Nine Covens/The Unknowing Servants/Uthar Records/2017 EP Review

  Nine  Covens  are  a  band  from  the  United  Kingdom  that  has  material  reviewed  before  in  this  zine  and  plays  an  occult  form  of  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2017  ep  "The  Unknowing  Servants"  which  was  released  by  Uthar  Records.

  Raw  tremolo  picki9ng  starts  off  the  ep  along  with  some  high  pitched  black  metal  screams  a  few  seconds  later  and  you  can  also  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  the  recording  and  when  guitar  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  are  done  in  a  very  dark  yet  melodic  style  and  when  the  music speeds  up  blast  beats  can  be  heard.

  Throughout  the  recording  you  can  hear  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  the  guitar riffing  also  brings  in  a  decent  amount  of  melody  and  they  close  the  ep  with  a  cover  of  Bathory's  "The  Return  Of  Darkness  And  Evil"  and  add  a  more  raw  approach  than  the  original  version.

  Nine  Covens  creates  a  recording  that  remains  true  to  the  raw  occult  black  metal  style  of  previous  releases,  the  production  sounds  very  raw  and  heavy  while  the  lyrics  cover  Darkness  and  Occultism  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Nine  Covens  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  occult  black  metal,  you  should  check  out  this  ep.  RECOMMENDED  TRACK  "Thy  Unknowing  Servants".  8  out  of  10.

https://ultharrecords.bandcamp.com/album/thy-unknowing-servants

Nine Covens/On The Dawning Of Light/Candlelight Records/2013 CD Review

  Nine  Covens  are  a  band  from  London,  England  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  with  a musical  style  on  the  new  recording  which  I  would  describe  as  being  raw  and  primitive  sounding  occult  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "On  The  Dawning  Of  Light"  which  will  be  released  by  Candlelight  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  good  amount  of  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars  and  at  times  they  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  old  school  style  black  metal  riffs  that  are  very  dark,  raw  and  primitive  sounding  in  the  90's  tradition  along  with  a  brief  use  of  thrash  style  riffing  as  well  as  some  dark  sounding  melodies  being  utilized  at  times  in  addition  there  is  a  brief  use  of  clean  playing  being  utilized  on  one  song,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  distorted  sounding  black  metal   guitar  leads.

  Vocals  are  mostly  high  pitched  black  metal  screams  with  a  brief  use  of  deep  growls,  while  the  lyrics  cover  Occultism  and  Darkness,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  dark,  old  school,  raw  and  primitive  sound  to  it  that  brings  back  the  classic  sound  with  some  of  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  recording  from  Nine  Covens  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  band,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Origin  Of  Light"  "The  Mist  Of  Death"  "White  Star  Acception"  and  "A  Burning  Ember".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

http://www.ninecovens.com

Nine Covens/On The Coming Of Darkness/Candlelight Records/2011 CD Review

  Nine Covens are a band from England that consists of many veterans of the black metal scene that choose to hide their names hidden that play a style that I would describe as being raw and primitive form of occult black metal metal and this is a review of their 2011 album "On The Coming Of Darkness" which was released by Candlelight Records.

Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with a good amount of blast beats being thrown in, while the bass playing has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that is coming out of the guitars and on one song they sound very powerful bringing a gothic/death rock feeling to the music..

Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast raw and primitive black metal riffs that also have a doom metal feeling at times as well as some punk/thrash style being thrown in briefly with some dark sounding melodies, while the lead guitars which are only utilized briefly have a very dark and distorted sound to them as for the classical guitars which are only utilized briefly they use finger picking to add another dimension of darkness to the music.

Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams with some deep growls being thrown in at times and on one song there is a spoken word passage done by Grutle from Enslaved in addition there is a brief use of clean singing being utilized on one song , while the lyrics cover Occultism and Darkness with the album having 3 different concepts, as for the production it has a very dark, raw and primitive sound to it without being too under produced.

In my opinion Nine Covens are a very good dark, raw and primitive sounding black metal and if you are a fan of this style, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "On The Resurrection And The Harrowing Of Hell Part 2" "On The Ascension And The Torment Of Hell Part 1:Cold Exile Of A Fallen Idol" "On The Day Of Judgement Part 1:Quake Before The Earthly Judge" and "The Exiles Complaint Part 2: A Mind Sorrows Rest". RECOMMENDED BUY.

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