The Stone

[Svart]

Vidim da su odlozili onaj nastup u Americi i valjda ce jos dodati par koncerata. Ne isplati se bas ici tamo zbog jednog festivala.

[Guest Razbijač-NAAĆI]

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Folter Records

 

Black Metal

 

8 songs (52:46)

Release year: 2009</div>

 

The Stone is back again! With them, they bring their fifth full-length to date, Umro, which(alongside Immortal’s All Shall Fall) is my most anticipated black metal release of 2009. Never having the chance to listen to the band’s fourth effort, Neke Rane Krvare Vecno, I was very eager to listen to how The Stone had progressed since their third album, Magla (which I already gushed about in another review this week). Expecting to be presented with another masterpiece, I dove right into this album with high expectations…

 

...Or tried to, that is. After the first few seconds of the first track (The title track), I was instantly turned off. My first impression was that The Stone had taken a huge step backwards in their sound, resorting to generic BM riffs and drumming. It sounded as if they had lost all creativity and originality, and it resulted in a sloppy mess. I tried listening to the first two tracks, but never got past the one-minute mark on either song, and I eventually put the album aside in frustration, with hopes that one day I would “Get it.” So when It’s time to write this week’s reviews, I search my library to find an album to write about for an Archive review, and without hesitation I pick out Magla as my next victim. Then I remembered that I also had that new album from The Stone to review, so I figured “Why not review that as well? I need to write a review that craps on an album anyway, before the readers begin thinking I’m too soft.” So late one stormy night (it sounds cliché but that’s how it happened), I sat down with Umro in complete darkness and listened to it in its entirety. I was blown away.

 

How could I have missed this? Why had I not understood?! All of a sudden, the intent of the album became so clear to me, and I was completely hooked after just a few minutes of listening. I was drawn into the world of The Stone, and they were NOT going to let me go until I had listened to Umro from beginning to end. And when I was finished, they were going to make me listen to it again! I soon realized that this was going to be a VERY difficult review to write, but by God I’m going to, as this is an album that deserves to be shared with the world, just as Magla does.

 

Like Magla, Umro (which translates into English as either “Dead” or “Died”) is all about atmosphere. The production isn’t “Murky”, as it was on Magla, but it sounds much clearer now, and it fits the songs perfectly. Umro is much more straightforward, forgoing most of the thrash and death elements of the past for a more traditional black metal sound. The thrash and death moments are still very much intact (The thrash influence especially shines through on Krvav Ceo, Nigde Nijedne Rane); there’s just less of them. But despite that change, Umro is extremely complex. Tons of intricate riffs and insane tempo changes (One tempo change near the end of the title track made my jaw drop; the way it’s executed is phenomenal) are present, even more than were found on Magla. This album requires your FULL attention, or else it will race ahead of you and you’ll have to rewind the tracks constantly to see what you missed.

 

I can divide this album into three stages: The first two tracks are the most traditional-sounding, with evil-sounding riffs and a LOT of blast beats; The next three tracks are the most complex, featuring the most brain-shattering tempo changes and riffs on the album; And the last three songs (one of which being a VERY haunting interlude) are the simplest, solely relying on great, simplistic riffs and dark melodies. The way that the tracks on Umro are laid out and the way the album matures and progresses as it reaches the end makes it sound like a concept album to me (Multiple uses of the word “Umro” and that fucking scary interlude help my opinion). The lyrics are all in Serbian, as they were on Magla, but I actually like it that way; it leaves me to create a story in my mind to go along with the music, which is so easy to do here.

 

After listening to this album for the first time, I can honestly say I was on a natural high. Umro had ripped me from this world somewhere in the middle of the third track, and the effects remained long after the album was over. The Stone, while it might not seem like it at first, have crafted a truly incredible album, one that requires your absolute undivided attention to fully appreciate. Go ahead and listen to Magla first, though; it’s much more accessible at first listen. Most of you who decide to check this out will most likely think I over-quoted it and will say that Magla is better, but Umro to me has this magical quality to it that I've never heard anything like before. Umro truly shines as an album with several layers that will require multiple listens to fully understand, and it will stay in my playlist for a long, long time. For me, this is easily the best black metal album of the year, and Immortal better present us with a damn good record if they want to top this.

 

 

Killing Songs : All. Every single one of them. Kyle <b>97 / 100</b>

 

Koju li su marvu žrtvovali za novinara što je piso,i pili joj krv da ovaj dobije 97 od 100.

Mislim,jes dobar album,al album godine,ne bik reko...što ih dosad ondak,ako je tako,niko još nije pozvo u Žikinu Šarenicu?

[Knjaz_Ovoga_Sveta]

[Svart]

Kad ce taj live izaci?

[Josif Visarionovič]

Uf. Da naucimo amere malo o black metalu. <img src="http://www.yumetal.net/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_rockdevil.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="icon_rockdevil.gif" />

 

Nas bm nije vredan ni pomena,a ti ga poredis sa americkim

[Јарослав]

тешко да се било шта може поредити са Кригом и Џудас Искариотом, али је чињеница да ми имамо сасвим добар Блек Метал.

[Narsil]

Nas bm nije vredan ni pomena,a ti ga poredis sa americkim

 

 

Ако The Stone, May Result, Svartgren, Angelgoat, Triumfall, Kozeljnik, Maroth...нису вредни помена, ја не знам шта јесте.

[Josif Visarionovič]

Sve je to blagi uzas koji se naziva black metalom.

[morbid god]

opet trolujes.

[dimmu1]

dobro je,skontali smo da nisi ljubitelj domace black metal scene sad idi slusaj metalkor..

upade mi morbid u post

Edited September 4, 2009 by dimmu1

[morbid god]

ako ne budes dobar, upascu ti jos nedje

[dimmu1]

neka hvala.

[morbid god]

u jebem ti, ovo nije black podforum.

[Knjaz_Ovoga_Sveta]

[morbid god]

Kralj Je Umro...U Smrti. Sam Krenuo Smrt Svoju Da Nađe. Prst Na Obaraču, Krvav Ceo, Nigde Nijedne Rane. Umro. Kralj Je Umro.

[oʞɾoƃ]

Bravo, idi sad ispričaj to Vanji Buliću.

[morbid god]

Hahahahahaha. Not.

 

Kad ce vise uklonit ovog jebenog covjeka zabu sa kovera, pa gadan li je sve mu jebem.

[salebghouse]

[dimmu1]

dobro zvuci.bilo bi dobro da se sve ovo sa sodomom sredi pa da napokon vidim the stone uzivo.

Edited September 22, 2009 by dimmu1

[excrement]

"Ja bih ovo stavila u Čitanku!" - moja devojka rekla sinoć za "Zlo Je Uvek Korak Ispred".

[Amphitritê]

Legendaaaaaarnoooo

[Knjaz_Ovoga_Sveta]

5e

 

42cm x 29cm

[dimmu1]

^jel to backpatch?

[Narsil]

Јок, бре, плоча.

[dimmu1]

onda nista