Style: Religious black metal
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Thoughts: I'm not getting into the history of this band. That is better discussed elsewhere. This entry will focus solely on this album and nothing else.
Hospodi is an incredibly powerful album. It mixes well produced black metal with the atmosphere of a Catholic mass. This is a combination that has been done multiple times in the past, and I swear I'm a sucker for it every time.
When the band starts chanting "Hallelujah" in Dziewiatyj Czas I'm done, the album has swept me away and I'm completely caught up in the bands spell. The same thing happens when the band goes to full speed in Wieczernia. The chants and combined with tremolo picking make me stop everything I'm doing and go "wow..."
Not every song has one of these moments in it, but there are enough here that this album routinely gives me pause. It's full of moments that make me take a step back and realize how powerful music can be when done correctly, and boy howdy it's done correctly here.
I can't get enough of this. I know that it's a very decisive album, and I will let people think what they will of this. For me though this thing hits all the right notes and evokes an atmosphere that few other albums have.
Written May 9th 2024
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