Dark Fortress - Profane Genocidal Creations (2003/2017) [Official Digital Download]

Musically, Dark Fortress were still under heavy influence from 90’s greats such as Emperor, Satyricon, Dissection, and Enslaved at that time, so feel invited to discover a chapter of German black metal history in its ultimate form. This is the third release of black metal outfit Dark Fortress, and the first album of theirs I have heard. Though it usually takes me a listen or so to actually get into a lot of black metal, "Profane Genocidal Creations" hit me immediately, and from the first time I heard it, it went on heavy rotation in my CD player. With this release, they combine the acoustic passages in the vein of Dissection, with black metal in the style of mid-years Emperor and early Satyricon. And for a black metal album, it is produced very well, with production most similar to Dissection's. The tone of the acoustic production is set very well, and works very well with the songs with the way the passages are arranged. They accomplish the same with the keyboard sections, as opposed to the keyboards taking over as the primary instrument, and laying down nothing but a simplistic classical composition (tonic subdominant dominant tonic), rather they write very well, and pay attention to its overall place in the mix itself.

Tracklist:

01. Introduction (2017 remaster)
02. Defiance of Death (2017 remaster)
03. Passage to Extinction (2017 remaster)
04. In Morte Aeternitas (2017 remaster)
05. Moribound Be Thy Creation (2017 remaster)
06. Through Ages of War (2017 remaster)
07. Blood of the Templars (2017 remaster)
08. Warlord (Face the Angel of Pestilence) (2017 remaster)
09. Battles Rage in the Infernal Depth (2017 remaster)
10. A Fortress Dark (2017 remaster)
11. I Am the Black Wizards (2017 remaster)
12. Eye of the Greyhound (2017 remaster)



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