Piarevaracien/Nad Krajem Braslauskich Aziorau/Crush The Desert Records/Werewolf Promotion/2019 CD Review

  Piarevaracien  are  a  band  from  Belarus  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  and  on  this  recording  plays  a  folk  orientated  folk  of  pagan  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2019  album  "Nad  Krajem  Braslashkich  Aziorau"  which  was  released  as  a  joint  effort  between  Crush  The  Desert  Records and  Werewolf  Promotion.

A  very  heavy  and  melodic  sound  starts  off  the  album  while  folk  instruments  also  mix  in  with  the  heavier  sections  of  the  music  at  times.  When  guitar  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  are  done  in a   very  melodic  along  with  all  of  the  musical  instruments  having  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  Rough  sounding  pagan  vocals  are  also  added  into  some  parts  of  the  music  while  the  vocals  also  mix  in  a  great  amount  of  crazy  sounding  black  metal  screams.  Clean  playing  can  also  be  heard  on  some  of  the  tracks  along  with  some  very  clear  and  melodic  vocals  also  being  introduced  briefly  as  the  album  progresses.

  Spoken  word  parts  can  also  be  heard  in  some  parts  of  the recording  along  with  the  riffs  also  adding  in  a  decent  amount  of  melody at  times  and  most  of  the  music  sticks  to  either  a  slow  or  mid  tempo  direction  while  one  track  shows  the  music  speeding  up  briefly  and  adding  in  a  small  amount  of  blast  beats  as  well  as  all  of  the  songs  sounding  different  from  each  other.  The  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  are  written  in  Belorussian  and  cover  Paganism,  Patriotism  and  Nature  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  album  from    Piarevaracien  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  folk  orientated  pagan  black  metal,  you  should  check  out this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Ad  Naradzennia"  and  "Pusteca".  8  out  of  10.

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Piarevaracien Interview

1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording and release of the new album?
1. We’ve been working on our next release. It is never stopping process because PIAREVARACIEN has got a lot of stuff to work with.   

2.In June you had released a new album, how would you describe the musical sound of the new recording and also how does it differ from the stuff you have released in the past?
2. We are satisfied with the sound on our new album «U Pošukach Pačatku Tych Šlachoŭ». We would say it became more clear and precise than it was on previous releases (excluding our experimental work «Spadčyna / Heritage») thanked to a new sound master we cooperate with.
The guitars sound deep and firm, but acoustic parts are also well readable. The bass and drums section sounds also stable and harshly – that’s what we like most if we talk about the sound.

3.In March you also recorded an album that was done in more of a folk music direction, how would you compare playing this style to the heavier style that you have played on most of the other releases?
3. To be precise, the album «Spadčyna / Heritage» was released in March, but it had been recorded much earlier. We planned the stuff on «Spadčyna / Heritage» for split with a folk-band from Lithuania, but it turned up later to be a separate experimental album.
Playing Metal is more usual to PIAREVARACIEN than playing Folk music, but recording of «Spadčyna / Heritage» was easier to us, because we just played instruments, the main accent was performed by guest singers. Nevertheless playing, composing and working on music of a different style was very interesting to us, so it was a great experience.

4.On the metal album the concept was about war while on the acoustic album the concept was about time and seasons, can you tell us a little bit more about the lyrical content of the newer music?
4. The lyrics of «U Pošukach Pačatku Tych Šlachoŭ» (translated as «Searching for the beginning of those ways») refer to a whole story and divided into 7 chapters. The story is dedicated to such topics as war, heroism, patriotism, nationalism, love and death, historical events that took place in our lands. It's devoted to a collective character of a soldier who depicts all perished people of all time. The story is represented as short descriptions in the booklet.

5.From 2012 up to 2016 there was no music being released, can you tell us a little bit more about what was going on during that time span?
5. For the past 4 years we have changed the line-up, played at some local gigs, worked on the stuff and recorded «Spadčyna / Heritage» and «U Pošukach Pačatku Tych Šlachoŭ» LP albums, recorded a cover version «Der Scharlachrote Tod» for ABSURD tribute (released in  2014) and recorded stuff for an unreleased yet 4-ways split.

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?
6. Right now we are preparing our performance for a Pagan Festival in Lithuania «Menuo Juodaragis» which will be hold in August. We don’t play frequently, so after the festival we will focus on work in studio again.

7.The newer music was released on 'Crush The Desert Records' are you happy with the support that they have given you so far?
7. We have been working with «Crush The Desert» for a long time and they released our three albums for now:
«If no Sun» (2011)
«Spadčyna / Heritage» (2016)
«U Pošukach Pačatku Tych Šlachoŭ» (2016)

«Crush The Desert» helped us to record «If no Sun» and they make some artwork for our releases. We also satisfied with their attitude and we are of the same views concerning the modern world, which is also very important to us if we speak about a label to be released by.



8.Over the years a lot of your lyrics have covered 'Belarusian Paganism' which is not as well known as some of the other Slavic, Nordic or European cultures, do you feel a lot of the outside or political influences over the centuries have done a great amount of damage to the culture of your country?
8. Belarusian Paganism is not the main theme of our lyrics literally as one could think. But Paganism to us is Belarus, its Nature, its language, White culture, traditional family, our ambitions and goals, etc.
But on the other hand we believe that people must return to their roots. Any religion is an instrument to brainwash people’s mind, when Traditional belief is a thread which connects you and your ancestors both spiritually and physically.
While their religions tell them get on knees and watch their homelands dying infested by hordes of “refugees”, tolerant faggots, corrupted politicians and other freaks, only voice of blood will arouse White peoples’ conscience to confront that madness and take our lands back.

9.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of black and pagan metal?
9. To be honest, we don’t know the situation very well, but we have some contacts with comrades from Russia, Ukraine, Serbia, France, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, US, Indonesia… and we know that there are some people who like our music. Though we are not a well-known band at all. 

10.Do any of the band members also participate in any other bands or musical projects these days?
10. Yeah. Some members also play in other projects, but there’s nothing now to tell about indeed. PIAREVARACIEN is the main work place for us.

11.What direction do you want to take the band into musically on future releases?
11.We don’t want it to be of a certain direction and hope to make some experiments or mix it with some other styles in the future. We try not to make albums with the same sounding and musical style.

12.Are there any influences that you have brought into the newer music that you where not able to do with past releases?
12. We are not sure that there are any influences at all in our music now. Of course we have some sources of inspiration for writing our own music, and one of such sources is listening others’ music, but it doesn’t mean we will bring it in our own songs. We just play how we feel and that’s all we are able to bring here in our music.

13.Before we wrap up this interview do you have any final words or thoughts?
13. We are glad to have such an interesting conversation with you and hope your listeners enjoy it as well.
Stay strong, support our People worldwide, be worthy descendants of our European ancestors!

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Piarevaracien/U Posukach Pacatku Tych Slachou/Crush The Desert Records/2016 CD Review

  This  is  the  final  review  of  a  recording  from  Belarus's  Piarevaracien for  now  which  shows  the  band  making  a  return  back  to  more  of  a  pagan/black  metal  style  with  the  album  being  called  "U Posukach  Pacatku  Tych  Slachou"  which  was  released  by  Crush  The  Desert  Records.

  Acoustic  guitar  playing  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  folk  instruments  and  heavy  guitars  a  few  seconds  later  as  well  as  some  clean  singing  vocals  and  a  great  amount  of  melodic  guitar  leads  can  also  be  heard  quite  a  bit  throughout  the  recording  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  Throughout  the  recording  they  mix  in  the  folk  elements  in  with  the  heavier  sections  of  the  songs  and  when  the  music  speeds  up  a  decent  amount  of  blast  beats  can  be  heard  and  when  the  vocals  get  aggressive  they  are  done  in  a  more  grim  black  metal screaming  approach  and  the  music  also  gets  more  atmospheric  as  the  album  progresses.

  During  the  faster  sections  of  the  songs  a  great  amount  of  tremolo  picking  can  be  heard  which  also  gives  the  music  more  of  a  raw  black  metal  feeling  and  later  songs  also  start  adding in more  of  a  pagan  metal  style  while  the  solos  and  leads  also  utilize  a  great  amount  of  melody  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  there  is  also  a  brief  use  of  back  up  shouts  while some  tracks  also  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  spoken  word  parts  and  female  vocals.

  Piarevarecian  brings  back  more  of  the  pagan/black  metal  style  of  previous  recordings  while  also  bringing  in  a more  modern  take  of  the  genre  while  still  mixing  it  in  with  a  great  amount  of  folk  music  elements,  the  production  sounds  very  dark  yet  powerful  at  the  same  time  while  the  lyrics  are  written  in  their  native  tongue  and  cover  paganism,  patriotism,  and  nature  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Piarevarecian  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  black,  pagan  and  folk  metal,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Razdziel  II'  "Razdziel  V"  and  "Razdziel  VII".  8  out  of  10.

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Piarevaracein/Spadcyna/Heritage/Crush The Desert Records/2016 CD Review

  This  is  a  review  of  another  recording  from  Belarus's  Piarevaracien  which  shows  them  moving  from  the  pagan/black  metal  sound  of  previous  recordings  and  going  for  more  of  a  traditional  folk  music  sound  with  the  album  being  called  "Spadcyna/Heritage"  and  released  by  Crush  The  Desert  Records.

  Wind  sounds  start  off  the  album  along  with  some  female  vocals  a  few  seconds  later  and  on  the  second  track  acoustic  guitars  are  added  onto  the  recording  and  they  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  both  finger  picking  and  full  chords  and  after  awhile  keyboard's  and  percussion's  are  added  onto  the  recording.

  You  can  also  hear  a  lot  of  traditional  Slavic  folk  music  elements  throughout  the  recording  and  nature  sounds  can  also  be  heard  quite  a  bot  throughout  the  recording  along  with  the  music  also  getting  very  atmospheric  at  times  while  also  adding in  some touches  of  modern  synth  music  which  also  adds  in a  touch  of  ambient  music  on  a couple  of  the  tracks  and  there  is  also  a  brief  use  of  heavy  yet melodic  guitar  riffs  and  leads  and  some  songs  also  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  flutes  and  fiddles  which  also  gives  the  music  a  shamanistic  atmosphere.

  Piarevarecien  moves  away  from black  metal  on  this  recording  they  create  an  album  that  takes  traditional  Slavic  pagan  folk  music  and  mixes  it  in  with  some  ambient  elements  and  a  touch  of  metal  to  create  something  very original,  the  production  sounds  very  dark  yet  powerful  at  the  same  time  while  the  lyrics  are  written  in  their  native  tongue  and  are  a  concept  album  based  upon  times  and  seasons.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  album  from  Piaravarecien  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  pagan  folk  music  with  more  of  a  modern  touch,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Kalada"  "Oj  Kupala"  and  "Za  Tumanam".  8  out  of  10. 

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Piarevaracien/If No Sun/Crush The Desert Records/2011 Full Length Review

  Piarevaracien  are  a  band  from  Belarus  that  plays  a  pagan  form  of  black  metal  with  some  elements  of  folk  music  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2011  album  "If  No  Sun"  which  was  released  by  Crush  The  Desert  Records.

   Acoustic  guitars  along  with  soem  heavy  yet  melodic  riffs  start  off  the  album  along  with  some  folk  instruments  and  clean  singing  pagan  vocals  a  few  seconds  later  and  a  few  seconds  later  melodic  guitar  leads  make  their  presence  known  on  the  recording  along  with  the  vocals  getting  more  aggressive.

  All  of  the  musical  instruments  on  the  recording h ave  a  very  powerful  to  them  and  when  the  music  speeds  up  a  decent  amount  of  blast  beats  can  be  heard  and  the  songs  also  bring  in a   great  amount  of  grim  black  metal  screams  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts.

  Some  of  the  tracks  are  very  long  and  epic  in  length  and  some  of t he  fast  riffs  also  bring  in a  decent  amount  of  tremolo  picking  which  also  gives  the  songs  more  of  a  raw  feeling  while  the  acoustic  parts  gives  the  songs  more  of  a  medieval  folk  atmosphere  and  a  couple  of  tracks  also  brings  in  a  brief  use  of  spoken  word  parts.

  Piarevaracien  plays  a  style  of  pagan  black  metal  that  is  very  raw,  epic  and  melodic  while  also  mixing  in  a  great  amount  of  folk  music  elements  which  also  gives  the  songs  more  of  a  dark  ages  feeling,  the  production  sounds  very  dark  and  raw  while  the  lyrics  cover  Paganism,  Patriotism  and  nature  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Piarevaracien  are  a  very  great  sounding  pagan/black  metal  band  with  elements  of  folk  music  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Rise  Up!"  "Blessed  My  Europe"  "Missing  The  Sun"  and  "Black  Candles  Song".  8  out  of 10.  

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