Pure, primitive, cult, home recorded evil...
Verräter: two discs, twenty two tracks, one hundred and forty three minutes of buzzing, howling, pummelling black metal. Think Burzum, Darkthrone, Immortal, but with all sorts of weird twists and sonic surprises. Sure, LEVIATHAN is grimmer than grim metal that the frost & forest lords of Norway should bow down to, but it's also pure expression unfettered by genre restraints, although informed and inspired by them. Like Weakling, Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra, Caacrinolas, Potentiam, Enslaved, and other of the more unique and category-defying black metal bands, this is not just one for fans of black metal! It's dark, weird, noisy, disturbing art embodying one man's twisted vision, that should be heard by anyone into avantgarde, experimental, psycically and physically powerful rock music.
From blasting howling fury to moody ambient blackness to off kilter weirdness to droning riffery to soul crushing heaviness. What's truly remarkable is that one man, playing all the instruments himself, and recording at home, can evoke such strong emotions and invoke such musical demons.
Original, evil, hateful, misanthropic, bizarre and truly black metal...
For "Verräter", the first official LEVIATHAN release, we went through the 13 full length self-released cassettes and cd-r's Leviathan had recorded since 1998 (as of today that number has already leapt to 15!) to try and compile a good overview, but we couldn't quite whittle it down enough so one disc, thankfully became two (we were even batting around the idea of a box set!) with the first disc representing the more recently recorded stuff, while disc two contains the older, raw-er material.
Set to follow in the sizeable footsteps of SF black metal legends Weakling (R.I.P.) breathing new life into the grim (not in a good way) SF metal scene, while poised to assume the throne left vacant by band after band peddling cliched and tired, overrated and unoriginal bullshit. "Verräter" is beyond just black metal, it's a collection of utterly brutal, truly innovative, and completely soul crushing musical blackness...
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Leviathan sole-proprietor Wrest is considered to be one of the most prolific and most creative beings within the black metal scene. Already holding an extensive repertoire to his modus-operandi, from his countless demos (which include the monstrous Verrater release) and other unearthly creations, ever since the Moribund Cult released the Leviathan official debut album, The Tenth Sublevel Of Suicide, Wrest has indeed spearheaded Leviathan as one of the most dominant forces in the extreme music scene, this solidified with the genre defying Tentacles Of Whorror release. While maintaining black metals true spirit, and at the same time, throwing the rule book out the window, the musical spectrum that Leviathan covers goes much beyond the typical and standard black metal paradigm. Sure the inherent influences are coherent, but by adding more layers and substance to Leviathans music, Wrest conjures up a chilling and malevolent aura akin to the likes of such other acts like The Swans, Fields Of The Nephihim, Tangerine Dream, The Cure (Pornography era), and that feeling one gets when listening to obscure 70s prog. The vision that Wrest (black metals answer to Robert Fripp) has created with Leviathan is immense to say the least. One that is worthy of total worship
