VRAG - Renduletlenul
Filosofem Records
Well some full disclosure here, this my first time checking out VRAG. Then again not a lot of newer Hungarian Black Metal comes my way and Filosofem Records is a label out of Hungary. Hopefully I'll rectify that in the future. But anyways VRAG is a one man Black Metal act. The one man is Vrag (aka: Roland Neubauer) who sings and performs all instruments. Here's a photo of the guy. Imagine hiking through the woods and you meet up with him? Hell you would rather bump into Bigfoot or a Dogman.
Be that as it may VRAG has been around since 2010. In that time there's been some demos released, compilations and some split releases. It wasn't until 2014 when Vrag got his game on to release a full length which was Mourningwood which came out on Dark East Productions. Renduletlenul is now the fourth full length by VRAG and the second one on this label.
Musically I have to be honest when I was listening to the opening title cut I'm thinking OK this is straight up early 90's BM in sound. It's like that generic take on early 90's Norwegian BM as opposed to the stuff from Eastern Europe at the same time. But hey I like it because it fits the bill as far me being a BM fan. Look when it comes to Black Metal, 99.9% of the time I wanna hear something cold, cruel and hateful.
This six song release by VRAG fits the bill with classic icy tremolo picked riffs. The drumming is super exciting. And the vocals are a like a raspy reptilian quality. The song structures move from harsh reality to melodic atmospheric touches. VRAG navigates the harsh and beauty perfectly. There's some ambient touches which are not boring time consuming stretches.
In the end I really like this album a lot. I mean sound-wise it can sit next to any of the older stuff and feel comfortable being there. The production is great as in not mainstream commercial or wannabe kvlt low fi crap. It's just a great record which means I've gotta go buy this band's back catalog. Nuff Said!
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LISTEN HERE:
https://vraghungary.bandcamp.com/album/rend-letlen-l
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