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    Armageddon Holocaust

    In Total Destruction

    (2000)

    Reviewed by Marco Povervest

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    Label THT ProductionsArt for the Ears2000
    black metaldeath metalgrindcore

    Destruction Metal is what they call it themselves. Armageddon Holocaust appears to be a project of the combined forces of the Dark Doktor (from Bealiah) and the Dark Thriller, both from Indonesia. What they've made is an extreme black metal piece consisting of twelve tracks describing the darker moments of human history yet to come. The production by Jefray Arwadi (from Kekal) is treble-emphasized creating a primitive sound. Along with depressing dark melodies and a cracking vocal style they remind me a bit of the Horde album though this record sounds more aggressive and nasty. On Countdown To Destruction you can hear violent and dark music with distant noises like the noises from a pigsty. One of the better cuts on In Total Destruction is Seven Bowls Of Destruction. The drums bore me constantly though as they sound like a drummachine at full speed all the time. For those who want it here's some morbid music to scare your friends off.

    Other coverage for this album

    Dead Zine 2000Reviewed by Orc-CleaverI had read a lot of Armageddon Holocaust reviews so I kind of knew what to expect when I got this. Besides Horde, there isn't a lot of good Christian black metal cds out there so I wanted to see how this measured up. "Apokalyptic Metal" is an accurate depiction of the music and lyrics. Very raw and nasty black metal in the vein of Dark Funeral, Horde and other old-school bands. Basically if you…Dead Zine 2000Reviewed by NecRoSarXThis is probably for the serious black metal fans only. And when I say "black metal", I mean the classic shrill, bombastic guitar-and-drum attack melded with the spooky black metal shriek typical of Horde and Kekal. Which means, if you're into the diversity and artistic neo-black metal that Extol and Vaakevandring craft, then you might get a bit bored with Armageddon Holocaust. Anyway, the…Dead Zine 2000Reviewed by GrindboyLet me start by saying that I'm glad I waited a bit to review this, because it has grown on me quite a bit since my first listen. While a long way from a black metal classic, this album is better than it sounds. The guitar sound on this disc is very thin, the drum machine is as annoying as possible, and just on the whole this is not a professional sounding recording. All that almost made me miss…Dead Zine 2000Reviewed by D_ListerTHT Productions brings us a CD...finally. A full length CD in a pretty nice looking insert by an extremely extreme Black Metal band called Armageddon Holocaust. Production quality here is very low, ala Horde type, but the music is seriously cutting edge. Yes the face of Christian black metal is changing and it's bands like this that are forging ahead. 12 tracks of self proclaimed "Apokalyptic…

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