Search - Nachtmystium :: Assassins: Black Meddle Pt 1

Great Album

K. Miller | Hampstead,Maryland - USA | 12/20/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Assassins Is a great album. The songs flow together seemlessly, and is much better experienced as an album, as opposed to just listening to certain songs. Although this is still very much a metal album, Nachtmystium have a way with balancing out their harsher moments with lighter almost floydian moments, resulting in an epic and truely unique experience."

Assasinating The Competition and Crushing Their Temples!

C. Horne | Chicago, IL | 02/24/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It does my heart great joy to submit such a review for Chicago's own Nachtmystium. We are a city fortunate enough to have some new bands come out representing us with serious metal fury/creativity(Born of Osiris, Veil of Maya, Lair of the Minotaur, Plague Bringer and Sweet Cobra just to name a few). These guys here are no different.



Assassins is technically the fourth album from Nacht but the first to be recorded at top notch professional quality. Things start of moody and psychedelic with the intro and progressively get heavier until it meshes right into the title track.



"Assassins"(the song itself) is so addictive I must have listened to it a hundred times already. It's insanely energetic and ends with some great psychedelic flavor before moving on to what is if anything a modern day metal masterpiece. I'm amazed no one combined psychedelic with metal until now. But, Nacht knows how to do it well and doesn't disappoint with tracks like "Your True Enemy"(Crush Your Temples!) and the "Seasick" trilogy of pure psychedelic metal madness!



If Black Meddle Part II is anywhere near this good is quite an album to hear."

Vinyl Copy Coverage

Corey Turner | Florida | 08/08/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Nachtmystium are often labeled a lot of things in the metal world from ambient to traces of hazy black metal, and are also a victim to poor judgment. Many dub this group boring, I've gone in and out of this albums grooves a few times over. Didn't dull the energy, the members roots are still strongly uncompromising.



The vinyl copy is on clear yellow vinyl limited to 2,000 copies worldwide. Gatefold cover, no inserts to be found, 2lp set. The record is naturally a loud one even on low volumes, the drums are a bit dry and manage to block out some of the lower end sounds. What this album does have is atmosphere, it's quick draw card is its psychedelically influenced 70's sounds. Another reviewer mentioned them being a metallic Pink Floyd, yes one could draw comparisons with the phasing wiry sounds, but it isn't all too close to make a buy just because of slight similarities. IF you like psychedelic music, like metal, enjoy the extreme heavy metal genres (particularly Death and Black), aren't against long sound scape's... Well this one seems to fit snug."