Midwinter - Enthrone In Blizzard 海外碟评
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I really enjoy how a lot of these smaller labels today are attempting to create new styles of releases by releasing their album packages in different formats. Midwinter's debut album "Enthrone in Blizzard" was limited to 500 copies which is nothing new in the realm of black metal, but 200 were reserved strictly for Chinese citizens. Past this, the album comes packages in an A5 Digifile which is similar to a J-card that you see in cassette tapes, but is cardboard and much larger (about the size of a DVD case). Also comes with two cards inside and the CD is a real pressing, not a CD-R like most A5 releases you come across. Not much is known about this act (as they are from China, there's not much that probably CAN be known about them for their own safety). It is known that guitarist Bloodfire is also in Yn Gizarm, Varuna, and Hellward. It is also known that they are from Xi'an and were founded in 2005. They also have a huge presence of heathenism in their music which they pride, as well as patriotism for China.
The music is almost epic in its atmosphereic edge. While there are only three members, the music has some fantastic guitar layers. The music isn't raw enough to be considered in vain of Xasthur, in fact, the production on this album is quite good, especially for Chinese Black Metal. The few Chinese BM bands that I have heard in my time have had horrible production quality, making this a rare find indeed. The vocals are also unique. While sometimes they are your standard black metal vocals, the vocalist does branch of from time to time. In Lurid Horizon he sounds exactly like Fernando Ribeiro of Moonspell fame. The drums aren't really the blast style either, taking a slower tempo but using quite a large amount of double bass. This gives the music a doomy approach as well, making the atmosphere even more dark and epic.
It's sad that I can't tell you to run out and buy this one because it's sold out via the Pest Productions label. The music was incredible, especially for a Chinese act. I do believe you can still find this album on Under the Dark Soil Distribution though. I'll guarantee that this is fifty times better than the random Burzum track you've got spinning in your record player or the bullshit Mayhem file you're playing from Soulseek. Go support real music.
我很喜欢当今一些名不见经传的小厂牌的做法，他们尝试着用不同的方式推出他们的作品。MIDWINTER的第一长专集限量发行了500张，这在黑金属界并不少见，然而这张专集在中国大陆却是严格限量在200张。专集是A5 DIGIFILE包装，看上去像一些卡带里赠送的J CARD，就是要大很多（大概和DVD盒子一样大）。包装里还附送了两张卡片。唱片本身是一处亮点，不像你们以往看到的A5 DIGIFILE里的那种CDR。这张专集和乐队的很多情况我们都无从知晓（因为他们来自中国，出于自身安全的考虑，很多事情别人都无从知晓）。现在能知道就是，乐队吉他手Bloodfire同时也属于英吉沙，伐楼拿，去地狱等乐队。还有就是这支乐队2005年组建于西安。MIDWINTER的音乐中有比较强烈的异教气息，还有对他们祖国中国的无比热爱。
他们的作品有着如史诗般的大气。虽然只有三名成员，音乐里却有很多精彩的吉他编配。音乐本身并不像人们认为的如Xasthur一般粗糙。事实上这张专集的制作相当不错，尤其对中国的黑金属而言。我个人听过的一些中国黑金属录音质量都不太高，以至于他们的作品很难被别人发现认可。这张专集的人声也不错，有些时候是标准的黑嗓，更多的时候主唱的嗓音在不断的变化。在歌曲Lurid Horizon里，他的声音非常像Moonspell的Fernando Ribeiro。鼓的编配也不是常见的BLAST，他们的鼓声节奏很舒缓，不过有很多双踩的成分。这使这张专集带有一些DOOM的感觉，使专集更具黑暗感和史诗感。
很遗憾的是你们在PEST PROD官方也许已经买不到这张专集了，因为这张在PEST PROD官方，这张专集已经售空了！对于中国的黑金属而言，这次MIDWINTER的作品是令人难以置信的！不过我想通过Under The Dark Soil Distribution (Under The Dark Soil Distribution ( www.Underthedarksoil .com /Pest Prod 官方指定海外分销)，你们还能买到这张专集。我保证，这张专集里的音乐，比你们听到的BURZUM式段落拼凑出的唱片和SLSK上下载到的模仿MAYHEM的玩意儿强50倍！来吧，都来支持真正的黑金属音乐