Der Blutharsch-The Moment of Truth
I start with this release because it is a true symbol of what music can do. From the opening intro one feels an apocalyptic tone and foreboding feel. This is not industrial dance music, not mere pseudo-hippie neofolk, this is music for the Kali Yuga, to celebrate the end times.
Albin Julius creates a dark tapestry of using strings from the most disparate elements of industrial, neo-classical, 8 bit Casio tones and of course martial might. Clanging bells and low synth tones collide with analog keys and spoken words ushering in the Bronze Age and signaling the end to this civilization and the birth of a new one through a Golden Age of truth and enlightenment.
We are the sons of Odin! Warrior wolves under the watchful eye of the Allvater and the beneath Fenriz snarling jaws. They say they have a new god, a god of peace and charity, yet we turn away from this god and continue the old ways, the old truths.
This album marks a path that Der Blutharsch continues for many years until dissolving into a psychedelic primordial ooze of sex and hedonism. It is the years before that mark the beginning of a powerful movement. This release is part of the creation of that movement.
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