Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5997 in Music
• Released on: 2006-10-16
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Power Black Metal
this is without dought one of the best black metal albums of all time
its brutal,beutifull, progressive and violent. this album gose beyond black metal and utillises death thrash heavy and power metal to create something truly brilliant you must own this album.

one for the gym
These guys have some serious issues to be pumping out this kind of music, my guess is they don't want to get locked up for committing a criminal felony. Eschaton is 35 minutes of pure brutal metal.

Opener `Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes' kick-starts the record with a fierce sample of a blasting furnace before V.I.T.R.I.O.L.'s vocals kick in. Having listened to this record a few times the melodic guitar patterns and clean singing style which was used on previous outing 'Domine Non Es Dignus' it used widely on Eschaton.

'Between S**t and P**s We Are Born' is the most accessible track here, even though there is a fair bit of experimenting going on. For 'The Yellow King' `proper' lyrics are abandoned completely as they utilise weird messed up vocal noises accompanied by some evil samples similar to ones that appeared on their debut album The Codex Necro.

Anaal have kept it true by adding a couple guest slots, like Napalm's Bassist Shane Embury and Mayhems Attila Csihar who does vocals on the end track, it is not overly noticeable but keeps the music tight.

Any previous fans will not be disappointed with this effort from the kings of necro. But I'm afraid to say I will always go back to The Codex Necro for the sheer brutality and head banging madness. I hope they sort out a live act again soon as music this brutal would be tragic to miss.

The soundtrack to armageddon? Listen to this and you'll believe that it's already here!
21st December 2012. That is when the world, or a prominant era shall end. It is also the concept this album is based around.

Anaal Nathrakh have a reputation for being one of the extreme black metal acts in existence at the moment. 'The Codex Necro' kicked off this legacy; a noisy, violent bastard spawn of two very pissed off people; followed up by the'When Fire Rains down...' EP which showed a sign of progression in sound, still extremely violent but somewhat 'cleaner' production. This led quite nicely onto 'Domine Non Es Dignus', which even had (shock horror) the inclusion of clean singing on various tracks, including the awesome songs 'do not speak' and 'this cannot be the end'. People were shocked! Cleaner (relatively that is) production, more clarity and singing! What next?

Well...this is it, in my opinion their best album. The production has been hurled back into the realms of 'The Codex Necro' bringing back the wall of noise, apocalypse-baiting sound that brought Nathrakh their well deserved praise. This, combined with the musical progressions made in 'Domine...' mean this is one hell of an album! You press play and are thrown into a frenzy of chainsaw guitars, blast beat drums and the most gloriously hideous vocals I have ever had the pleasure of having my ears raped by. The songs are all incredible and there is not one that even borders on mediocre. The lengths vary from between just under 3 minutes up to about 5 minutes but you won't really notice this, you'll be too destracted by the intensity of the noise...you may even feel it neccessary to duck occaisionally to avoid having your head blasted off!

The highlight of this album is definately the singing and the melodious shifts played underneath it, which can be found on most tracks (my personal favourite is 'Time Wave Zero'). Often it comes as a shock and you may find yourself questioning who you are listening to, but any such notions are brought right back to earth with a crash as soon as they are raised, as the production remains appropriately dirty to remind you who exactly it is...like someone sticking various pointed objects into your body to remind you that you are talking to them.

This album is no less than incredible...and sounds like none other, something Anaal Nathrakh are no doubt priding themselves on. This is definately one album that HAS to be in the collection of any fan of extreme metal.

If you'd like a taster of what the apocalypse sounds like, look no further!