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Aryan Terrorism - War

This is Garbage - 5%

psychoticnicholai, October 3rd, 2017

This is probably the biggest piece of shit to ever come out of the Ukrainian black metal scene. I already knew about Varggoth's disgusting NS worldview when finding out about Nokturnal Mortum, but I never heard him take it very far beyond a few token lyrics, even on the musically slapshod and noticeably racist-symbol-covered album NeChrist. This is, like most Nazi music, about pushing their retarded agenda moreso than actually making decent music and it shows as this is repetitive, simplistic, sycophantic, propagandist, boring, and insufferably bad black metal with abysmal production and even worse songwriting as everything is lunkheaded and boring. There is some variation from song to song, but for the most part, it's primitive and unengaging to the point where you forget what you're listening to unless it happens to be unusually bad.

There is a reason for all of this being so garbage, and it has to do with the fact that unlike Nokturnal Mortum which is known for grand melodies and massive, powerful soundscapes, Aryan Terrorism is supposed to be primitive, raw-ass black metal with a strong ethos of bad far-right punk (hatecore). As such, this music is as simple and braindead as these guys could have made it. Everything is done with only a minimum of effort and the guitars are very sloppy. The first song begins and you think it's going to be filthy and punishing for about the first two minutes and then it just turns out to be filthy, and not in a good way. It just ends up being just shoddy and boring with the simplest riffs and tremolos possible repeated over and over while trying to sound gritty with Varggoth shrieking his polemics at the top of his lungs like a pissed off goblin. This whole album reeks of laziness. This is so lazy that one of their songs rips off a Burzum riff. "Our Banner Swastika!" rips off and butchers the riff from "Stemmen Fra Taarnet" to make it come with less of a punch. This obvious lack of giving a shit causes any music to suffer, but this just seems even more insulting than usual. Especially as these two dolts probably think of themselves as "übermenschen".

The only songs with any memorability on War are the ones remembered for being particularly wretched and worthless. "Crush the Lies" is hilariously horrid with these clowns calling out other black metal bands and just calling them "gay" and "perverts". That's right, this is a black metal diss track. I can already hear you groaning. The funniest parts of the song include where he tries to tell us why Marduk are "businessmen" and just calls them "Motherfuckers Division Marduk" like some meat-headed gym class bully. He just slings insults and sexual slurs everywhere like a posturing child. Other funny bits include him calling Cradle of Filth "perverts" for some reason, and accusing Isahn and Emperor of becoming Israelis. That's right, Varggoth and Saturious shit on one the bands that probably influenced Nokturnal Mortum the most in this shitty, plodding gag of a song. Another notable stinker is "A National Socialistic Call" where this turns into straight up punk rock and tries to be bouncy while screaming racist slogans about "niggers" in the corniest and most irritating way possible. These songs are the most memorable songs that Aryan Terrorism can offer and they are memorable for being terrible. The rest is just bland, badly performed black metal with brain-dead Nazism strewn all throughout the lyrics which have grammar worse than an old Sarcófago song with none of the heat.

Stay away from this garbage. You've got dull, sloppy guitars, Varggoth screaming idiotic diatribes like a drunk who never shuts up, lyrics that are just as brain-dead as you'd expect from Neo-Nazis, as well as a songwriting style that is just beyond simple and uncreative. If repetition, simple riffs, racism, and being an idiot are attractive ideas to you, then this is something you might enjoy. However, the sane among us would be quick to stay away from this plodding pile of goat vomit. Variation is minimal and this does nothing to either get or keep your interest. This is just repulsive and boring. I'm glad that this band isn't around anymore, and Varggoth and Saturious went back to making some music of actual merit in Nokturnal Mortum instead of embarrassing themselves with this crappy propaganda.