, Blood Of Kingu, and Astrofaes. The release is like a really atmospheric, even more folk influenced, alter ego to Hate Forest. The material on this album is alot more tame than Hate Forest and even some of the other Drudkh releases. Recommended to fans of: Atmospheric Black, Black Ambient, Hate Forest, Into The Woods, Astrofaes, Agalloch, Opeth. Overall Rating: 6.3/10
Welterwerk-A very fun proggy tech black metal release. The album has alot of industrial and death over/undertones. The guitar in each song bounces around on very technical riffs that can be compared to an uptight version of techdeath greats Demilich. The band seems like they would have a completely awesome stage performance. They dress up in WWII soldier uniforms and seem to have made this more of a theme for their band as the time grows on. Recommended for fans of: Aspiration & Demilich. Overall Rating: 7.8/10
Legendary-Alot of the time i wonder why the hell i even bought this release. I really from upon compilation releases unless it is a compilation of all of a bands demos on one/two CDs. The only reason i can think is because 3 previously unreleased songs (which i happen to have on my rare trax compilation anyway) were added onto the end of the release. What was exciting is that most of the songs on this greatest hits compilations though is the fact that i like almost every single song on the release and they are ironically my favorite ones from each album (even before i bought this). Recommended for fans of: People who are just being introduced to Zao and metalcore, As I Lay Dying, Becoming The Archetype, Solid State Record's bands. Overall Rating: 9/10
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