Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales / Emperor's Return

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Free Music Notes for Morbid Tales / Emperor's Return

Free Music Review: Forever Morbid...
Hit: 5 Stars

The opus begins with the sounds of either demons arising from The Pit, or souls descending into Hell, you pick your choice, as the intro to Into The Crypts of Rays {or what it would purportedly sound like therein}, a punching song utilizing double-bass and a distinguishable rhythm accompanied by echoing Swedish accent vocals that is actually discernable; the lingering guitars in minor chords you can feel in your bones are brutally heavy  virtually uncomparable, bestowing a Power Metal edge. In fact, overall, Celtic Frost can be seen as a mix of Power Metal and Death Metal masterfully intermingled. Visions of Mortality, Dethroned Emperor {with strains floating deeply in the air}; title track Morbid Tales asks the question: "Are you morbid?" ; Circle of The Tyrants reminds Me of a dark council gathering in a doom-filled blackened world; Procreation of The Wicked alludes to Infernal Progeny, and is a favorite to contemplate the continuation of ones legacy upon The Black Earth  demonic intercourse to, as one devilish superstition asserts, to multiply within the beings of the mortals likened the morbid tales of dark angels replicating according to the number 666 {666x2=1332, 666x3=1998, etc., devils upon the earth, possessing souls for Satan, until the heavenly realms themselves are toppled}; Return to The Eve is a moderately-paced number about chaos, delivered from the fetters of light to evolve beyond delusion, unto the ultimate reality of darkness  A somber female voice graces a portion within the interim, causing quite a remarkable dichotomy, intensifying the cantible manifold. Danse Macabre {also a book by Stephen King} is another one of those superbly sublime sound-effects pieces which could be perfectly applicable for a Lust Ritual  a voice passionately repeats "Come to mecome to me" to the sounds of a female voice in the throes of ecstatic orgasmic bliss, dissonant pizzicato violins and howling winds as well as the ubiquitous music box, which as we know, portends madness, resounds as an undercurrent throughout  quite a memorable and outstanding piece; as the song fades, Nocturnal Fear explodes forth, with Warrior projecting a staple vocal effect sounding as if being struck in the chest with a sonic iron fist, followed by what has to be one of the absolute heaviest moments in electric guitar history  two guitars grinding together launches Suicidal Winds with plenty of feedback to boot. Visual Aggression is one of the faster songs on this album remarking on the state of the world today.

Morbid Tales is indeed a timeless creation that just keeps on getting better.

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