Root - Heritage of Satan
Root has been around forever. I remember hearing about this band when I first started listening to Black Metal’s second wave (Bathory, Venom and Mercyful Fate were part of the first wave, for the younger kids out there). Hell Symphony and Zjeveni / The Revelation were both considered cult releases even back then. They formed in 1987 and like many bands from that era, Root has their influences coming from old Heavy Metal and Hard Rock. There are elements of newer Black Metal thrown in, but the riffing is definitely old Metal in style. The album is a mixed bag of songs with some kicking ass, such as “In Nomine Sathanas” (which is not a Venom cover, by the way), and others just being weird, such as “Son of Satan.” The one thing consistent about Heritage of Satan is that there is no musical consistency. The songs are all over the place and you go from good song to bad song seemingly at random. The vocals are everywhere, going from the standard Black Metal style to a more Cronos-inspired Hardcore style, to some gravelly clean stuff. Like the music, you never really know what you’re going to get from one song to the next. I don’t mind changing things up but this is just too chaotic for my taste. There is no musical direction other than a general overarching “Black Heavy Metal” banner. On an individual basis, most of these songs aren’t bad, but when listened to in context of a full-length album, the inconsistency sinks this.
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Jon Konrath said:
This band is so old, they have a login on the first unix machine.
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