The Negation – Paths of Obedience (2013)

Arriving from French Black Metal horde The Negation, today we have their debut full-length release titled “Paths of Obedience”. Featuring a relentless Black Metal onslaught, this album provides more evidence of the resurgent French Black Metal scene that has produced bands like Glorior Belli, Merrimack, Vorkreist and countless others. Filled with intensity and atmospheric sickness, this release is one hell of a ride.

Opening with the punishing “Red Wrath”, the band immediately jumps into war mode with bestial drumming, incisive riffing, and demoralizing vocals. Mixing high-octane drumming with relentless guitars, the band brings devastation to the table since the first minute. The release gets more and more punishing as tracks like “Erased”, “One Good”, and “Lost For Ever” steamroll through the listener.

The sickening and slower paced atmospheric brilliance of songs like “Last Rites” give that certain Gorgoroth depravedness to the music… and we love it. With a very refined sound, The Negation has no problem crafting bestial onslaughts that are full of hate and melody like our favorite “In Agony”. The band has a knack for delivering high-intensity passages with a hefty dose of no-gimmicks atmosphere thrown into the mix.

As the French Black Metal scene keeps growing and more bands start to get noticed, we are quite pleased with how relentless and savage The Negation sounds. With Black Metal bands being a dime a dozen, this horde really stands out with their debut full-length release “Paths of Obedience”. If you like your Black Metal to be well produced but have that raw and savage vibe of the 90’s, look no further and pick up a copy of this beast.

Label: Mortis Humanae Productions

Release: December 24th, 2013

Genre: Black Metal

Country: France