Khors - Wisdom of Centuries
This is one of those bands that I’ve always had trouble keeping track of. Their releases were invariably hard to get, mostly because Khors had been tagged as Nazis at some point. The band maintains that they are non-political, but their early releases were on Oriana Music, the label of Nokturnal Mortum. Once Nokturnal Mortum came out as being NS, every other band on that label was considered NS too. Khors has evolved quite a bit over the years, honing their sound from their early Emperor/Graveland worship with Folk elements, to a more solid Atmospheric Black Metal sound. I’ve seen quite a number of negative reviews concerning this album, centering mostly around the fact that longtime fans thought their last album was better. The other complaints I heard about this record related to the length (it was too short), and to the fact that there are only four actual songs out of the eight tracks on this CD. Four of the tracks are atmospheric interludes and are generally quite short (between one and a half and three minutes). The actual songs are pretty epic in length, being between six and nine minutes each. Reviewed in a vacuum, this album is actually pretty good. The music is dark, melancholic and has a ton of atmosphere. The playing is tight and the sound on Wisdom of Centuries is very clear. Given what I’m hearing, I have a hard time believing that this band’s last album was actually better than this. I haven’t heard it yet, so that may indeed be the case here. Still, I wouldn’t call this a dud. The songs are well written and well played. This isn’t Khors releasing the equivalent of St. Anger by a long shot. This is a solid Atmospheric Black Metal album written and played by a band that knows what they’re doing. Some fans might be disappointed, but I really enjoyed Wisdom of Centuries.
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