(Black Metal / Gothic Metal) Nightfall - Astron Black And The Thirty Tyrants - 2010, APE (image+.cue+scans) lossless

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TITLE "Astron Black And The Thirty Tyrants"
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PERFORMER "Nightfall"
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TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Astron Black"
PERFORMER "Nightfall"
INDEX 01 00:37:45
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "Astronomica/Saturnian Moon"
PERFORMER "Nightfall"
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TRACK 04 AUDIO
TITLE "Astra Planeta/We Chose The Sun"
PERFORMER "Nightfall"
INDEX 01 09:07:54
TRACK 05 AUDIO
TITLE "Ambassador Of Mass"
PERFORMER "Nightfall"
INDEX 01 13:51:43
TRACK 06 AUDIO
TITLE "The Criterion"
PERFORMER "Nightfall"
INDEX 01 18:26:28
TRACK 07 AUDIO
TITLE "Asebeia"
PERFORMER "Nightfall"
INDEX 01 21:39:51
TRACK 08 AUDIO
TITLE "I-I"
PERFORMER "Nightfall"
INDEX 01 25:56:37
TRACK 09 AUDIO
TITLE "Archon Basilews"
PERFORMER "Nightfall"
INDEX 01 27:11:31
TRACK 10 AUDIO
TITLE "Proxima Centawry/Dead Bodies"
PERFORMER "Nightfall"
INDEX 01 30:39:72
TRACK 11 AUDIO
TITLE "The Thirty Tyrants"
PERFORMER "Nightfall"
INDEX 01 35:24:26
TRACK 12 AUDIO
TITLE "Epsilon Lyrae"
PERFORMER "Nightfall"
INDEX 01 39:35:55

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genuine as their Scandinavian congenial souls, but they added a personal zest to the music. The refined Greek culture and Hellenic roots always shone through in lyrics and music of these leading echelons of the south.
Now we find ourselves in an era when strong personalities step back in seclusion for a while, to come up with a new constellation, a new album and a new label after some years. It became timorously silent around Nightfall after their 2005 release ‘Lyssa: Rural Gods And Astonishing Punishments’. Vocalist/composer Efthimis Karadimas felt the need for a sabbatical time. Rumours around the split increased when other members went for a new future in bands like Nile, Rotting Christ and Firewind.
The four years voluntary exile of Efthimis has made his vocals even more intense, his poetic lyrics grew in depth and his musical pallet grew richer. In these days, Nightfall turned into an international outfit. In addition to our moving spirit and keyboardist Stathis Kassios, German drummer Jörg Uken has settled in a pivotal position in the band, because he is the main force at the Soundlodge Studios, the place where most of the material was recorded and produced. The American guitarist Evan Hensley excels in massive riffing, but also magnificent, melodic leads. Another salient feature is the cosmic consciousness in the lyrics, far beyond trendy flirting with Odin (even if mythology is always respected).
How this newest creative process finally ended up in a renewed encounter with Nightfall might be a subjective experience for every one, yet I can put frankly that it turned into a fantastic, top notch Nightfall album. Those who already knew the band can purchase this blindly. Those who still have doubts… read on. A mysterious intro with planetary chants is the intro to the heavy ‘Astron Black’. This is melodic black, graced with wealthy keyboard layers, with momentum. However, without having that nervous hectic character of most of the new bands. Epic is the core word, while the intelligible, rough vocals always remain as familiar thing. Mark the classical piano outro. Tight and vortex-like is ‘Astronomica/Saturnian Moon’. By its symphonic nature and clean vocals, this track will grandly appeal to Borknagar fans. We prick our ears during the beautiful, emotive guitar solo at the beginning of ‘Astra Planeta/We Chose The Sun’. Loads of phasing (distortion) and cosmic chants end up in a captivating experience, while the spoken sentence “We are about to fall” keeps hammering in our minds. ‘Ambassador Of Mass’ – they have shot a video clip for it – has such a marvellous guitar solo as well, although this song soon focuses on tightness and mauling excellence. This is a good example of the talent of drummer Jörg Uken, who achieves merciless speed without any problems, probably due to his thrash/death metal background. But Nightfall does not forget to add some catchiness. In this respect, ‘The Criterion’ and ‘Archon Basileus’ can be seen as a reference to the times when they brought in some gothic and even industrial elements in the music. The latter part of the album shows even more grandness and bombast, without losing any heaviness. The symphonic background is enriched with choirs in ‘The Thirty Tyrants’, while complex structures are sublimated with infectious choruses. In addition to that, ‘Astron Black And The Thirty Tyrants’ has an overwhelming production.
If this is not a new start with Metal Blade that opens the eyes of the world for this majestic band, then the world is lost and we can only point our desperate gaze to the stars. Obligatory purchase for those who love intelligent, extreme and inciting metal with deep draught lyrics!
Review written by Vera for www.lordsofmetal.nl

One of Greece's longest-running underground forces in extreme metal, Nightfall is primarily driven by vocalist/bassist/keyboard player Efthimis Karadimas, who first founded the group in his native Athens at the dawn of '90s. Released in 1992, the group's Parade into Centuries debut was steeped in the then-popular doom/death metal style, and figured among the first international releases of note from any Greek metal band. It also featured guitarists Mike Galiatsos and Christian Adamou and drummer Costas Savidis, all of whom returned a year later to work on the more experimental Macabre Sunsets L.P.
Nightfall then embarked on the first of many increasingly more successful European tours, adding George Aspiotis (samples/keyboards) to the mix while issuing continually high-quality releases like the Eons Aura EP, their third album, Athenian Echoes (both 1995) and 1997's provocative Lesbian Show. As acclaimed as it was controversial, this album paved the way for 1999's more gothic metal-oriented Electronegative EP and the Diva Futura LP, which featured new drummer Mark Cross.
Except for a 2001 performance at the Wacken Festival, nothing else was heard from Nightfall until 2003, when Karadimas and a new lineup consisting of guitarists George Bokos and Bob Gatsionis, and drummer George Kollias finally reappeared with the I Am Jesus opus.